This is getting a little ridiculous...
Jun. 19th, 2007 01:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
krazykitkatCYCLONIC 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.
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.
