Australian Chart Summary

Friday - Latest

A deepening low pressure trough is triggering areas of heavy rain and potentially severe thunderstorms in NSW and VIC. An upper cold pool is spreading scattered showers and storms into SA. Hot easterlies are feeding into a trough over WA, which is causing storms in the southwest.

Friday 22:00 EDT

A low and trough will intensify and trigger heavy rain and storms in southeast NSW and eastern VIC, leading to flooding. The trough will also cause showers and storms in SA, TAS and eastern QLD. Hot easterly winds persist in western WA as a trough brings storms to the southwest.

Saturday 22:00 EDT

A low will form off the south coast of NSW, causing heavy rain and storms to become confined to the area. A lingering trough inland will cause showers and storms about the Great Dividing Range, mainly in VIC. A few showers and storms are also likely in TAS, SA and southwest WA.

Sunday 22:00 EDT

The low off the NSW coast will head east, causing rain to ease in southeast NSW and eastern VIC. A lingering trough will trigger showers and storms about thr Great Duiving Range and over inland TAS. A trough in WA will head further east, bringing cooling to the southwest.

Monday 22:00 EDT

Easterly winds and low pressure troughs will continue to cause showers and storms in eastern Australia, mainly on the ranges. A high will keep western VIC and SA mostly clear. Hot easterly winds will affect the interior and inland WA. A trough in WA will cause storms in the south

Tuesday 22:00 EDT

Low pressure troughs and moist southeasterly winds will cause further showers and storms on the eastern seaboard. Warmer northeasterly winds will develop over the eastern interior and in VIC, TAS and SA. Hot and dry easterly winds will persist over the interior and west.

Wednesday 22:00 EDT

Southeasterrly winds and a torugh will cause showers on the northern NSW and QLD coasts and storms about the ranges. Northerly winds will draw heat from the interior to western NSW, VIC, TAS and SA. A high will keep WA gennerally dry.

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