Week-long rain to hit Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Hobart

Intense rain bomb smashes Australia’s east coast and it is set to stay for the rest of the week: Here’s how the weather is looking in your city

  • Sydney is forecast to see rain all week
  • Severe weather will bring record rain to WA 
  • Storms expected in NSW’s Central West 
  • Storms clearing in Darwin this week 

Two intense storm systems will bring heavy rain to Australia’s west and southeast this week and seven consecutive days of rain to one city.

Thunderstorms struck southern Western Australia over the weekend with close to half a million lightning strikes were reported within 200km of Perth.

The wet weather system has since moved over South Australia and is now settling over NSW and Victoria, where showers and potential storms will kick off a wet week.

Sydneysiders are waking up to showers on Monday morning with a chance of a thunderstorm crashing in later in the day.

A top of 27C is expected to make for a humid start to the week.

A severe weather system hit large parts of NSW and Victoria on Monday (pictured, rain over NSW’s Central Coast on Monday morning)

Sydney (above) is forecast to see rain for the next seven days alongside high temperatures and humidity

Sydney (above) is forecast to see rain for the next seven days alongside high temperatures and humidity

Drizzle and high temperatures are likely to persist over the capital city for the next seven days.

The weather is also set to be dreary in Canberra with showers forecast through to Thursday. 

The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe storm warning for NSW’s Central West on Monday morning with the regions surrounding Orange and Bathurst expected to cop heavy rain and thunderstorms. 

Heading into Monday night, a rain band is expected to stretch as far south as Melbourne and up north to Brisbane with some regions likely to be smashed by more than 50mm of rain.

The rain is forecast to hang over Melbourne for the next six days before the sky partially clears on Sunday.

Sydney (above) residents woke up to showers on Monday morning with a chance of a thunderstorm crashing in later in the day

Sydney (above) residents woke up to showers on Monday morning with a chance of a thunderstorm crashing in later in the day 

Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Darwin and Hobart are all forecast to see wet weather on Monday (pictured, pedestrians in the rain)

Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Adelaide, Darwin and Hobart are all forecast to see wet weather on Monday (pictured, pedestrians in the rain)

The remnants of the system are set to bring showers to Hobart through to the end of the week alongside temperatures below 20C.

Brisbane will have a slightly sunnier start to the week with partial cloudy weather expected on Tuesday and Wednesday before a possible storm hits on Thursday followed by showers through to the end of the week.

The poor weather is forecast to continuing moving north as the week progresses, bringing light to heavy showers to Central Queensland from Friday. 

Things are expected to worsen from there for the sunny state with a second severe weather system in WA expected to move east and form a significant rain event on the east coast early next week.

Many areas of Western Australia are looking at their heaviest rain in six months this week.

Regions in the firing line include many parts of the Wheatbelt, the Goldfields and up north in Newman.

Rural town Newman is set to see storms on Monday before the weather settles into showers for the rest of the week with 20mm to 25mm expected to fall on Tuesday and Wednesday, smashing its average March rainfall of 35mm. 

A severe weather system in WA moved east overnight to bring heavy rain to Australia's southeast on Monday (pictured, rain radar images on Monday morning)

A severe weather system in WA moved east overnight to bring heavy rain to Australia’s southeast on Monday (pictured, rain radar images on Monday morning)

Rain is forecast to hang over Melbourne for the next six days before the sky partially clears on Sunday

Rain is forecast to hang over Melbourne for the next six days before the sky partially clears on Sunday

Fortunately, the wet weather is set to steer clear of Perth with sunshine forecast through to Thursday before partial cloud coverage moves over the capital on Friday. 

South Australia will cop part of the two systems on Monday and Tuesday with showers forecast in the state’s centre.

Adelaide is expected to see some of the rain with showers forecast for Monday and a possible shower bringing 1mm of rain on Tuesday. 

The weather is finally looking up this week in Darwin with mostly sunny weather forecast from Tuesday to Friday before more storms move in on Saturday.

FOUR-DAY FORECAST FOR MAJOR CITIES

PERTH

Monday Mostly sunny. Max 26

Tuesday Sunny. Min 14 Max 27

Wednesday Sunny. Min 15 Max 28

Thursday Sunny. Min 15 Max 29

ADELAIDE

Monday Shower or two. Max 23

Tuesday Possible shower. Min 14 Max 23

Wednesday Partly cloudy. Min 13 Max 21

Thursday Partly cloudy. Min 12 Max 21

MELBOURNE

Monday Rain at times Max 19

Tuesday Shower or two. Min 16 Max 23

Wednesday Shower or two. Min 14 Max 20

Thursday Shower or two. Min 12 Max 20

HOBART

Monday Possible late shower.

Tuesday Showers. Min 12 Max 17

Wednesday Showers. Min 12 Max 20

Thursday Possible shower. Min 11 Max 20

CANBERRA

Monday Showers. Max 23

Tuesday Showers. Min 13 Max 23

Wednesday Showers. Min 13 Max 22

Thursday Mostly sunny. Min 8 Max 20

SYDNEY

Monday Shower or two. Max 27

Tuesday Showers increasing. Min 20 Max 29

Wednesday Showers. Min 19 Max 27

Thursday Shower or two. Min 16 Max 25

BRISBANE

Monday Partly cloudy. Max 31

Tuesday Mostly sunny. Min 21 Max 33

Wednesday Partly cloudy. Min 22 Max 32

Thursday Showers. Possible storm. Min 23 Max 31

DARWIN

Monday Possible early storm. Showers. Max 33

Tuesday Partly cloudy. Min 24 Max 33

Wednesday Mostly sunny. Min 24 Max 34

Thursday Mostly sunny. Min 24 Max 34

Source: Bureau of Meteorology

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