Perfect storm: Humidity and cold front could create wet and windy afternoon

Severe thunderstorms could hit Sydney on Tuesday afternoon as humidity and a cold front create perfect conditions for a wet and windy commute home, with the SES warning people should "not become complacent" after the wild weather earlier this month.

"We've got a huge amount of moisture around, you would have seen how humid it is, but on top of that we have a cold front moving across the south-eastern parts of Australia, and that's driving an increased pressure gradient which is, in turn, increasing winds ... which give us some nice surface areas for thunderstorms to develop on.

"The kind of winds that are caused by the trough system we saw a week and a half ago are quite different: broad troughs cause very strong mean winds, so the average wind speed is very high, whereas thunderstorms cause stronger gusts," Ms Barr said.

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