Batten down the hatches - wild wind and storms are on their way

Storm clouds rolling in over the Brindabellas near Tuggeranong earlier this year – expect more shortly. Photo: James Coleman.

Wild winds and storms are just some of the extreme weather being forecast for the next few days for southeast Australia.

It’s all part of a cold front sweeping across much of eastern Australia, pulling hot air from the Northern Territory and central Australia to the country’s east.

Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said the system will arrive in southeast NSW and the ACT late on Tuesday and last into Wednesday.

“We’re going to see a risk of severe thunderstorms … The main risk time for that is going to be from early afternoon [today].”

“Generally, those storms should be non-severe, but there definitely is a risk that they could become s