Rain is expected up and down the east coast as 'odd' dry season rain streams in from the Top End, but forecasters say there's no way to know exactly where the heaviest falls will be.
Australia's east coast is set to receive a drenching this weekend as moisture streaming in from the tropics links up with a weather system from the south.People in flood-affected regions are advised to be cautious but not concerned"We are expecting showers along most of the east coast," Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Christie Johnson said.
The unseasonable rain will begin in Darwin, which is forecast to receive up to 35 millimetres over the next few days."It's the dry season up there," ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes climatologist Kimberley Reid said.The tropical moisture will then stream across Western Queensland and cause rain across much of the state.
From then on, the storm will link with a weather system to the south, triggering highly unpredictable rain."The central Queensland coast north of Brisbane does look like getting perhaps a little bit more rainfall, particularly into Sunday and the start of next week, but there's a lot of uncertainty around that."
"The current system is evolving in such a way that it looks like there could be a focus for the weekend over that southern part of the coast of NSW — the Illawarra and the northern part of the South Coast," Ms Johnson said.Residents will be hoping that the storms are all bite and no bark.The dry season rain has caught the eye of climatologists who say the weather pattern resembles something usually seen in February rather than June.
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