Dangerous winds, icy temperatures forecast for Sydney and southern NSW

Sydney and southern NSW is set for an icy weekend with an Antarctic blast forecast to bring dangerous winds, ice and snow with temperatures to plummet into the single figures.

• Trio of powerful cold fronts bearing down on S/E Australia
• Sydney Weather Forecast

An Antarctic blast is headed for Sydney over the weekend with strong winds and icy temperatures forecast for the city and snow in some parts of Southern NSW.

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning today with dangerous winds of up to 50km/h expected to wreak havoc across the state.

Meteorologist Hellen Kirkup said the cold front is expected to be at its worst on Saturday where a low of 9 degrees is forecast in Sydney and 7 in the west.

Temperatures are set to plummet heading into the weekend.

A severe weather warning has been issued. Picture: BSCH

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“There is quite a deep low-pressure system at the moment and it is currently centred south of Adelaide,” she said.

“It’s drawing air up from the south which means it is coming across the Southern Ocean which essentially means it’s coming from down near the Antarctic.

“The first one will be coming through today where we will see really strong winds and for that we do have a severe weather warning that has been issued.”

Snow is predicted to fall near Goulburn over the weekend.

Ms Kirkup also predicts a chance of snow in the Goulburn region on Saturday.

Saturday will reach a maximum temperature of 16 degrees in the city and 15 degrees in the west.

A minimum temperature of 6 in the city and 3 in the west with a maximum of 17 is forecast for Sunday.