A severe weather warning has been issued for NSW, with thunderstorms expected to tip as much as 20 millimetres of rain on Wagga on Tuesday.
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The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting the showers could begin in the early hours of Tuesday morning and last, on and off, all day.
The bureau is warning there could be damaging winds, hail and heavy rainfall across NSW, most likely in the afternoon or evening.
But the clouds are not going to hang around, with sunny skies returning on Wednesday.
The rainy day is expected to deliver a top temperature of 29 degrees for Tuesday, but that cooler weather is not going to last with the mercury approaching the high 30s by the end of the week.
A week into January, there has been just 0.6mm of rain, which usually averages 40.8mm over the month.
Despite the peak danger period for storm-related asthma having receded with the end of spring and its high pollen counts, people who suffer from the condition have been reminded to stick to their action plans.
“If you have asthma, make sure you have an asthma action plan and are proactively managing your symptoms,” Murrumbidgee Local Health District’s director of the public health unit Tracey Oakman said.
“It’s also important for people to know asthma first aid, so they can help family and friends when they need it.”
The four steps to remember are:
- sit the person upright;
- give four separate puffs from their reliever puffer;
- wait four minutes and if there’s no improvement, give four more puffs; and
- if there’s still no improvement, dial 000.
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