Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne weather: When rain will end as deluge strikes big cities
A week-long rain bomb has hit Australia as a wet weather system makes its way through the country.
Rainfall charts show much of Australia’s Top End and almost the entire 4,000km stretch of the east coast is expected to experience rain every day until next Wednesday and beyond.
Thunderstorms continue to lash Australia’s north and east coast as they move towards the southern states, bringing damaging winds, hail and flash flooding.
It will be a wet weekend for most capitals, followed by more rain next week.
Melbourne will get up to 9mm and a possible thunderstorm forecast for Saturday, followed by another 9mm on Sunday.
The sun is not expected to return to Melbourne until Thursday.
Adelaide received a 13mm bucket on Thursday evening which arrived 12 hours earlier than expected. It was the city’s first double-digit decline in churches in two months.
More rain is on the way for Adelaide’s with 10mm on Friday and 8mm on Saturday, but it should clear in time for Sunday’s Adelaide 500 Supercars race.
Sydneysiders will have to keep their umbrellas handy over the next week with up to 100 weather forecasts after the heavens opened on Thursday evening.
A rain bomb continues to batter northern Australia and the east coast, spreading into the southern states, with more rain on the way this weekend
Up to 5 meters will fall in Sydney on Friday, followed by another 10mm on Saturday, followed by a deluge of 25mm next Tuesday.
It is not expected to clear in Sydney until Friday.
Brisbane will also see rain, especially early next week, with temperatures ranging from 30mm to 60mm over seven days
At the other end of the country, Western Australia’s record-breaking heatwave will continue into the weekend, with maximum temperatures in Perth not likely to dip below 30 degrees Celsius until Tuesday.
The prolonged extreme weather is due to several troughs causing thunderstorms and rain in western and northern WA, the Northern Territory, Queensland, which have since spread to NSW and the southern states.
Rain will also move across the Bass Strait into Tasmania, with 15mm forecast for Hobart on Sunday.
“It’s not unusual, but it is a significant outbreak of rain and thunderstorms,” Weatherzone meteorologist Yoska Hernandez told Ny Breaking Australia.
‘Rain will fall in most capitals this weekend.
‘The widespread rainfall we have seen this week will continue into the weekend and into the middle of next week.
“It’s due to successive upper level troughs stretching across WA and across the Top End that have extended into eastern Australia, which is why we’ve seen storms every day this week.”
“The rain and thunderstorms will continue every day until next Wednesday.”
Sydneysiders will need their umbrellas over the next two days, with 5mm expected on Friday and another 10mm on Saturday
Inland Queensland and NSW, north-west Victoria and parts of south-eastern and south-eastern Australia will be in the firing line of heavy rain and thunderstorms on Friday, bringing damaging hail and damaging winds.
Widespread falls of 30-60mm are expected across much of northern and eastern Australia, with some regions seeing as much as 100mm or even double that.
‘If we move on tomorrow, it will move more towards the coast. “The areas most likely to experience severe weather are inland and southern parts of Queensland, through central and south-eastern NSW to eastern and southern Victoria,” the Bureau of Meteorology said. said Christie Johnson.
“Then, as we move on early next week, it’s going to contract towards the east coast, maybe some coastal parts of NSW, south-eastern parts of Queensland, eastern part of Victoria.”
It will also be a wet weekend in Adelaide and Melbourne (photo)
Tuesday looks set to be the wettest day for Queensland and northern NSW, with heavier rain moving further south over Sydney next Wednesday.
“We will then see a system developed quite similar to this system, rinse and repeat, which will bring the risk back to more central parts of Australia,” Ms Johnson said.
The weather bureau has reminded those in the line of fire that thunderstorms can produce damaging or destructive winds that can destroy fences and patio furniture, as well as drop strong wines and cause power outages.
The severe storms can produce large or giant hail, which can cause injuries and damage anything outdoors, including cars.
Australia’s Top End and eastern states will see a dip in the coming days. Pictured graph showing the precipitation forecast for Friday