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The swift thunderstorm that hammered Sydney yesterday is “just the start” of more extreme weather to come this summer, authorities have warned.

The storm in Sydney saw the SES hit with more than 500 calls for help, including about 200 fallen trees.

SES chief superintendent Dallas Burnes told Today that responders worked through the night.

Nine weather presenter Garry Youngberry said Queensland was next in the firing line.

“We’re talking supercells today, giant hailstones and destructive winds. All the ingredients are there,” he said.

“We have a trough inland that’s tapping into the moisture and southerly change making its way along the coast. As those two interact or collide, that’s where we will see the most severe storms. There will be storms from the Gold Coast up to Rockhampton.”

He said there would be a lot more in store.

“This is just the start of thunderstorm season,” he said.

“Temperatures for the rest of the week will be well above average. We have a very unstable atmosphere. The humidity has arrived for summer.

“Put all these ingredients together it not only spells thunderstorms but severe thunderstorms, and it will be a very active thunderstorm season I’m forecasting across south-east Queensland.”