Week-long rain to hit Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Hobart trends now

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Two intense storm systems will bring heavy rain to Australia's west and southeast this week and seven consecutive days of rain to one city.

Thunderstorms struck southern Western Australia over the weekend with close to half a million lightning strikes were reported within 200km of Perth.

The wet weather system has since moved over South Australia and is now settling over NSW and Victoria, where showers and potential storms will kick off a wet week.

Sydneysiders are waking up to showers on Monday morning with a chance of a thunderstorm crashing in later in the day.

A top of 27C is expected to make for a humid start to the week.

Drizzle and high temperatures are likely to persist over the capital city for the next seven days.

The weather is also set to be dreary in Canberra with showers forecast through to Thursday. 

The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe storm warning for NSW's Central West on Monday morning with the regions surrounding Orange and Bathurst expected to cop heavy rain and thunderstorms. 

Heading into Monday night, a rain band is expected to stretch as far south as Melbourne and up north to Brisbane with some regions likely to be smashed by more than 50mm of rain.

The rain is forecast to hang over Melbourne for the next six days before the sky partially clears on Sunday.

The remnants of the system are set to bring showers to Hobart through to the end of the week alongside temperatures below 20C.

Brisbane will have a slightly sunnier start to the week with

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