Harbour city has already recorded 124mm of rain in first six days of May, more than the long-term average for the month
Sydney’s record of 16 consecutive days of at least 1mm of rain – set in 1943 and 2022 – could be broken as eastern NSW’s wet weather is predicted to last at least another week.Sydney’s record of 16 consecutive days of at least 1mm of rain – set in 1943 and 2022 – could be broken as eastern NSW’s wet weather is predicted to last at least another week.
Rain will affect the NSW coast every day this week, with more widespread and heavier falls developing across eastern Australia between Thursday and Sunday. ☔️have had some of the heaviest falls in recent days, including more than 70mm at Kiama on Sunday. Ulladulla further to the south collected more than 60mm on both Saturday and Sunday.
The strong high pressure system near TAS is showing no signs of moving, which means more cloudy, showery weather for Australia's eastern seaboard.While it was too far out to tell how large the falls will be, they could last into early next week. Martin Jucker, a climate researcher at the University of NSW, said blocking highs have been “a subject of concern to climate scientists in the northern hemisphere for a while now, as their impact on large populations has become clear with catastrophic heatwaves such as the 2003 European and Russian heatwave”.
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