Cold southerly winds have been pushing showers and storms along the coastal fringe of New South Wales, delivering some of the best rainfall totals in over a month. The heaviest of the showers have been over the central coast, where a widespread 10 to 20mm has fallen. Although, areas along the Hunter coast have seen in excess of 25mm in the last 24 hours. Nelson Bay saw 26mm to 9am today and Seal Rocks has seen 27mm, which is their best rain in around a month and a half. In the Sydney area, the bulk of the storms have remained offshore but a few did braise the coastal fringe last night and early this morning. The showers have helped to replenish some of the lacking rainfall totals for this month. Sydney Airport saw 8mm to 9am, which is its best soaking so far this month as it still sits 46mm short of the July average rainfall. Elsewhere around Sydney, eastern suburbs have seen the most rain in the last 24 hours, with 15mm in Cronulla, 13mm at Rosebay and 12mm in North Manly. These totals drastically drop off moving further west, with only 2mm in Bankstown and Blacktown. Most showers have cleared from Sydney this afternoon, but storms are continuing to soak the Hunter coast.