‘Rough end to the weekend’: wintry weather on the way for south-east Australia

A ‘double whammy’ of heavy rain and gusty winds is forecast for the NSW south coast on Sunday before shifting to the central coast on Monday. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

Winter is coming for south-eastern Australia this weekend, with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting rain, hail and even snow for some parts of the country.

In New South Wales, wet and windy conditions could see a “really rough end to the weekend”, Miriam Bradbury, a senior meteorologist at the bureau, said.