{"id":593800,"date":"2026-04-08T17:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/593800\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:06:14","slug":"australias-south-to-brace-for-mixed-bag-for-the-rest-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/593800\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s south to brace for mixed bag for the rest of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A weather\ufeff system building towards parts of south and south-eastern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/australia\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Australia\">Australia<\/a> is expected to bring a mixed bag of conditions.The deep low-pressure system brewing below Western Australia is expected to bring \ufeffrain, storms, strong winds, heat, and then cold temperatures to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/victoria\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Victoria\">Victoria<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/new-south-wales\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"NSW\">NSW<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/tasmania\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Tasmania\">Tasmania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Weatherzone flagged the system on Monday, predicting it would bring wind gusts of more than 89km\/h to Australia&#8217;s south-east on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/632bf497-406f-4bcc-b4ab-6e697307e6f1.png\"   alt=\"Predicted maximum wind gusts 10m above ground level for Australia's south-east at 10am this Friday.\"\/>Predicted maximum wind gusts 10m above ground level for Australia&#8217;s south-east at 10am this Friday. (Weatherzone)Storms and showers are expected to move in an easterly direction from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/south-australia\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"South Australia\">South Australia<\/a> tonight and into tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Severe thunderstorms are a possibility on Thursday across South Australia&#8217;s south, NSW&#8217;s south and Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, temperatures are expected to rise beyond 30 degrees in some parts of Australia&#8217;s east\ufeff.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/a286a2ef-05e2-4efe-8ec0-ab647ee47246.png\"   alt=\"Predicted maximums in NSW and nearby areas on Friday.\"\/>Predicted maximums in NSW and nearby areas on Friday. (Weatherzone)<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffThe intense heat is set to begin tomorrow in Victoria, with tops of low 30s in the state&#8217;s far north-west and in NSW&#8217;s west.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/sydney\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Sydney\">Sydney<\/a> is expected to cop the brunt of the heat with highs of up to 34 degrees expected on Friday, nudging the state&#8217;s hottest ever April day of 35.6 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffMeanwhile, parts of Tasmania are being told to prepare for snowfall as low as 700 or 800 metres by Friday, with conditions expected to continue into the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A weather\ufeff system building towards parts of south and south-eastern Australia is expected to bring a mixed bag&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-593800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}