Prepare for more bombs of rain! This week, wet weather will return to Australia’s east coast; when will it reach your city?
This week will bring additional precipitation to New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and the Northern Territory.
On Monday morning, a 2,000-kilometer rain belt will strike the western states of the East.
Slowly moving east, the system will bring heavy rain to eastern Australia.
So far this year, Sydney has received 2,000 mm of precipitation, which is expected to break records.
This week, a 2000-kilometer-long rain bomb is expected to deliver above-average precipitation to Australia, delaying the arrival of the spring sun.
Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and the Northern Territory are predicted to experience substantial rainfall as a result of erratic weather.
The eastern states are expected to receive up to 40 mm of precipitation on Monday, with showers persisting until the end of the week.
On Monday and Tuesday, a 2,000-kilometer rain belt will bring heavy rain and thunderstorms to Australia’s east (pictured, predicted rainfall for Tuesday)
The warning comes as Sydney is poised to break its rainfall record for the past six decades.
For the first time in nearly six decades, Sydney has received more than two meters of precipitation in a single calendar year, achieving this level in just eight months.
With just 200 millimeters of precipitation during the remainder of 2022, Sydney will experience its wettest year on record.
Thunderstorms are predicted for Canberra, Adelaide, and Melbourne in the eastern states of Australia.
Sydney’s maximum annual rainfall was 2,194 millimeters in 1950.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Monday will be a wet day across the country, with heavy rain forecast for vast portions of western and southern New South Wales, northern Victoria, and southwest Queensland.
The 2,000-kilometer-long rain belt extending from western Queensland to Victoria began moving east on Monday morning and will bring severe rain to the eastern states until Tuesday.
Sydney has experienced the wettest year since the 1960s, with more than 2,000mm of precipitation falling in just eight months.
The rain in Victoria began in the state’s northwest on Monday morning and is expected to cover the majority of the state by today afternoon.
On Monday and Tuesday, 15mm of precipitation is predicted to fall in Melbourne due to thunderstorms.
The winds accompanying the storms will be devastating and destructive.
Monday morning’s heavy rain in New South Wales was concentrated in the state’s west, but will gradually shift eastward over the day.
However, the system is likely to weaken as it goes over, with mainly light rain expected around the south coast of New South Wales.
Sydney’s previous total rainfall record, set in 1963, is projected to be broken by the upcoming heavy rain.
The weather in Sydney is expected to continue gloomy through Wednesday before showers arrive for the rest of the week.
Canberra will also be affected by the system, which will bring thunderstorms through Tuesday and gloomy weather for the rest of the week.
Wednesday and Thursday mornings are forecast to be cold and gloomy in the nation’s capital.
On Friday, Yoska Hernandez, a meteorologist for Weatherzone.com.au, predicts a cold front will sweep through New South Wales.
She stated, “The cold front will bring a southerly change that will cause temperatures to dip over the weekend.”
The change will bring additional rain.
A 2,000-kilometer rain belt will bring heavy rain to western Queensland before moving eastward along the coast.
A separate storm system struck Cairns and Cooktown in the tropical north of Queensland on Monday morning, as the west of the state was hammered by heavy but scattered rain.
Australia’s biggest rainfall was reported at Cooktown on Monday morning.
The extreme weather will continue to affect the state’s desert until Tuesday, when it will shift eastward and blanket the majority of Queensland’s top.
Tuesday should bring showers to Brisbane, with the most of precipitation leaving the state on Wednesday.
However, light showers are likely to continue into next week in Brisbane.
On Monday and Tuesday, residents of Canberra, Melbourne, and Adelaide have been urged to brace for thunderstorms.
Eastern South Australia is predicted to catch the tail end of the 2,000-kilometer rain belt on Monday and Tuesday, with thunderstorms expected in Adelaide.
Light rains are also expected in the northeast and center of the Northern Territory on Monday and Tuesday, respectively.
Monday and Tuesday are expected to be sunny for Darwin residents, sparing them from the majority of the week’s precipitation.
As the rain band travels east, storms will move throughout Tasmania, bringing light to moderate precipitation to the whole state.
It is predicted that Hobart will see rains on Tuesday, which will subside on Wednesday before rain returns for the remainder of the week.
Beginning on Friday, rain will travel east over southern Washington, bringing a wet weekend to Perth.
As the La Nina system brings heavy rains, Australia has been cautioned to prepare for more wet weather. Images of the Bureau of Meteorology
Friday will bring heavy rain to southern Washington, which will last through the weekend.
It will be primarily sunny in Perth until then, with showers predicted for the weekend.
The Bureau of Meteorology issued a warning on Friday that forecasted heavy weather could cause floods throughout the spring.
Dr. Lynette Bettio, a senior climatologist with the Bureau of Meteorology, stated, “Where soils and catchments are wet and stream flows are high, further spring rainfall will raise the danger of flooding across eastern Australia.”
In parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory, the first rains of the rainy season will likely arrive earlier than usual in northern Australia.
October marks the beginning of the wet season in northern Australia.
This summer, there is a 70% possibility of another La Nina weather phenomenon, according to the BOM.
In a La Nina year, the average amount of precipitation between the months of December and March is 20% more than in normal years.
Australia has had 19 La Nina weather occurrences since 1900, 12 of which have caused flooding in eastern states.
MAJOR CITIES FOUR-DAY FORECAST
PERTH
Monday will be partly overcast. Max 18
Tuesday is primarily sunny. Min 6 Max 20
Wednesday: Sunny. Min 7 Max 22
Thursday is primarily sunny. Min 9 Max 23
ADELAIDE
Monday will be wet. Max 15
Tuesday has a few showers. Min 9 Max 14
Wednesday: Cloudy. Min 7 Max 15
Thursday Partial cloudiness. Min 6 Max 16
MELBOURNE
Monday will develop showers. Max 18
Tuesday will be wet. Min 9 Max 14
Wednesday will be somewhat overcast. Min 7 Max 16
Thursday has a few showers. Min 8 Max 16
HOBART
Monday will be partly overcast. Max 20
Tuesday will develop showers. Min 9 Max 15
Wednesday will be somewhat overcast. Min 7 Max 16
Thursday will be wet. Min 8 Max 13
CANBERRA
Monday: Increasing precipitation. Max 17
Tuesday’s precipitation is decreasing. Min 8 Max 15
Wednesday will be somewhat overcast. Min 3 Max 17
Thursday will be partly overcast. Min 4 Max 17
SYDNEY
Monday will be partly overcast. Chance of precipitation this afternoon. Max 21
Tuesday will be partly overcast. afternoon thunderstorms are possible. Min 13 Max 24
Wednesday will be partly cloudy with a few showers. Min 11 Max 20
Thursday has a few showers. Min 12 Max 21
BRISBANE
Monday will be partly overcast. Max 23
Tuesday: Scattered precipitation. Min 13 Max 22
Wednesday will be wet. Min 13 Max 24
Thursday has a few showers. Min 13 Max 23
DARWIN
Monday: Sunny. Max 33
Tuesday is sunny with a minimum of 23 degrees and a maximum of 34
Wednesday: a few showers. Min 23 Max 33
Thursday is primarily sunny. Min 23 Max 33