After wreaking havoc on both sides of the continent, another week of unpredictable craziness in the weather has begun.
Melbourne had an unexpected freak hail storm that broke windows, wrecked automobiles, and covered certain areas of the city in white ice.
When the unexpected cold shower started, Daily Mail Australia reader Juno Stolio was enjoying coffee with her father and boyfriend in the inner north-east suburb of Thornbury.
Ms. Stolio said, “We had never seen this much hail before.”
It was pelting down, shattering objects, denting automobiles, and cracking windows.
It had transformed from a gorgeous bright morning to this when it slowed down, so we put on our raincoats.
But this was incredible. When it snowed in Thornbury, we called it snow.
Smaller storm cells produced by a low pressure system led to the hailstorm.
On Saturday, Perth also had hailstorms as some parts experienced very low temperatures.
In the next week, WA will continue to be affected by cold fronts, which will bring showers and sometimes windy weather.
In the meanwhile, there are flood warnings in Tasmania due to record downpours that have already exceeded August’s totals in certain regions.
The area with the most rainfall, Kunanyi/Mt Wellington, recorded 129mm in the 12 hours leading up to noon on Sunday.
Residents of Huonville, located south of Hobart, have been sandbagging their homes after floodwaters severed roads nearby.
On Sunday morning, storms throughout the state also caused many to lose power.
A low pressure system off the southern coast of Australia is to blame for the rain.
Southeast regions of the state should anticipate rainfall in the neighbourhood of 50mm by Tuesday morning due to a band of rain that is heading northward into Victoria.
While storms are also brewing inland in NSW, conditions around the coast are anticipated to hold out for the most of the next week.
Strong winds will continue to affect the Thredbo snowfields early in the week; however, they should subside later in the week, and excellent snowfall is anticipated.
The intense rains of the previous week should stop in Queensland when a high pressure system settles over the state.
Going into Sunday, the border river areas were still on flood warning.
Beginning on Monday, Queensland’s coastal regions can anticipate a week that will be generally sunny and warm.