Friday 7 October 2022 01:31 AM Weather: heavy rain in eastern Australia with storms in NSW, QLD and Victoria ... trends now
Residents living in flood-risk areas on Australia's east coast have been warned to prepare for the worst with three more massive rain events on the way.
New South Wales and Victoria are set to be drenched by another intense low-pressure weather system before the end of next week.
Thursday marked the first of the wet weather systems and saw Sydney break the record for the highest ever recorded annual rainfall with more than more than 2,200mm falling since January.
The second of four storms began moving eastward over NSW and Victoria on Friday morning bringing heavy rain to the west of both states and Victoria's eastern coast.
'Friday should be the biggest day of the week with widespread rain, severe thunderstorms and flooding all on the forecast,' Weatherzone meteorologist Joel Pippard said.
Australia's east coast is set to be battered by another three heavy rain systems in the upcoming week (pictured, forecast three-day rainfall)
NSW Transport warned Sydney trains could be delayed on Friday due to ongoing wet conditions and flooding at Central Station (pictured, Sydney commuters in the rain)
'Severe thunderstorms should be widespread in the afternoon, with heavy rainfall, large hail and damaging winds all on the cards through western Qld, NSW and VIC.
'Widespread falls of 10-30mm are expected, but quite a few heavier patches of 60-100mm will come along with storms.'
Storms are expected to set over Melbourne from midday while Canberra and Sydney are forecast to be hit in the early afternoon.
A large zone encompassing NSW, Victoria and south-west Queensland has been warned it could experience tornado-like conditions including hail and dangerous wind.
SES spokesman Jason Simms said teams are ready to assist if conditions worsen.
'The SES have preemptively deployed personnel to various parts of the state within the potentially impacted area,' he told Nine News.
Following Thursday's storm, a second heavy rain system began moving across NSW (above) and Victoria on Friday morning
Sydney recorded the highest ever annual rainfall total on Thursday with more than 2,200mm falling since January 1
NSW Transport warned Sydney trains could be delayed due to ongoing wet conditions and flooding at Central Station.
A rain band is set to form from southwestern Queensland to eastern Victoria on Friday night before moving out to sea.
However, the tail end of that front is forecast to stay over southwestern Queensland and central NSW and form the third of the four rain events.
The system will redevelop through Saturday morning to form a heavy rain belt over most of Queensland's west and south-east as well as central NSW and the state's coastline.
That system will begin to move overnight, forcing the worst of the rain to both states' coastlines by Sunday morning.
Large parts of the Bathurst 1000 car park were closed due to thick mud on Thursday (above) with more rain to come over the weekend
Rain is expected to largely clear from Sydney by mid afternoon on Sunday while Queensland's central and south coasts continue to see light rain.
'The heaviest rain looks to fall between Newcastle and the South Coast with 30-70mm expected (on Sunday).
