Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane weather: When rain will strike
Large parts of Australia will experience a rainy season of heavy rainfall in the coming days, increasing the risk of flooding and road closures.
This follows Tasmania recording its second coldest night on record at -13.5 degrees Celsius, while Sydney and Brisbane are the wettest capitals this weekend.
Weatherzone is predicting 20 to 60mm of rain across South Australia, southern and western Queensland and northern New South Wales over the next four days.
Clouds are already forming over central Australia and rain is expected to move east from Sunday.
Weatherzone predicted the downpour could be enough for “a whole season of rain.”
The rain is being caused by ‘an unusually strong area of high pressure south of Australia, which is causing moist air to flow across Australia from the east over the coming days’.
This moist water, originating from the unusually warm seas east of Australia, collides with a locked-in area of low pressure at higher altitudes as it moves over the land.
The interaction between the high pressure areas and the humidity will produce unusually heavy rainfall across much of central and eastern Australia.
Large parts of Australia will be battered by a year’s worth of rain in the coming days, raising the risk of flooding and road and rail closures. Women pictured with umbrellas
Weatherzone has forecast 20 to 60mm of rain in South Australia, southern and western Queensland and northern NSW over the next four days. Weather map shown
Thunderstorms are expected in Birdsville, Queensland on Friday evening, with up to 20mm of rain possible on Saturday.
Bourke, New South Wales, is expected to experience heavy rain and wind gusts of up to 30 km/h on Sunday.
Gale warnings are in effect for the southwest coast of Western Australia and severe wind warnings are in effect for parts of the South Australian coast.
Up to 35mm of rain is expected to fall in Perth between Tuesday and Wednesday.
The weather system will also bring a cold snap to some parts of the Southeast.
The small town of Liawenee on Tasmania’s Central Plateau recorded Australia’s first -10C temperature this year on Tuesday as a severe cold snap lashed the country’s southeast.
This was surpassed on Wednesday morning at -12.9 degrees Celsius, after which Liawenee recorded the second coldest temperature ever in Tasmania on Thursday morning at an icy -13.5 degrees Celsius.
However, on Friday morning it was -12.6C.
“Previously, no weather station in Tasmania had recorded temperatures below -12.5C in July,” Weatherzone reported.
‘But this week that limit has already been exceeded three times.
‘While this week did not break Tasmania’s record of -14.2 degrees Celsius set on August 7, 2020, it is the first time the state has recorded three mornings of temperatures below -12 degrees Celsius.’
Liawenee is famous for its trout fishing, but only two people live permanently in Liawenee. One is a police officer and the other works for the Inland Fisheries Service.
Hopefully they are well dressed and have central heating or a fire to keep them from freezing.
Of all the capital cities, Canberra will be the coldest city in the coming days, with sub-zero temperatures of -3C on Saturday and -2C on Sunday.
Hobart is getting warmer, but not by much. Temperatures in Tasmania’s capital will range from a low of 5 degrees Celsius on Saturday to 2 degrees Celsius on Monday.
The small town of Liawenee (pictured) in Tasmania recorded the state’s second coldest temperature on record on Thursday morning, hitting a freezing -13.5C
Sydney and Brisbane will be the wettest capitals over the coming days, with showers all weekend and early next week. People with umbrellas are pictured
As usual in the Australian winter, for some nice sunshine you should head to the Top End of Western Australia.
On Sunday, it will be a maximum of 20 degrees in Perth and on Monday 21 degrees. However, there will also be cloud and rain.
Darwin will see mostly sunny weather all weekend, with highs of 31 degrees on Friday, 32 degrees on Saturday and Sunday and 33 degrees on Monday.
Sydney and Brisbane will be the wettest capitals over the coming days, with showers throughout the weekend and early next week.