Four Days of Wild Weather: Powerful Cold Fronts to Hit Millions in Australia

2025-10-18 22:06:42

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  Series of cold fronts sends temperatures plunging
  
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  Systems will bring rain, wind and icy conditions
  
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A series of relentless cold fronts will bring icy temperatures, rain, damaging wind gusts and even snow to Australia’s southeast this week.

The first of four cold fronts arrived in southwest
Western Australia
on Sunday and delivered rain and wind gusts of over 120km/hour to the region.

Another cold front powered by a low-pressure system will impact
South Australia
, Victoria,
Tasmania
and
NSW
from Tuesday.

Possible snowfalls between 10cm and 30cm are expected over the alpine regions, particularly in Victoria, with strong winds and rain affecting low-lying regions.

‘Strong to damaging winds will be the main impact from this weather front,’ the Bureau of Meteorology’s Dean Narramore told Daily Mail Australia.

The forecaster said residents in coastal and elevated parts of South Australia, Victoria and southern NSW needed to remain vigilant amid powerful wind gusts.

‘Those winds will be strong enough to bring down trees and powerlines and may cause property damage,’ he said.

‘A trampoline may go flying so tie down items.’

A stronger cold front is expected to arrive on Wednesday, which will bypass southwestern WA, but directly impact the southeast with cold, windy weather.

Snow could fall on Mount Lofty, just 25 minutes’ drive from the Adelaide CBD.

‘The airmass will likely be cold enough for snow in SA’s Flinders Ranges later on Wednesday, should sufficient moisture make it that far north,’ Weatherzone said.

The heaviest falls of snow will impact the alpine regions in NSW and Victoria where 20cm to 40cm are predicted, with snow falling at elevations as low as 800m.

Elevated areas like the NSW Central Tablelands can also expect snowfalls.

Areas east of the Great Dividing Range will be spared from the bleakest weather and Sydney should be cool but dry all week.

In the north of the country, a high-pressure system is dominating the weather patterns and making way for a clearer, dry week in much of Queensland.

Much of the area could be ‘completely cloudless’ for the week.

Sydney

Tuesday

: Mostly sunny. Min 7C. Max 19C.

Wednesday

: Mostly sunny. Min 10C. Max 19C.

Thursday

: Becoming windy. Partly cloudy. Min 9C. Max 18C.

Perth

Tuesday

: Showers. Min 7C. Max 16C.

Wednesday

: Sunny. Min 6C. Max 18C.

Thursday

: Sunny. Min 5C. Max 19C.

Melbourne

Tuesday

: Showers increasing. Windy. Min 9C. Max 14C.

Wednesday

: Shower or two. Min 7C. Max 12C.

Thursday

: Showers. Min 7C. Max 11C.

Hobart

Tuesday

: Shower or two. Min 5C. Max 14C.

Wednesday

: Possible shower. Min 6C. Max 12C.

Thursday

: Shower or two. Min 4C. Max 12C.

Canberra

Tuesday

: Morning frost. Shower or two. Min 0C. Max 13C.

Wednesday

: Morning frost. Partly cloudy. Min 0C. Max 11C.

Thursday

: Showers. Min -1C. Max 9C.

Brisbane

Tuesday

: Sunny. Min 9C. Max 22C.

Wednesday

: Mostly sunny. Min 9C. Max 25C.

Thursday

: Mostly sunny. Min 13C. Max 23C.

Darwin

Tuesday

: Sunny. Min 21C. Max 32C.

Wednesday

: Sunny. Min 20C. Max 30C.

Thursday

: Sunny. Min 19C. Max 31C.

Adelaide

Tuesday

: Cloudy. Very high chance of rain. Min 10C. Max 15C.

Wednesday

: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. Min 9C. Max 13C.

Thursday

: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. Min 8C. Max 14C.

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