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Christmas Eve weather: Severe thunderstorms forecast for parts of Australia – what conditions look like in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne<!-- wp:html --><p><a href="https://whatsnew2day.com/">WhatsNew2Day - Latest News And Breaking Headlines</a></p> <div> <p><strong>Strong storms forecast for Christmas Eve</strong><br /> <strong>New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria in the line of fire </strong></p> <p class="author-section byline-plain">By Jessica Wang for Nca Newswire </p> <p class="byline-section"><span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-published"> <span class="article-timestamp-label">Published:</span> 17:56 EST, December 23, 2023 </span> | <span class="article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated"> <span class="article-timestamp-label">Updated:</span> 18:02 EST, December 23, 2023 </span> </p> <p> <!-- ad: https://mads.dailymail.co.uk/v8/us/news/none/article/other/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--(if !IE)>>--> <!-- <!--(if IE)>--></p> <p> <!--(if !IE)>>--> <!--<!--(if IE)>--></p> <p> <!--(if !IE)>>--> <!--<!--(if gte IE 8)>>--> <!-- <!--(if IE 8)>--></p> <p> <!--(if IE 9)>--></p> <p> <!--(if IE)>--></p> <p> <!--(if !IE)> --> <!--</p> <p> <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3. 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A low pressure system developing on Christmas Eve near the Vic/NSW border will carry a storm risk across much of <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vic?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener">#victory</a> Christmas day. Latest: <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/4W35o8i7wJ" rel="noopener">https://t.co/4W35o8i7wJ</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/q9UioJ4xYh" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/q9UioJ4xYh</a></p> <p>— Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (@BOM_au) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BOM_au/status/1738386514206192096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener">December 23, 2023</a></p> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> <p class="imageCaption">New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria could face severe thunderstorms on Christmas Eve and residents will be asked to prepare for the possibility of hail, flash flooding and heavy rain.</p> </div> <p class="mol-para-with-font">On Sunday morning, the BOM issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of central Queensland, with the potential for damaging winds, heavy rain and large hail.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">This follows a series of severe storms on Saturday, with high temperatures fueling weather activity.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">The current warning is for areas of the southern Darling Downs and Granite Belt district; However, the weather authority said the activity will likely move eastward in the coming hours.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">In New South Wales, severe showers and thunderstorms will occur mainly in the central and eastern hinterland, with lighter storms forecast near the coast and far west.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Up to 30mm of rain is forecast for Sydney on Sunday, with the chance of showers easing into the evening.</p> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Massive storms are forecast for Christmas Eve and the gloomy weather will move away from the characteristic end-of-year heatwave.</p> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> <p class="imageCaption">The Bureau warned that a low pressure system developing on the New South Wales-Victoria border will drag the risk of a storm “across much of Victoria” on Christmas Eve, causing wet weather as the day progresses.</p> </div> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Melbourne’s Carols by Candlelight is also facing a possible landslide, with a high chance of showers and a possible forecast for thunderstorms in the late afternoon and evening. The outdoor event will begin at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl from 8pm, with organizers insisting the show will go ahead rain, hail or shine.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">The Bureau warned that a low pressure system developing on the New South Wales-Victoria border will drag the risk of a storm “across much of Victoria” on Christmas Eve, causing wet weather as the day progresses .</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“The rains, of course, by their nature, tend to be a bit irregular, a bit unpredictable, so there is still a chance that we will hear the carols in the dry, but there is a risk of city-wide rain in Melbourne to that time of day.’ Mr Hines said. While the eastern states could face a wet Christmas, multiple severe heatwave warnings remain in place for Western Australia.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">The Bureau has issued a warning for the Pilbara, Gascoyne, Inland North and Inland South districts, where temperatures could reach up to 45C.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">The alert is currently in effect until Boxing Day.</p> <div class="art-ins mol-factbox news"> <h3 class="mol-factbox-title">CHRISTMAS DAY WEATHER PREDICTION FOR YOUR CITY</h3> <div class="ins cleared mol-factbox-body"> <div class="cleared row mol-cols mol-cols-2"> <div class="mol-col span6 mol-col-1"> <div class="cleared mol-col-content"> <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">SYDNEY</span></p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Sunday: Rains. Minimum 19 Maximum 27</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Monday: Increasing rains. Minimum 19 Maximum 29</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Tuesday: shower or two. Minimum 19 Maximum 28</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Wednesday: Possible rain. Minimum 19 Maximum 29 </p> <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">BRISBANE</span></p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Sunday: Rains. Possible storm. Minimum 21 Maximum 29</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Monday: Rains. Minimum 22 Maximum 33</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Tuesday: Rain, possible storm. Minimum 23 Maximum 32</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Wednesday: shower or two. Minimum 23 Maximum 24 </p> <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">ADELAIDE</span></p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Sunday: Partly cloudy. Minimum 13 Maximum 22</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Monday: Possible shower. Minimum 13 Maximum 21</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Tuesday: Cloudy. Minimum 14 Maximum 23</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Minimum 15 Maximum 26 </p> <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">MELBOURNE</span></p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Sunday: Rains increasing. Minimum 15 Maximum 22</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Monday: Rains. Minimum 16 Maximum 23</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Tuesday: Rains. Minimum 16 Maximum 23</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Wednesday: shower or two. Minimum 17 Maximum 23</p> </div> </div> <div class="mol-col span6 mol-col-2"> <div class="cleared mol-col-content"> <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">PERTH</span></p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Sunny Sunday. Minimum 17 Maximum 35</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Monday: sunny. Minimum 21 Maximum 33</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Minimum 19 Maximum 25</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Minimum 16 Maximum 27 </p> <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">HOBART</span></p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Sunday: shower or two. Minimum 13 Maximum 21</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Monday: shower or two. Minimum 14 Maximum 21</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Minimum 12 Maximum 23</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Wednesday: Cloudy. Minimum 13 Maximum 24 </p> <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">CANBERRA</span></p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Sunday: Rains. Possible storm. Minimum 13 Maximum 23</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Monday: Increasing rains. Minimum 13 Maximum 24</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Tuesday: Rains. Minimum 13 Maximum 24</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Wednesday: shower or two. Minimum 11 Maximum 25 </p> <p class="mol-para-with-font"><span class="mol-style-bold">DARWIN</span></p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Sunday: Possible storm. Minimum 29 Maximum 35</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Monday: Partly cloudy. Minimum 28 Maximum 35</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Tuesday: Possible storm. Minimum 28 Maximum 35</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Wednesday: shower or two. Minimum 27 Maximum 34 </p> </div> </div> </div> <p class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-italic">Source: Meteorological Office</p> </div> </div> </div> <p> <!-- ad: https://mads.dailymail.co.uk/v8/us/news/none/article/other/inread_player.html --></p> <div class="column-content cleared"> <div class="shareArticles"> <h3 class="social-links-title">Share or comment on this article: Weather on Christmas Eve: Severe thunderstorms forecast for parts of Australia – What conditions look like in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne</h3> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="https://whatsnew2day.com/christmas-eve-weather-severe-thunderstorms-forecast-for-parts-of-australia-what-conditions-look-like-in-sydney-brisbane-and-melbourne/">Christmas Eve weather: Severe thunderstorms forecast for parts of Australia – what conditions look like in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria could face severe thunderstorms on Christmas Eve and residents will be asked to prepare for the possibility of hail, flash flooding and heavy rain.

Major storm concerns remain across “the vast majority of New South Wales” and Queensland, stretching from Mackay to the state’s southeast.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Angus Hines said the activity was forecast to peak on Sunday afternoon.

“The particular area where we are likely to see severe storms is around southeast Queensland, including the Brisbane region and northeastern New South Wales,” he said.

“We could see some of those storms become really big, very intense, and could cause damage, such as destructive wind gusts, heavy or locally heavy rain, and large or even giant hail, as we saw yesterday.”

An outbreak of storms will affect many areas around New South Wales and Queensland today; some of these storms can be severe. A low pressure system developing on Christmas Eve near the Vic/NSW border will carry a storm risk across much of #victory Christmas day. Latest: https://t.co/4W35o8i7wJ pic.twitter.com/q9UioJ4xYh

— Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (@BOM_au) December 23, 2023

New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria could face severe thunderstorms on Christmas Eve and residents will be asked to prepare for the possibility of hail, flash flooding and heavy rain.

On Sunday morning, the BOM issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of central Queensland, with the potential for damaging winds, heavy rain and large hail.

This follows a series of severe storms on Saturday, with high temperatures fueling weather activity.

The current warning is for areas of the southern Darling Downs and Granite Belt district; However, the weather authority said the activity will likely move eastward in the coming hours.

In New South Wales, severe showers and thunderstorms will occur mainly in the central and eastern hinterland, with lighter storms forecast near the coast and far west.

Up to 30mm of rain is forecast for Sydney on Sunday, with the chance of showers easing into the evening.

Massive storms are forecast for Christmas Eve and the gloomy weather will move away from the characteristic end-of-year heatwave.

The Bureau warned that a low pressure system developing on the New South Wales-Victoria border will drag the risk of a storm “across much of Victoria” on Christmas Eve, causing wet weather as the day progresses.

Melbourne’s Carols by Candlelight is also facing a possible landslide, with a high chance of showers and a possible forecast for thunderstorms in the late afternoon and evening. The outdoor event will begin at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl from 8pm, with organizers insisting the show will go ahead rain, hail or shine.

The Bureau warned that a low pressure system developing on the New South Wales-Victoria border will drag the risk of a storm “across much of Victoria” on Christmas Eve, causing wet weather as the day progresses .

“The rains, of course, by their nature, tend to be a bit irregular, a bit unpredictable, so there is still a chance that we will hear the carols in the dry, but there is a risk of city-wide rain in Melbourne to that time of day.’ Mr Hines said. While the eastern states could face a wet Christmas, multiple severe heatwave warnings remain in place for Western Australia.

The Bureau has issued a warning for the Pilbara, Gascoyne, Inland North and Inland South districts, where temperatures could reach up to 45C.

The alert is currently in effect until Boxing Day.

CHRISTMAS DAY WEATHER PREDICTION FOR YOUR CITY

SYDNEY

Sunday: Rains. Minimum 19 Maximum 27

Monday: Increasing rains. Minimum 19 Maximum 29

Tuesday: shower or two. Minimum 19 Maximum 28

Wednesday: Possible rain. Minimum 19 Maximum 29

BRISBANE

Sunday: Rains. Possible storm. Minimum 21 Maximum 29

Monday: Rains. Minimum 22 Maximum 33

Tuesday: Rain, possible storm. Minimum 23 Maximum 32

Wednesday: shower or two. Minimum 23 Maximum 24

ADELAIDE

Sunday: Partly cloudy. Minimum 13 Maximum 22

Monday: Possible shower. Minimum 13 Maximum 21

Tuesday: Cloudy. Minimum 14 Maximum 23

Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Minimum 15 Maximum 26

MELBOURNE

Sunday: Rains increasing. Minimum 15 Maximum 22

Monday: Rains. Minimum 16 Maximum 23

Tuesday: Rains. Minimum 16 Maximum 23

Wednesday: shower or two. Minimum 17 Maximum 23

PERTH

Sunny Sunday. Minimum 17 Maximum 35

Monday: sunny. Minimum 21 Maximum 33

Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Minimum 19 Maximum 25

Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Minimum 16 Maximum 27

HOBART

Sunday: shower or two. Minimum 13 Maximum 21

Monday: shower or two. Minimum 14 Maximum 21

Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Minimum 12 Maximum 23

Wednesday: Cloudy. Minimum 13 Maximum 24

CANBERRA

Sunday: Rains. Possible storm. Minimum 13 Maximum 23

Monday: Increasing rains. Minimum 13 Maximum 24

Tuesday: Rains. Minimum 13 Maximum 24

Wednesday: shower or two. Minimum 11 Maximum 25

DARWIN

Sunday: Possible storm. Minimum 29 Maximum 35

Monday: Partly cloudy. Minimum 28 Maximum 35

Tuesday: Possible storm. Minimum 28 Maximum 35

Wednesday: shower or two. Minimum 27 Maximum 34

Source: Meteorological Office

Christmas Eve weather: Severe thunderstorms forecast for parts of Australia – what conditions look like in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne

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