Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

For parts of the SNOWY MOUNTAINS and southern parts of the ACT: DAMAGING WINDS averaging 60 to 70 km/h with peak gusts around 100 km/h are forecast to continue. For alpine areas above 1900 metres DAMAGING WINDS averaging 80 to 90 km/h are possible.
For the SOUTH COAST and northern parts of the COASTAL RANGES: Strong winds averaging 50 to 60 km/h with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS around 90 km/h are possible.
For parts of the CENTRAL TABLELANDS, HUNTER AND PARTS OF THE MID NORTH COAST: DAMAGING WIND GUSTS around 90 km/h are possible with isolated showers and thunderstorms diminishing later this evening.
BLIZZARD conditions are possible over alpine areas above 1900 metres during this evening and into the night. The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service recommends that back country travel be postponed until conditions improve.
Winds are expected to ease across much of the warning area during late this evening, though damaging winds may redevelop overnight in parts of the Snowy Mountains and South Coast Ranges and continue into Sunday morning.
Locations which may be affected include Newcastle, Gosford, Scone, Mudgee, Cessnock and Maitland.
Severe weather is no longer occurring in the Metropolitan and Illawarra districts and the warning for these districts is CANCELLED.
The following wind gusts have been recorded since 12:00pm today:
96 km/h at Sydney Airport at 4:15 pm.
113 km/h at Penrith Lakes at 3:52 pm.
91 km/h at Western Sydney Airport at 3:50 pm.
93 km/h at Mount Boyce at 3:30 pm.
96 km/h at Mudgee at 3:28 pm.
91km/h at Orange at 2:21 pm.
104 km/h at Moss Vale at 1:28 pm.
94 km/h at Nowra at 1:01 pm.
94 km/h at Nerriga at 12:34 pm.
90 km/h at Perisher Valley at 12:31pm.
104 km/h at Cabramurra at 12:29 pm.
94 km/h at Goulburn at 12:24 pm.

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