SYDNEY has seen the back of cold mornings for the time being, but strong winds are expected to generate large, dangerous waves along the coast today, and showers will drift across the city for the rest of the week.
The weather bureau issued a warning yesterday for damaging coastal winds this morning, gusting to 90km/h from the Illawarrato the Hunter region, due to an intensifying low pressure system in the Tasman Sea.
The State Emergency Service said people should secure loose items around their homes and move vehicles under cover or away from trees.
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Beaches in the Sydney region were tipped to be hit by swells of up to three metres this evening, increasing to more than four metres tomorrow and Friday.
''Surfers, beachgoers and rock fisherman should stay away from exposed coastal locations throughout this entire period,'' said Craig Brokensha, a forecaster with the surf forecasting company Swellnet.
The southerly winds were forecast to deliver scattered showers to Sydney until at least Sunday, with the possibility of heavy falls today and tomorrow.
Suburbs in the west awoke to frosty conditions yesterday , with Campbelltown registering a low of minus 0.1 degrees. But clouds and strong winds will prevent similar cooling for the rest of the week, as minimum temperatures dip to between 9 degrees and 11 degrees in the city, and 4 degrees to 7 degrees in Penrith, according to the bureau.
The swell could provide more problems for the Tweed Shire Council , by further scouring the eroded beach at Kingscliff and threatening a holiday park.
The council resolved yesterday afternoon to spend $255,000 extending a five-metre-high, 100-metre-long sandbag wall by 70 metres to help protect the park, a spokeswoman said.
High tides on Sunday forced the removal of seven beach-front cabins at the park, and $140,000 has already been approved for emergency works, in addition to $3 million to rebuild the beach long-term.
The most eroded areas of beach in front of the surf club and park were likely to sustain more erosion when the swell rises to over three metres tomorrow afternoon, the council's director of community and natural resources, David Oxenham, said.
But there could also be positive side effects after the swell abates. ''It's a southerly swell and it's going to bring more sand along the beach, which will then be repairing and filling in that erosion cell,'' Mr Oxenham said.
Source : http://www.smh.com.au/
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