Australia's southern states warned to brace for 'extreme weather event' with high winds, rough seas to batter South Australia and Victoria
Extensive winds and coastal high tides are expected to converge over South Australia and Victoria on Wednesday.
Sky News Meteorologist Marina Neuman warned the "entire coastline" in Australia's south-east will be under threat.
'We are seeing very high tides right now, as well as damaging surf warnings and coastal hazard warnings from those strong wind gusts,' Neuman said.
The warnings come after Victoria's Mount Buller saw maximum wind gusts of 117km/h on Tuesday, while Mount William saw winds reach 98km/h and Horsham 91km/h.
Wind gusts of over 100km/h were also recorded on SA's Neptune Island, while wild weather also brought heavy rain for several townships.
Stenhouse Bay, Coffin Bay, Port Kenny, and Cape Borda all recorded their biggest single day of rainfall in over 12 months, with falls ranging between 20 and 31mm.
Residents have since been warned dangerous conditions are set to continue over the coming days.
'We want people to keep themselves safe during this extreme weather event,'' SES Chief of Staff Derren Halleday said.
'If a jetty is closed, please avoid it. Some jetties are still undergoing repairs following a similar extreme weather event we experienced in late March. Abnormally high tides are also forecast for later this afternoon and into the evening.''
The Bureau of Meteorology's Jonathan Fischer urged locals to stay up to date with the latest warnings and forecast.
The BOM has issued a coastal hazard warning for abnormally high tides in parts of the Adelaide Metropolitan, Mount Lofty Ranges, Lower Eyre, Eastern Eyre and Yorke peninsulas, and Mid North and Flinders districts.
The same warning is in place for Victoria's Central, East Gippsland, South West and West, and South Gippsland forecast districts.
'Abnormally high tides may lead to sea water flooding of low-lying coastal areas for the entire Victorian coast, including Port Phillip. Tides are again expected to rise well above the normal high tide mark during Wednesday afternoon and evening high tide,' the BOM warned.
Meanwhile, heavy snowfall is expected over the coming 24 hours, with many of the nation's ski resorts set to be blanketed.
For the next week, upwards of 50cm of fresh snow is forecast for Perisher, Thredbo, Falls, and Hotham, with 40cm expected for Mount Buller.
'We are looking at some heavy snowfall. It's good news because earlier, rainfall diminished a lot of that existing snowfall, but we have plenty underway to replace it,' Neuman said.
'So, this is again great news, but we want to avoid the mountains right now. Very low visibility, blizzard conditions with that snowfall and the strong and damaging wind gusts the mountains are currently experiencing.'
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