Low pressure systems brewing just off the north and south coasts are expected to collide and cause havoc for the eastern coast of Australia today. <\/p>\n
New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland will all be hit with some serious thunderstorms which forecasters are saying will be some of the worst since March. <\/p>\n
And considering the Sydney storm\/flood <\/a>fiasco of a couple of weeks back, that\u2019s a pretty big call. <\/p>\n \u201cThursday is going to be a big day of weather. Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney, Canberra – all have a chance of severe thunderstorms,’ meteorologist Rob Sharpe told news.com.au<\/a>. <\/p>\n Rob added people in Melbourne and Sydney should prepare for severe thunderstorms to continue on Friday. <\/p>\n These storms come in the wake of a tropical cyclone in remote Queensland.<\/p>\n\n Tropical #CycloneOwen<\/a> is still a slow-moving Category 1 system, but is forecast to strengthen as it moves west over the southern #GulfofCarpentaria<\/a> & is expected to reach Cat 3 intensity\u2014which would classify it as 'severe' https:\/\/t.co\/KUkOm8c7Cl<\/a> @BOM_Qld<\/a> @BOM_NT<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/2cAWq3uYHB<\/a><\/p>— Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (@BOM_au) December 11, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>
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