Thursday 30 June 2022 11:48 PM Sydney weather: Aussies warned to prepare for major rain bomb trends now
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A major flood warning has been issued with heavy rain and damaging winds smashing Australia's east coast.
Families are being asked to re-asses their holiday plans ahead of the wet and windy conditions just as school holidays begin for Victoria, Queensland and NSW.
Higgins Storm Chasing chief forecaster Thomas Hinterdorfer issued a major flood warning for central eastern NSW predicting rainfall of up to 500mm.
Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong to Ulladulla have also been told to brace for wild weather with up to 300mm forecast across the region in the next week.
'Models are increasing in agreement on both positioning and intensity for a significant rain event across Central Eastern NSW over the next 5-6 days,' he wrote on Facebook.
A major flood warning has been issued with heavy rain and damaging winds smashing Australia's east coast (pictured, rain forecast for NSW over the coming days)
NSW's coast is expected to see heavy rain from Thursday afternoon with the centre of the storm focusing over Sydney and Newcastle
'I expressed in a previous post that the significant falls for the South Coast at the time, may shift further Northwards - and that appears to be the case now.'
Mr Hinterdorfer warned a strengthening onshore flow would combine with an upper level low to bring heavy rainfall between Saturday and Wednesday.
'Additional possible East Coast Low between Saturday and Wednesday has the potential to produce widespread falls of 250-400mm between the Hunter and Illawarra,' he wrote.
'Peak falls of more than 500mm are possible... will have the potential to produce widespread flooding across these areas, which may include some major flooding.'
Weatherzone said on Wednesday that a widespread cloudband was moving down from the tropics bringing rain and whipping up swells along the coast.
A low pressure trough deepening on Saturday will bring increased rainfalls with several computer weather models suggesting some coastal areas could see more than 100mm of rain in under 24 hours.
The rain will stretch from Melbourne in the