WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.960 The Central coast of New South Wales, including Sydney, will see continued 00:00:03.960 --> 00:00:07.800 rainfall today, adding to the ongoing major flooding situation. 00:00:08.760 --> 00:00:11.840 Our satellite picture shows this rotation, which is the East Coast 00:00:11.840 --> 00:00:14.760 low that moved across the Hunter Coast late yesterday. 00:00:15.120 --> 00:00:18.960 Even though that system is now weakening, we do continue to have cloud streaming 00:00:19.240 --> 00:00:21.720 over the coast of New South Wales and bringing showers 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:24.000 mostly south of Sydney at this stage. 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:27.040 But they will continue to move northwards into the evening. 00:00:27.720 --> 00:00:29.600 In the 24 hours to 9 a.m. 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:32.880 our heaviest rainfall occurred between the Hunter and the Illawarra 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:37.240 region with widespread falls of 50 to 150 millimetres. 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:41.480 The highest rainfall recorded was 185 millimetres at Beaumont 00:00:41.720 --> 00:00:45.480 and Brogars Creek and this is in addition to over 300 millimetres 00:00:45.480 --> 00:00:48.680 in some locations in the previous 24 hour period. 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:52.200 In fact Brogars Creek between 9 a.m. 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:53.360 on Friday and 9 a.m. 00:00:53.360 --> 00:00:56.520 this morning recorded 773 millimetres. 00:00:56.960 --> 00:01:00.320 So with heavy rainfall like that we do have flood warnings across 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:02.440 much of New South Wales in particular. 00:01:02.480 --> 00:01:05.560 Major flooding is occurring in the Hawkesbury-Napean River system 00:01:05.880 --> 00:01:09.360 and we could also see major flooding developing in the Macquarie River 00:01:09.600 --> 00:01:10.960 by Wednesday. 00:01:10.960 --> 00:01:14.440 There's also numerous minor to moderate flood warnings across New South Wales, 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:17.840 so it's important to stay up to date with the latest forecasts and warnings. 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:19.760 And if you're traveling for the the school holidays, 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:24.120 make sure you change your location in the BOM app and enable push notifications 00:01:24.360 --> 00:01:26.520 so you'll get the latest warnings for your location 00:01:26.520 --> 00:01:29.480 sent straight to your mobile device as soon as they're issued. 00:01:30.800 --> 00:01:32.520 A severe weather warning is also current 00:01:32.520 --> 00:01:36.320 for heavy rainfall from the Hunter Coast down to the Illawarra, 00:01:36.720 --> 00:01:39.480 and this is for heavy rainfall that could lead to flash flooding. 00:01:39.720 --> 00:01:44.280 We could see rainfall rates over 3 hours of up to 50 to 75 millimetres. 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:48.800 In addition, there was a severe weather warning for damaging wind gusts. 00:01:49.160 --> 00:01:51.960 However, this has been canceled, but it's important to remember that 00:01:51.960 --> 00:01:53.600 windy conditions continue 00:01:53.600 --> 00:01:57.080 and saturated soils mean that we could still see trees toppling. 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:01.920 We also have a severe weather warning for damaging surf for a similar area, 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:06.200 and this is for large surf that may lead to coastal erosion 00:02:06.440 --> 00:02:08.800 and localized damage along the coast. 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:10.680 Even though this is easing 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:14.600 and we are expecting that warning to be canceled this afternoon, we will see 00:02:14.600 --> 00:02:18.480 hazardous surf conditions for the marine environment continue for a number of days. 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:20.720 Looking at our forecast 00:02:20.720 --> 00:02:23.280 wind and rain, that east coast low disappears quite quickly. 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:26.800 But onshore flow will mean that we have showery conditions continuing 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:30.120 right along the East Coast for most of the rest of the week. 00:02:31.160 --> 00:02:34.040 Our total forecast rainfall shows that we are expecting 00:02:34.040 --> 00:02:37.080 widespread falls of 50 to 100 millimetres today. 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:41.720 And some cases we could see up to 100 to 150 millimetres today. 00:02:42.320 --> 00:02:45.920 The good news is that the rain does ease to showers tomorrow 00:02:45.920 --> 00:02:47.520 and over the rest of the week. 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:50.920 And even though it does extend up into the northern parts of the state, 00:02:51.160 --> 00:02:54.200 we are not expecting rainfall totals that would give us flooding concerns 00:02:54.200 --> 00:02:56.765 through the northern rivers at this stage. 00:02:58.040 --> 00:03:01.360 Looking at our wave heights, even though we did see that East Coast 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:04.240 low weaken and the damaging surf conditions ease, 00:03:04.440 --> 00:03:07.960 we do have strong waves pushing into the New South Wales coast 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:11.560 over the coming days due to a low pressure system out in the Tasman Sea. 00:03:11.880 --> 00:03:13.720 This will give us hazardous surf conditions 00:03:13.720 --> 00:03:17.480 and hazardous surf warning is current and this is for dangerous conditions 00:03:17.480 --> 00:03:22.080 for marine users such as swimmers, surfers, boaters and rock fishers. 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:23.960 It's important to 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:27.240 remember that flooding does continue after the rain has eased. 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:30.800 So for the next few days, please stay up to date with the latest forecasts 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:35.040 and warnings from the Bureau on our app website and social media channels. 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:38.000 Make sure you enable push notifications on your phone 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:40.800 so you'll get the latest warnings straight to your mobile device. 00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:44.920 Follow all advice from emergency services and please stay safe.