Sydney's "danger day" for wet weather will be on Saturday, with the NSW SES urging communities in at-risk zones to start preparing now.The previous high was set in 1950, when 2194mm was recorded at Observatory Hill - a mark broken just after 1pm today.NSW Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke said the rain in Sydney was only going to get worse.
The Bureau of Meteorology's Gabriella Woodhouse said it had already observed widespread rain and flash flooding across inland parts of NSW. "These storms are quite severe in nature and bring the risk of rain, flash flooding as well as damaging winds and some hail."Another weather system is expected to develop on Friday and move across the state on the weekend.
"This system is quite a significant and serious system as we are looking at widespread rain as well as thunderstorms with this system."She said a stretch of the coast, "particularly" the Hunter to the Illawarra, could be pounded with powerful swell and damaging winds.
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