# ABC Local Radio **URL:** \ **Category:** ABC & SBS Radio\ **Tags:** abc\ **Created:** [December 31, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-local-radio/500 "2015-12-31T22:43:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 427
**Author:** ![dxnerd](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/dxnerd/32/404112_2.png) [@dxnerd](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/dxnerd)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-local-radio/500/427 "2017-10-16T11:11:39Z")
Emergency warnings for floods and storms can be difficult for the ABC to manage in Sydney and Brisbane because the weather can vary so greatly between the inland and coastal suburbs in both cities. Sydney often experiences East Coast Lows- extratropical cyclones- in the cooler months. Whilst gale force winds and torrential rain afflict the coastal fringe, the outer western suburbs may remain completely dry with only a moderate southerly breeze. Similarly, the outer west cops the lion’s share of the severe thunderstorms that enter the Sydney metro; the majority weaken significantly by the time they reach the coast. The ABC takes its cues from the Bureau of Meterology, which may issue a severe weather warning for the whole of a weather district or just a small part of one, further complicating things. These weather districts may also differ from local government boundaries, for example Ulladulla is included in the South Coast forecast area (Ulladulla- VIC border), yet the town is wholly within the Shoalhaven LGA. Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, and Hobart receive most of their severe weather in the cooler months, associated with cold fronts that tend to sweep across the region more evenly. I’ve excluded bushfires from this analysis as by definition they are local-scale events, though severe fire weather is felt across the broader region. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-local-radio/500)._