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11 Feb 2026, 11:59PM UTC
Queensland flood threat with heavy rain and severe thunderstorms later this week
A multi-day soaking is set to deliver hundreds of millimetres of rain to parts of central and southern Queensland over the next four days, with flooding likely from Friday into the weekend. Stalled low pressure trough to cause days of rain and storms A low pressure trough will stall over central and southern Qld from Thursday to Sunday and interact with a large mass of tropical moisture to cause widespread rain and thunderstorms. A blocking high pressure system centred over the Tasman Sea will help to keep this rain-bearing weather pattern in place, resulting in four days of rain and storms over central and southern parts of Qld. Image: Modelled mean sea level pressure and precipitable water on Friday morning, showing moisture-laden air and a low pressure trough over Qld. Source: Weatherzone. Rain and storms from Thursday to Sunday Thursday will feature widespread showers and thunderstorms across Qld, particularly across southern parts of the state. While Thursday’s rain is unlikely to cause widespread flooding, it will dampen the ground and prime the landscape for flooding in the coming days. Severe storms may also cause isolated areas of flash flooding in Qld on Thursday. Friday will see more intense rain and thunderstorms developing over central and southeast Qld. This heavy rain and severe storm activity should develop from overnight Thursday into Friday morning and will likely continue throughout Friday. Further rain and thunderstorms will hit central and southern Qld on Saturday and Sunday, with potential for more heavy rain and flooding. Some computer models predict heavy rain over parts of southeast Qld on both Saturday and Sunday, possibly enough to cause further flooding. Rain and thunderstorms will also affect other areas of northern, central and eastern Australia during the remainder of this week. This includes a threat of heavy rain and flooding in far northeast NSW. Hundreds of millimetres possible Some areas in central and southeast Qld and northern NSW could see 100 to 200 mm of rain between Thursday and Sunday this week. Computer models indicate the potential for more than 300 mm in southeast Qld and far northeast NSW over this four-day period. Image: Forecast accumulated rain over the next seven days. Source: Weatherzone. While there is a high amount of uncertainty regarding exactly where and how much rain will fall over the next four days, there are clear signs that flooding is a high risk over central and southeast Qld from Friday into the weekend. This flood threat also extends into far northeast NSW. How to stay safe during flooding Some roads may become impassable as flooding develops over Qld and northeast NSW later this week. Anyone living in these areas should keep an eye on the latest warnings over the next few days and take the following steps to keep safe: Don’t enter floodwater. This includes driving, walking or swimming. Obey road signs and plan ahead before travelling through flooded areas. Avoid flooded drains, rivers, streams and other waterways. Check the Queensland Government website for local emergency warnings and advice. Contact the SES on 132 500 for emergency assistance. In life-threatening situations, call 000 (triple zero).
11 Feb 2026, 1:31AM UTC
Cold front brewing up summer snow for Tasmania
A strong cold front is barrelling towards Tasmania and is set to deliver summer snow to our southernmost state. Snow is expected to fall above about 1000 metres on Thursday as the front rushes through, which means the 1271-metre summit of kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart should see a few flakes. You can see the unseasonably cold airmass in the Southern Ocean in the satellite loop below. Image: Satellite loop over the Southern Ocean and southern Australia from 6am to midday (AEDT) on Wednesday, Feburary 11, 2026 Why the spectacular speckled cloud pattern? Weatherzone meteorologist Ben Domenisno says that the speckled cloud pattern typically associated with these cold outbreaks is due to multiple individual cumulus clouds over a broad area. "These clouds form when very cold air moves over a relatively warm area of ocean," Domensino explains. "Each of these cloud cells can produce rain, hail, snow and thunderstorms, with patches of clear sky in between." Showers and storms likely ahead of cold change A cloudband is clearly visible pushing ahead of the cold front. It contains moisture from the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Mitchell, which has been dragged across the continent and Southern Ocean in a southeasterly direction. In fact, the cloudband extends all the way to Antarctica. Image: Satellite view at midday on February 11, 2026 (AEDT) showing the area from Antarctica to southern Australia. As the warm and cool airmasses interact, showers and some thunderstorms will occur, heaviest in western Tasmania. Southern Victoria will also see a few drops here and there, however it's unlikely that Melbourne will receive its first significant rain for the year. To 9am Wednesday, February 11, Melbourne has had just 4.2mm of rainfall in 2026.
10 Feb 2026, 12:31AM UTC
Rare heavy summer rainfall in southwest WA
Heavy rain is falling parts of Western Australia’s South West Land Division, in what is a relatively unusual event for summer, largely due to the remnants of ex-Tropical Cyclone Mitchell. The majority of rain in the continent’s southwest falls in winter, via cold fronts pushing north from the Southern Ocean. Occasionally these fronts arrive in summer but they tend to deliver little rainfall accumulation beyond the far southwest corner. For example, Perth – with its so-called "Mediterranean climate" – receives just over 400mm of rainfall on average in the three winter months combined, and less than 40mm on average across the summer months. But if you add the influence of a decaying tropical cyclone like ex-TC Mitchell into the mix, the usual summer picture can change drastically. Image: 12-hour loop showing atmospheric water vapour and rainfall activity over southwest WA from 7pm (AWST) on Monday, February 9, 2026, to 7am on Tuesday, February 10. As the loop above shows, moisture has streamed across southwest WA in a generally southeasterly direction from the point where ex-TC Mitchell made landfall near Carnarvon. "The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Mitchell have linked up with a trough and cold front in the south," Weatherzone meteorologist Joel Pippard explains. "The front and trough have now mostly stripped the moisture from the former cyclone, and are spreading it east and south." Rain has not fallen everywhere. Much of the far southwest has remained totally dry, while Perth is sitting on the western edge of the main rainband, and received just 2.2mm in the 24 hours to 9am (AWST) on Tuesday. That’s not much, although it was still the city’s heaviest rain day to date in 2026. But significant totals have fallen in numerous locations in the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday, including: 65mm at Morawa in the Central West forecast district, where the average monthly rainfall for January is just 20.2mm. 29.2mm at Newdegate in the Great Southern, where no daily total of more than 1mm had been seen this summer. 24mm at Dalwallinu in the Central Wheatbelt, where only 11.2mm had been received previously in the 2025/26 summer to date. 16.8mm at Geraldton, which is the Central West city’s heaviest daily total since September 2, 2025. These aren’t huge totals compared to the daily rainfall totals you see elsewhere in Australia in summer from the tropical monsoon, severe thunderstorm outbreaks, or moist east coast systems. However, they are still very significant for southwest WA. While it’s definitely not located in the southwest, it’s also well worth mentioning that 103.6mm of rainfall was recorded at Shark Bay Airport in the Gascoyne district, most of which fell within a 12-hour period after the cyclone made landfall nearby on Monday afternoon. The last time we mentioned Shark Bay Airport on the Weatherzone news feed, it was because it had just hit 49.2°C on January 20, which eclipsed the site’s old heat record by almost two degrees. Meanwhile the rain will begin to dry up rapidly in the southwest as the week progresses. If you live in that area and you’re hoping for more than a few drops, now’s the time to break out your best rain dance before the moisture feed evaporates.