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A burst of damaging winds will batter large swathes of Australia with the wild weather potentially causing power cuts over the coming days.
The Bureau of Meteorology said the strongest winds are forecast for Wednesday and Thursday due to a cold front moving across southeastern Australia.
NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania are all in the firing line.
Western Australia will also cop some wild weather with strong winds forecast for the Albany, Esperance and Eucla coasts on Wednesday.
'The front will follow the usual winter path and move eastwards through the Great Australian Bight, reaching Adelaide and southern South Australia very late in the day on Wednesday,' BoM meteorologist Angus Hines said.
'Then on Thursday, the front and the rain moves through Melbourne, Hobart, all of Tasmania, all of Victoria and into New South Wales.
'Sydney could get a drop of wet weather right towards the end of Thursday but northern Australia is still staying fine.'
Another bout of strong winds is expected later this week as a low pressure system moves through the Bight.
The Bureau of Meteorology said the strongest winds are forecasted for Wednesday and Thursday due to a cold front moving across southeastern Australia
Mr Hines explained that while 'some really gusty conditions' are forecast, the winds are not expected to be as strong as the severe weather from last weekend.
'It will be a windy day on Wednesday, but Thursday for most will probably be the windiest day as we start to get really strong winds across parts of Tasmania into parts of NSW as well,' he said.
'It's certainly possible we could get some damaging wind warnings, particularly around the mountain ranges in southeastern Australia for Wednesday night and Thursday.'
Wind turbines are normally turned off during a bout of strong winds to prevent damage to the structure, meaning power cuts are possible.
The warning comes after thousands of western Sydney residents were temporarily left without power following strong winds on Saturday night.
Brisbane
Tuesday: Sunny. Light winds. Min 8, Max 23.
Wednesday: Partly cloudy. The chance of morning fog in the west. Light winds. Min 9, Max 23.
Thursday: Partly cloudy. The chance of morning fog in the west. Slight chance of a shower. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the day then becoming light during the evening. Min 13, Max 23.
Sydney
Tuesday: Sunny. Light winds. Min 6, Max 20.
Wednesday: Sunny. The chance of morning fog in the outer west. The chance of morning frost in the outer west. Light winds. Min 7, Max 21.
Thursday: Mostly sunny day. Slight chance of a shower in the evening. Light winds becoming northerly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning. Min 11, Max 23.
Later this week another bout of strong winds is expected as a low pressure system moves through the Bight
Canberra
Tuesday: Patchy fog, clearing to a mostly sunny afternoon. Light winds becoming northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the late afternoon. Min -1, Max 15.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Patches of frost and the chance of fog in the morning. Light winds becoming northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening. Min 0, Max 14.
Thursday: Partly cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming northwesterly 20 to 30 km/h during the morning. Min 3, Max 16.
Melbourne
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Winds northerly 25 to 35 km/h increasing to 25 to 40 km/h in the west in the afternoon. Min 10 , Max 15.
Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Winds northerly 35 to 50 km/h. Min 10, Max 16.
Thursday: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely in the morning and afternoon. Winds northerly 35 to 50 km/h. Min 11, Max 15.
Hobart
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy morning, becoming a partly cloudy day. Slight chance of a morning shower. Winds northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h turning northerly 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening. Min 8, Max 17.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Winds northerly 15 to 25 km/h. Min 8, Max, 17.
Thursday: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the morning. Winds northerly 20 to 25 km/h turning west to northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning then becoming light during the afternoon. Min 10, Max 15.
The conditions forecasted this week could bring power cuts
Adelaide
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Winds northerly 15 to 25 km/h. Min 12, Max 18.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny morning. Medium chance of showers, most likely at night. Winds northerly 25 to 35 km/h tending northwesterly 25 to 30 km/h in the late evening. Min 11, Max 20.
Thursday: Partly cloudy. Very high chance of showers. Winds west to northwesterly 25 to 35 km/h. Min 9, Max 15.
Perth
Tuesday: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers, becoming less likely this afternoon. Winds southerly 15 to 25 km/h becoming light in the evening. Min, 6, Max 18.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny morning. High chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Light winds. Min 5, Max, 16.
Thursday: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. Light winds becoming westerly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning. Min 9, Max 16.
Darwin
Tuesday: Sunny. Winds easterly 15 to 25 km/h tending northwest to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon. Min 21, Max 31.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the late afternoon. Min 20, Max 30.
Thursday: Partly cloudy. Light winds. Min 21, Max 30.
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