The Bureau of Meteorology cancelled its severe weather warning for the Snowy Mountains at 5.59am on Sunday, ending the alpine wind event that hit the New South Wales high country overnight. It is the first of the four warnings issued over the weekend to come down. The other three, covering Victoria's alpine areas and the Victorian and Tasmanian coasts, are still running, and both coastal warnings have been extended to cover Monday night's high tide as well as tonight's.
The Bureau reissued its Victoria coastal hazard warning at 11.01am, covering the coast from Cape Schanck to Point Hicks. It says tides are likely to rise well above the normal high tide mark during Sunday evening's high tide and again on Monday evening, with sea water flooding of low-lying areas possible. Phillip Island, Hastings, Inverloch, Port Albert and Lakes Entrance are named.
Tasmania's coastal warning, reissued at 11.02am, covers Southport to Maria Island and carries the same two-night risk. The Bureau says Monday evening's high tide is expected to be about as high as the one that flooded parts of the state on 24 June 2025, with similar inundation impacts possible this time.
Victoria's alpine wind warning, unlike its New South Wales counterpart, has not been cancelled. The Bureau reissued it at 9.30am and reported a 119 km/h gust at Mount Hotham on Saturday night, with 102 km/h gusts at both Falls Creek and Mount Buller, all above the roughly 100 km/h peak that had been forecast. It expects damaging winds averaging 60 to 70 km/h, with blizzard conditions possible, to redevelop about the alpine areas on and off through to early Tuesday.
The response so far has been uneventful. VicEmergency's incident platform showed no active warnings and no logged incidents as of Sunday late morning, the same quiet picture Victoria had on Saturday afternoon despite gusts that ran ahead of forecast.
Sunday evening's high tide, the one flagged as the one to watch when Saturday's warnings were issued, is still ahead. The Bureau's next coastal update for Victoria and Tasmania is due by 5pm Sunday, and Monday evening's tide, the one it is comparing to last year's flooding, follows after that.
