Labour day long weekend weather for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane
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Soggy and cold weather to muffle the long weekend for millions – so how’s the weather going to be where you are?
- Rain and cold forecast for Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra
- Rain will ease for Labor Day Monday, but temperatures will remain low
- NSW, South Australia, the ACT and Queensland have a day off on Monday
- WA and the Northern Territory will also be hit by storms this weekend
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Australians on the east coast are going to start the long Labor Day weekend wet and cool with lots of rain forecast.
Those living in NSW, South Australia, Queensland and the ACT have welcomed a three-day weekend, but the miserable weather could dampen many plans.
Sydney and Brisbane will be drenched in rain on Saturday and Sunday, while Canberra will also have a wet Sunday.
Fortunately, wet conditions are expected to end in time for the holiday Monday, but colder-than-average temperatures are forecast for the eastern capitals.
Pictured is the rain forecast for Monday at 1:00 PM. Much of Australia’s west and east coast faces a swampy start to the week
Sydney will reach a maximum of just 18°C on Saturday and Sunday, with up to 13mm of rain on both days.
By Monday the rain will have abated with the port city inside for a dry and mostly sunny day with highs of 20C before rain returns on Wednesday.
Strong wind warnings have been issued and dangerous surf is likely for NSW’s Macquarie Coast, Hunter Coast, Sydney Coast and Illawarra Coast.
The Bureau of Meteorology predicts a large swath of rain this weekend that will soak much of the coast from NSW all the way to southeastern Queensland.
Brisbane could get some showers on Saturday and will warm up with highs of 24C.
But on Sunday, the Queensland capital will see between 4 and 10mm of rain, with highs as low as 19C.
The sun will come out again on Monday, in time for the holiday, with a low of 12C and a high of 23C.
Canberra will start the weekend wet, with a high chance of showers and a top 15 for Saturday, with rain to ease off Sunday and temperatures soar to a top 20.
Monday will be cloudy with a high of 21 degrees.
Adelaide will be spared most of the wet conditions until Tuesday.
Sydney and Brisbane will be drenched in rain Saturday and Sunday, while Canberra will also have a wet Sunday (pictured in Brisbane)
Temperatures will also be warmer in the SA capital than on the east coast, with highs of 22C and 24C forecast for Sunday and Monday.
Melbourne will also enjoy clear conditions in the coming days, with a high of 19C on Saturday and a high of 21C on Sunday.
Perth residents can make the most of their weekend, with sunny 27C on Saturday and 24C on Sunday.
But further north in WA will cope with some wet weather with widespread storms predicted in the coming days.
Rain will slowly make its way from WA across the Northern Territory and South Australia to the east coast.
The wet weather is the result of a number of troughs dragging moisture down from the Indian Ocean, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
Hobart will have a partly cloudy weekend with temperatures as high as 18C on Sunday and 17C on Monday.
Meanwhile, Darwin can expect storms from Saturday with heavy rainfall throughout the weekend.