Warning damaging winds will continue for multiple states and territories

Warnings of powerful winds across south-eastern Australia remain in place today after gales triggered mass power outages for thousands.

Melbourne in particular had a chaotic weekend, as wild winds wreaked havoc bringing down trees, and tearing roofs off homes.

Today the Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for eastern Victoria, with damaging winds forecast for the Gippsland area.

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Gusts ranging from 60km/h to 100km/h are expected to continue this morning. Peak gusts about the alpine peaks may reach around 115 km/h.

The winds are expected to ease by the late morning.

A similar wind warning has been issued by the bureau for communities in southern NSW and the ACT.

The South Coast, Southern Tablelands, Snowy Mountains and South West Slopes in NSW are forecast to be impacted today.

Yesterday in Melbourne it was a chaotic day, as wild winds wreaked havoc and brought down trees, and tore roofs off homes.

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Winds have died down in rural South Australia.

The SES in Victoria received more than 500 calls for help in Melbourne on Sunday and into early yesterday, with suburbs in the city's north hardest hit.

One house in Heidelberg Heights had the roof ripped off while the airport recorded the strongest winds of more than 100km/h.

Trees were snapped in half, and at Reservoir, fences were torn down while passengers on the Upfield and Hurstbridge lines had to be put onto replacement buses after fallen branches and building debris blocked the tracks.

By mid-afternoon, power was also cut to more than 3000 properties.

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That included Summerhill Road shops in Reservoir, where a number of businesses were forced to shut up shop with a few owners trying to press on despite the lights being out.

Damaging winds have eased in western and central Victoria but will continue in the east into Tuesday, the BOM said.

Warnings remain in place for Tasmania including Western, Upper Derwent Valley, South East, Central Plateau and parts of North East, East Coast, Midlands, North West Coast and Central North Forecast Districts.

The surge of warm air has whipped up a windy frenzy before a cold front which is due to arrive tomorrow, Weatherzone reports.

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Warmer weather for most of the country

Springtime sun will wash across much of the land early this week in a break from repeated, successive cold fronts.

Sydney is forecast for a top of 28 today, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

Temperatures will sway between low and high 20s for the rest of the week, with possible showers on Friday and Saturday.

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From today, temperatures in the Victorian capital will dip again, however, and rain will remain a possibility throughout the week.

Brisbane will tomorrow be basking in a maximum of 30 degrees.

There are possible showers forecast toward the end of the week.

Adelaide is running counter to most capitals with rain forecast throughout the week, but temperatures will plummet back to 17 degrees today.

Hobart in Tasmania will see temperatures remain below 20 for the rest of the week.

Canberra can expect a high of 21 today compared to frostier temperatures and rain the rest of the week.

Darwin will remain at tops of 33 or 34 degrees all week.

In Perth, the mercury will struggle to reach 19 degrees today, but by the end of the week the WA capital has sunny tops of 26 degrees predicted.

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