This is getting a little ridiculous...

CYCLONIC winds are forecast to hit Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle tonight, and the weather bureau warns the wild storm will "pack a mean punch".

Gusts of up to 100kmh, enough to tear off roofs, will hammer the coast only days after floods claimed nine lives and caused millions of dollars in damage.

"We certainly have a very hazardous situation spinning up," said the Sydney weather bureau's chief meteorologist, Rob Webb.

"It will pack a mean punch."

The storm, described by the bureau as an "extra-tropical cyclone", will come ashore on the South Coast tonight. It is expected to blast Wollongong and the South Coast overnight, Sydney about dawn tomorrow and Newcastle later tomorrow morning.

"Stay indoors if you can because it could be quite a dangerous situation," said Mr Webb, comparing the looming storm with the one that smashed the Sydney to Hobart fleet in 1998.

"It's a similar explosive event. Anyone contemplating going near the water, be advised not to. We are expecting waves in the six- to seven-metre mark."

Although heavy rain is tipped to begin lashing the coast around Ulladulla, and could bring local flooding to Sydney, Mr Webb was more worried about the projected winds, which, over the sea, could equal a category two cyclone.

He expressed concern for the Central Coast and Newcastle, still cleaning up after the June 8 storm, fearing weakened buildings could be vulnerable.

This is getting a little ridiculous...

CYCLONIC winds are forecast to hit Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle tonight, and the weather bureau warns the wild storm will "pack a mean punch".

Gusts of up to 100kmh, enough to tear off roofs, will hammer the coast only days after floods claimed nine lives and caused millions of dollars in damage.

"We certainly have a very hazardous situation spinning up," said the Sydney weather bureau's chief meteorologist, Rob Webb.

"It will pack a mean punch."

The storm, described by the bureau as an "extra-tropical cyclone", will come ashore on the South Coast tonight. It is expected to blast Wollongong and the South Coast overnight, Sydney about dawn tomorrow and Newcastle later tomorrow morning.

"Stay indoors if you can because it could be quite a dangerous situation," said Mr Webb, comparing the looming storm with the one that smashed the Sydney to Hobart fleet in 1998.

"It's a similar explosive event. Anyone contemplating going near the water, be advised not to. We are expecting waves in the six- to seven-metre mark."

Although heavy rain is tipped to begin lashing the coast around Ulladulla, and could bring local flooding to Sydney, Mr Webb was more worried about the projected winds, which, over the sea, could equal a category two cyclone.

He expressed concern for the Central Coast and Newcastle, still cleaning up after the June 8 storm, fearing weakened buildings could be vulnerable.

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Spent the day with the lovely mandysbitch.

She had an interesting train trip with an assault occurring and spilling out onto the platform...she not only brings rain with her but crime too ;)

My parents and I took her on a (disaster) tour of the local area. Up the F3 through the areas that got hit by the bushfire early in the year, to Brooklyn where the Hawkesbury was very brown and very high due to the floods. Then down through Cowan/Berowra to Hornsby, then down the hairpins of Galston Gorge which unfortunately didn't do her stomach any good, to Dural and looking out to the Blue Mountains. Then around the long way to avoid the gorge again to my place. Lots of bush and ridges and valleys.

There was lunch and a tour of our home gallery and much talking. And it made me realise that I really don't talk much normally because my throat was hurting.

But as mandysbitch mentioned, we wouldn't be able to exist in the same room for long. She was freezing and rugged up; I was on the warm side, starting off in shorts and tshirt, eventually graduating to track pants. I'm definitely a mutant.

And I was very proud of myself, very little anxiety! Meeting people, even people I've met before, is usually stressful, but mandysbitch has a very calming influence.

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Spent the day with the lovely mandysbitch.

She had an interesting train trip with an assault occurring and spilling out onto the platform...she not only brings rain with her but crime too ;)

My parents and I took her on a (disaster) tour of the local area. Up the F3 through the areas that got hit by the bushfire early in the year, to Brooklyn where the Hawkesbury was very brown and very high due to the floods. Then down through Cowan/Berowra to Hornsby, then down the hairpins of Galston Gorge which unfortunately didn't do her stomach any good, to Dural and looking out to the Blue Mountains. Then around the long way to avoid the gorge again to my place. Lots of bush and ridges and valleys.

There was lunch and a tour of our home gallery and much talking. And it made me realise that I really don't talk much normally because my throat was hurting.

But as mandysbitch mentioned, we wouldn't be able to exist in the same room for long. She was freezing and rugged up; I was on the warm side, starting off in shorts and tshirt, eventually graduating to track pants. I'm definitely a mutant.

And I was very proud of myself, very little anxiety! Meeting people, even people I've met before, is usually stressful, but mandysbitch has a very calming influence.