A extreme climate warning has been issued for Sydney and its surrounds after a sweltering Australia Day noticed the mercury soar to 31C.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) issued the alert simply earlier than 3:00pm, warning components of the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Sydney, Gosford, Wyong and Wollondilly, Wingecarribee areas might be hit with extreme storms.
The BoM stated storms might carry heavy rain, damaging wind gusts and huge hail.
The unstable situations are being pushed by southerly change over southeastern NSW.
"The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 2:40 pm, extreme thunderstorms had been detected on the climate radar close to St Marys, Warragamba, the Glen Davis/Newnes district (north of Lithgow) and Cranebrook. These thunderstorms are shifting in direction of the east. They're forecast to have an effect on Colo Heights, Blacktown and Erskine Park by 3:10 pm and Parramatta, Fairfield and Horsley Park by 3:40 pm," the BoM stated.
It comes after hundreds of Sydneysiders flocked to the seashores for the general public vacation.
It has been a stormy week for Sydney, as the town on Tuesday was illuminated by a stunning gentle present.
"A mix of fork and sheet lightning lit up the skies for what appeared like hours throughout the whole Sydney basin and places a lot additional afield," Weatherzone stated.
"As many as 133,000 lightning strikes or thereabouts had been recorded inside a 100km radius of Blacktown in Sydney's west."
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