<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>South Australia is today bearing the brunt of a polar blast blanketing the country's south-east.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Bureau of Meteorology has issued severe weather warnings as a powerful cold front sweeps across the region, with Victoria and NSW forecast to receive the same polar blast in coming hours.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The weather system will bring damaging winds, showers and snow today and into the weekend.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/porepunkah-victoria-police-officer-shooting-people-escorted-from-home/58cb7c8b-9cc2-412b-baf9-94a6619eebe4"><strong><span>Police descend on home in Porepunkah amid search for alleged cop killer</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>SA got a taste of the severe system this morning as residents woke to chilly temperatures and powerful winds reaching up to 130km/h in Adelaide and other parts.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Elsewhere in the state, gusts are forecast to average 60km/h to 100km/h through the morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Conditions are expected to gradually ease from the west during the evening, although may continue into the late evening over the state's Lower South East.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/australia-weather-update-severe-conditions-for-south-eastern-states/0eec56a9-c53e-4080-9094-b87630694aa0" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Communities which may be affected include Adelaide, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Renmark, Mount Gambier and Ceduna.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A gale warning was issued by the bureau today for a huge stretch of coastal waters, including the Adelaide metropolitan area.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The SES is advising people to leave their boats at home for the next couple of days.</span></div></div><div class="tweet" data-tweet-id="1961180944049508617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-user="9NewsAUS"></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Residents in large parts of Victoria, NSW, the ACT and Tasmania are also being warned of powerful damaging winds through today and into the weekend as a strong cold front takes hold.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The bureau says a strengthening north-westerly airstream will bring gusts of up to 100km/h to elevated areas.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Heavy snowfalls and blizzard conditions are forecast for alpine areas, including parts of the NSW Snowy Mountains district above 1400 metres and Victoria's Eastern Ranges above 1200 metres.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>For the capital cities, Adelaide is heading for a maximum temperature of 13 degrees, Melbourne 14 degrees and Sydney 21 degrees. But forecasters warn the wind chill will make it feel much cooler in many parts.</span></div></div>