Grim weather warning for millions of Aussies: ‘Flooding is possible’
- Australia’s wild weather continues
- Millions of people are bracing themselves for more heavy rain showers
The wild weather will continue for millions of residents on the east coast as heavy showers show no signs of improving.
Sydney is expected to receive up to 60mm of rain on Sunday afternoon and into the evening, as the heavy rainfall that has battered eastern states this week continues.
About 130mm to 150mm fell in the Jarvis Bay area overnight, with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting the rain was starting to move north.
The wet weather is expected to continue until Monday and ease by mid-week, before returning next weekend – with up to 150mm possible over the next seven days.
Over the past seven days, eastern New South Wales and the Queensland coast have been heavily wet, with up to 100mm of rain recorded over a wide area.
The wild weather will continue for millions of residents on the east coast as heavy showers show no signs of improving
Sydney is expected to receive up to 60mm of rain on Sunday afternoon and into the evening, as the heavy rains that have lashed eastern states this week continue
Apart from showers in south-west WA and southern Queensland, much of the rest of the country is expected to remain fine and dry on Sunday.
Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Dean Narramore said areas south of Sydney had seen the heaviest falls yet, but the system was starting to move north.
“Those heavy rains in the Illawarra are starting to move north today, so we’re going to see those heavy showers around Sydney this morning,” he told Nine’s the Today show. .
‘We’re looking at quite a wet late morning and particularly afternoon and evening with probably 30 to 50mm.’
Significant amounts of rain have fallen in eastern New South Wales and coastal Queensland in recent days
Severe weather warnings have been issued for possible flash flooding in parts of the Illawarra district and thunderstorms north of Wollongong and east of Dubbo on Sunday evening.
“Flash flooding is possible in parts of the Illawarra district from early Sunday morning to late Sunday evening,” the Bureau said.
‘Six-hour rainfall totals of between 100 and 140mm, with isolated falls of more than 150mm, are possible.’
In the north, cloudy weather is expected in Brisbane with a small chance of showers on Sunday and Monday.
Not a drop of rain was forecast in Melbourne over the next week, with the Windy City expected to reach a high of just 20 degrees Celsius.
Adelaide also had a dry and sunny weekend with a high of 23 degrees Celsius on Sunday, while the chance of light rain in Canberra diminished in the evening.
Dry but cloudy weather was forecast in the other capital cities, including Darwin, Hobart and Perth, with little rain during the week.