On Wednesday wild weather delayed the opening day of the Ashes Test being held at the Gabba in Brisbane, after large amounts of rain fell at about 3pm. In positive news for Sydneysiders at this stage no rain is forecast for next week, giving residents some reprieve from the wet La Nina conditions (pictured, a woman in Brisbane) Large parts of southeast Queensland were slammed with thunderstorms over recent days. He said there would be ‘large rainfalls’ particularly for the south east of the country near the NSW and Victoria border where totals will exceed 100mm.
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‘The three-day forecast into Saturday night shows broad agreement between the computer models – widespread moderate falls through the east.’ ‘There is the potential for flash flooding as soils are already saturated and rivers will respond to rain quickly’ he said. The weather office is forecasting summer will be wetter than usual for the east of the country due to a La Nina weather system – though this is expected to ease in late January bringing finer weather.īureau meteorologist Johnathan How said a low pressure system in the country’s south caused the recent downpours.
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The wild weather is expected to ease into sunny weather for next week.īut there is still a chance Australians could be in for a wet Christmas with ‘higher than average rainfall’ for the next few weeks. There are also major flood warnings for the Weird River and the Snowy River.Įarlier, rain, thunderstorms and flooding were forecast to continue into the weekend for most of the east coast of Australia. More rain is expected for Australia’s east coast on Thursday evening (pictured) and into the weekend