Two Australian states to be HAMMERED by wild weather bringing torrential downpours and strong winds – here’s what you can expect for the final days of summer
- Queensland and New South Wales warned to brace for more storms on Saturday
- BoM warns possible thunderstorms may become severe in parts of QLD & NSW
- Meanwhile Western Australia continues to swelter through heatwave conditions
- Perth’s long hot summer continues with consecutive days over 35C
Parts of Australia’s east coast are warned to brace for further storms bringing heavy rain and strong winds, as the west swelters through a severe heatwave.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said storms are expected across NSW and Queensland on Saturday while heatwave conditions continue in WA.
A south-easterly surface trough triggered strong winds and heavy rainfall over Friday evening with wet conditions expected to continue over the weekend.
Queensland and New South Wales are warned to brace for further storms bringing heavy rain and strong winds on Saturday
The Bureau warned possible thunderstorms ‘may become severe’ in parts of Queensland, with the chance of damaging winds and heavy rain.
In NSW, Turners Flat recorded 44mm of rainfall in one hour on Saturday morning but later cancelled its severe thunderstorm warning for the mid-north coast.
However, the bureau has warned severe storms are still possible for the north coast and north west slopes and plains, with residents urged to monitor conditions.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) warned possible thunderstorms ‘may become severe’ in parts of Queensland, with the chance of damaging winds and heavy rain
A strong wind warning has also been issued for the mid-north coast on Saturday and has been extended to the Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, Batemans and Eden Coast on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the mercury is set to tip 37 degrees in Perth with Mandora in WA’s Kimberly region reaching a sweltering 36.6 C on Saturday morning.
Hot and dry conditions combined with winds will result in a severe fire danger warning for the North Interior, Pilbara and Gascoyne and southwards through the Central west to parts of the southwest land division.
More rain is forecast for Sunday and into early next week along Australia’s east coast, with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting a 90 per cent chance Sydney will receive up to 20mm of rain on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
A south-easterly surface trough triggered strong winds and heavy rainfall over Friday evening with wet conditions expected to continue over the weekend
The Bureau’s forecast is for a 90 per cent chance Sydney will receive up to 20mm of rain on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week
‘Some parts [of NSW] may see up to 50mm of rain over the next four days … flash flooding possible tonight or tomorrow,’ the Bureau’s NSW office tweeted.
The system is set to mainly affect NSW.
Melbourne will remain sunny across the weekend and through much of next week, warming up to a late-summer burst of hear with forecast temperatures of 31C on Wednesday and Thursday.
While south-east Queensland will see some rainfall from the trough affecting NSW, there will be a less-than-50 per cent chance of rain in Brisbane on Saturday and up to 3mm forecast for Sunday as conditions remain humid.
The unsettled conditions in the east contrast with the country’s west, where Perth’s endlessly hot summer continues.
The Bureau of Meteorology has warned of storms that will be ‘possibly severe’ inland of the central and northern NSW coast, including over western Sydney, with the chance of damaging wind, heavy rain and large hail
A baking 39C is forecast for Perth on Friday and 37C on Saturday, with the temperatures in the mid-to-high 30s for most of next week.
The city is set to break its record for consecutive days over 35C, which is currently 10 days set in February 1975 and again in February 1988.
Adelaide and Hobart are the pick of the capitals, with partly cloudy days in the mid-20s for the next week.
Canberra will remain mostly sunny on the weekend, with the temperature struggling to reach 30C.
Darwin will be stormy and 33C, the city’s most common weather forecast.