Over the course of the next week we have the potential for widespread soaking rain over much of southeastern Australia, fuelled by rain crossing the north and interior.
There is the potential for big rainfalls in both the west and east over the next week, which will be quite a change from what southwest WA has been experiencing lately. In the longer term, it is these areas that are most likely to see above average rain across the summer period too.
Showers and storms could bring significant rain to southeast Queensland and northeast NSW over the coming week, while the heat continues but there is relief on the horizon.
Heat is moving into the eastern states in a big shake up from last week’s weather pattern, while the connection to tropical moisture takes a break, limiting the rain potential in southern Australia.
From alpine snow, to a frosty start to the weekend, to a stormy period in Queensland next week, to a looming hot stretch in the west - we have a mixed bag of weather ahead.
The last part of the current rain system is drenching southeast Queensland and northeast NSW and the next one has already begun, with yet another on the horizon. Has regular rainfall finally set in?
Rainfall expected to extend inland over southeastern Australia, driven by tropical moisture and high-pressure splits. Seasonal models hint at above-average rain for the coming months.
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