Winds over 100km/hour blast NSW as severe weather hits south east

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Severe warnings are in place across multiple jurisdictions as a cold front sweeps across southeast Australia, bringing damaging winds, showers, storms and alpine snow.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issued severe weather warnings for parts of Victoria, NSW, the ACT and Tasmania on Sunday, as the "vigorous westerly flow", which began yesterday morning, moves down to Tasmania.

Broad areas of SA, VIC, NSW, ACT and Tasmania are seeing gusts in excess of 90km/h, according to Weatherzone.

NSW recorded gusts over and around 100km/hour in Nowra at 103 km/h, Albion Park which saw a gust of 98 km/h and Port Kembla, which was battered by a 93 km/h gust.

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People in Illawarra, South Coast, Snowy Mountains, the ACT are being warned that damaging winds with peak gusts of 90 to 110 km/h are likely to continue over parts of the Snowy Mountains throughout Sunday.

A strong wind warning continues for tomorrow for the Illawarra and Eden coasts, south of Sydney.

Blizzard conditions are also hitting areas above 1300 metres, with the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service recommending backcountry travel be postponed until conditions improve.

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In Victoria, a severe weather warning is in place for parts of Central, East Gippsland, North Central, North East and West and South Gippsland

A separate severe warning for damaging surf is in place in the south west and west Gippsland districts.

Down in Tasmania, the BOM is warning that damaging winds averaging 60 to 70 km/h with peak gusts of around 100 km/h are possible over King Island and much of western, central and southern Tasmania.

Weatherzone has forecast that another weaker cold front will skim the southern parts of southeast Australia on Monday, maintaining some gusty winds and further alpine snow showers of another few centimetres, before conditions ease by Tuesday.

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