Tuena, New South Wales, Australia Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

Sheep graziers are warned that cold temperatures, rain and showers and westerly winds are expected during Wednesday and Thursday. Areas likely to be affected include parts of the Northern Tablelands, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes, Snowy Mountains and Australian Capital Territory forecast districts. There is a risk of losses of lambs and sheep exposed to these conditions.

For NORTHERN RANGES: Strong winds averaging 50 to 60 km/h with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS of around 90 km/h are possible this morning. Winds in this area are forecast to ease around midday before possibly redeveloping this evening.
For SOUTHERN and CENTRAL RANGES below 1900 metres from Katoomba and Braidwood: Strong winds averaging 50 to 60 km/h with DAMAGING WIND GUSTS of around 90 km/h are possible today.
For ALPINE AREAS in the western SNOWY MOUNTAINS and ACT: DAMAGING WINDS averaging 80 to 90 km/h with peak gusts of around 110 km/h are occurring above 1900 metres this morning. Winds are expected to ease later this morning, before redeveloping again in the evening. DAMAGING WINDS averaging 50 to 60 km/h with gusts to 90 km/h are again possible below 1900 metres from late Wednesday. BLIZZARD conditions are possible above 1400 metres from Wednesday evening. The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service recommends that back country travel be postponed until conditions improve.
Locations which may be affected include Goulburn, Katoomba, Braidwood, Ebor, Nowendoc, Barrington Tops, Thredbo Tops and Mt Ginini.
Thredbo has recorded mean winds of 96 km/h and a wind gust of 117 km/h at 4:08 am Wednesday.