The Illawarra and other parts of NSW are set for heavy rain on Thursday, with up to 50 millimetres of rain forecast for Wollongong.
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It’s the start of a wet few days, with rain also forecast for Friday and showers expected on Saturday.
Rainfall forecasts suggest some coastal parts of NSW – including Wollongong – could be drenched by between 50 and 100 millimetres of rain between now and next Tuesday.
Senior meteorologist Rob Taggart said parts Sydney can expect up to 50 millimetres of rainfall on Thursday.
Mr Taggart said rain would be fairly light in the morning and steadily increase during the day, with heavy rain forecast for peak hour on Thursday afternoon.
"The wettest period for Sydney, the most intense rainfall [will be] from the late afternoon today into sometime tomorrow morning," he said.
The bureau has issued a hazardous surf warning advising surf and swell conditions are expected to be dangerous for coastal activities such as rock fishing, boating, and swimming in the Illawarra.
"What we're expecting is winds to increase along particularly central parts of the coast later today and into tomorrow," Mr Taggart said.
"That's going to create some pretty choppy seas, so surf conditions will be hazardous particularly tomorrow from Wollongong up to about Port Macquarie."
with Sydney Morning Herald
