Sunday 14 August 2022 07:25 AM Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart weather: Low pressure system hits Australia ... trends now

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Freak hail storms have battered both sides of the continent ushering in another week of unpredictably crazy weather.

Melbourne was hit with a sudden freak hail storm that smashed windows, dented cars and left parts of the city blanketed in white ice.

Daily Mail Australia reader Juno Stolio was drinking coffee with her dad and partner in the inner north-east suburb of Thornbury when the sudden icy downpour began.

'We had never seen this much hail before,' Ms Stolio said.

'It was pounding down, breaking things, denting cars and chipping windows.' 

'When it slowed down we put on our raincoats and the weather had changed from a beautiful sunny morning to this.'

'But this was amazing. We called it the "snow" in Thornbury.'

The hail storm was caused by a low pressure system creating smaller storm cells. 

Parts of Perth also received a pelting from hail on Saturday with temperatures plunging in some areas.

Cold fronts will continue to move across WA into the coming week, causing showers and sometimes windy conditions.

Meanwhile there are flood warnings in Tasmania with record downfalls already surpassing previous August totals in a number of areas.

The greatest drenching was reported in the Kunanyi/Mt Wellington, which registered 129mm over the 12 hours to midday Sunday. 

Floodwater has cut roads in around Huonville, south of Hobart and residents have been sandbagging their houses.

Storms also left thousands without power across the state on Sunday morning. 

The rain is due to a low pressure system sitting off the southern coast of Australia. 

A band of rain is moving northward towards Victoria and southeast parts of the state could expect rainfall in the vicinity of 50mm by Tuesday morning.