An East Coast Low (ECL) should form off the NSW coast early next week bringing the potential for torrential rain, damaging winds, hazardous surf and coastal erosion.

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Over the course of the next week we have significant rain across much of southern Australia.
Over the course of the next week we have three areas of focus in our weather: the southeast early in the stretch, the southwest wi...
Let's look at the weather outlook for the King's Birthday Long Weekend and beyond.
Over the course of the next week we have significant rain across much of southern Australia. Find out when and where with Jane Bunn's latest forecast.
Over the course of the next week we have three areas of focus in our weather: the southeast early in the stretch, the southwest with a few rain systems, and an out of season rain system for eastern Queensland, mainly in the north, writes Jane Bunn.
Significant rain and snow are expected in southeastern Australia this long weekend, providing relief for drought-affected areas and a boost for the alpine snow season, writes Jane Bunn.
We've had a big rain system cross through the northwest and NT over the past few days. That lies over Queensland now and continues there for the weekend (without the significant falls that we saw further west).
We currently have a big weather system crossing the southeast. This delivered huge rainfalls to eastern NSW, but it can't spread far west thanks to blocking high pressure. We're in the last part, and the rain clears away early tomorrow.
The weather pattern over southeastern Australia, southwestern Australia and the East Coast, could not be more different over the next week.
May isn't likely to deliver much needed rainfalls, but things look slightly better as we go into winter and spring.
May 2025 has the potential to be very dry for the vast majority of the country.
The Autumn Break may spread rain across parts of the southeast this ANZAC day long weekend, as the next low slowly moves through.

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