Heavy spells of rain and storms look set to saturate much of Australia’s east coast over the start of the week.<\/p>\n
Sky News Weather Meteorologist Tamsin Green explained while showers and storms had already rolled through much of the country, there was yet \u201cmore rain on the way\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s an improving picture from what we’ll have seen through Sunday in the clearance of that cold front, but still some showers or thunderstorms will be lingering across the south-east,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
In Queensland, a tropical low drawing in a lot of moisture would drive \u201cheavy spells of rain\u201d on Monday for the interior of the state.<\/p>\n
The slow-moving system will also pose a \u201csevere\u201d thunderstorm threat, particularly across the west of Queensland.<\/p>\n
\u201cShowers and thunderstorms are more well-scattered across the north and the best chance of fine weather across the south-east once again, where Brisbane will be seeing highs of 30C, just the chance of a few showers blowing in on that onshore breeze,\u201d Green said.<\/p>\n
In New South Wales, there is a possibility of \u201clingering showers and thunderstorms\u201d, particularly in the east and south-east regions, including Sydney, the Illawarra and stretching out to the Blue Mountains.<\/p>\n
During the morning, the \u201cgreatest threat\u201d was across the west of the state where severe thunderstorms and heavy downpours can be expected.<\/p>\n
In Victoria, isolated showers and thunderstorms are forecast to clear through the morning and will generally affect the central and eastern portions of the state, along with cool temperatures.<\/p>\n
Tasmania is also expected to see an \u201cimproving picture\u201d after a Sunday of windy weather and rain.<\/p>\n
\u201cDown to Tasmania, another cooler day expected here as well, with temperatures generally in the low-20s\u2026 a good deal of settled weather and generally an improving picture as the afternoon wears on,\u201d Green said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, in South Australia some \u201cisolated thunderstorms\u201d are set to skim across the far north and north-east pastoral districts, but elsewhere conditions are expected to be \u201cfine and settled\u201d.<\/p>\n
Many Western Australians can also expect fine weather, but towards the interior of the state, around the Gascoigne, Pilbara and Kimberley regions, there is the threat of \u201csome gusty thunderstorms\u201d.<\/p>\n
In the Northern Territory, a flood risk looms for Alice Springs as a \u201cvery slow moving tropical low\u201d looks set to drive heavy falls across the Top End.<\/p>\n
Across the national capitals on Monday, Sydneysiders can expect a high of 30C and a low of 23C.<\/p>\n
Melbournians are in for a cool 15C low and a high of 22C.<\/p>\n
Brisbane is set to be warm despite the chance of rain, with a max of 30C and a minimum of 22C.<\/p>\n
Perth is in for a high of 31C and low of 17C, while Adelaide is also set for a warm 29C day, with a low of 14C.<\/p>\n
Hobart is looking at a 22C high and a low of 13C.<\/p>\n
Canberra and Darwin are both in for highs of 32C, but residents in the former can expect a low of 17C, while those in the latter will see a milder low of 26C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavy spells of rain and storms look set to saturate much of Australia’s east coast over the start…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,6169,44,15157,47714,17711,1192],"class_list":["post-497419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-forecast","tag-news","tag-rain","tag-sky-news","tag-storm","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}