Severe weather might bring “an entire year’s rainfall” to Western Queensland this week, resulting in extensive flooding that could submerge the region for several months and potentially overflow into neighboring areas.
NSW
, SA, and the NT.

Up to 400mm of rain is expected in some areas, while other parts of the country experience an unseasonal ongoing heatwave.

In Queensland, a sluggish trough will meet a flow of tropical moisture, leading to continuous, intense, and extensive rainfall and thunderstorms.
Weatherzone
reported.

The sluggish progression of the weather system will result in persistent heavy rainfall across that area of the nation for multiple days.

The BoM released a thunderstorm alert for individuals in
Queensland
‘s interior.

“It’s set to be a damp and waterlogged week for numerous inland regions,” stated BoM senior meteorologist Dean Narramore.
news.com.au
.

‘We’ve
There has been rainfall ranging from 50 to 150 mm in the past 24 hours, and we currently have severe weather alerts, as well as flood watches and warnings in effect across various regions of Queensland.

This week, an extensive region of inland Queensland can expect rainfall ranging from approximately 100 to 300 millimeters, with certain secluded spots potentially receiving up to about 400 millimeters.

Significant rainfall is anticipated to impact portions of eastern Queensland, northern New South Wales, the northeastern tip of South Australia, across the Northern Territory, and the far northwestern part of Western Australia this week.

Severe weather conditions were anticipated to persist until early Tuesday due to an emerging low-pressure system inland, posing a risk of localized rainfalls reaching up to 200 mm for inhabitants in areas within the Northern Goldfields, Upper Flinders, North West, Central West, Channel Country, and Maranoa and Warrego forecast regions.

Flood alerts are currently active for the Bulloo River at major levels, whereas moderate flooding has been forecasted for the Bohle River, Haughton River basin, Georgina River, and Eyre Creek.

Minor flooding alerts have been issued for the Herbert, Tully, Thomson, and Barcoo rivers as well as Cooper Creek.

‘Usually, you would experience the heavy rain over several days, but when you are
discussing several hundred millimeters of rainfall in remote regions such as Western Queensland
‘, which is getting rarer these days,’ Mr Narramore mentioned.

In certain locations, we might see rain equivalent to six or nine months, and should we experience some intense downpours inland—say 300mm or even up to 400mm—it could be confined to specific regions, potentially matching nearly a whole year’s precipitation.

In Queensland, Birdsville saw 70mm of rain over the span of 24 hours leading up to Monday morning, which is double the typical monthly average and exceeds its greatest rainfall amount in half a decade.

In the Outback region of South Australia, Coober Pedy experienced 30 millimeters of rain within 24 hours. This amount is triple its usual monthly average and represents the highest rainfall recorded over the past two years.

In contrast, large parts of Western Australia have experienced
sweltering through a heatwave.

In the southwestern areas of the state, temperatures climbed to around 40 degrees Celsius, while sections of the Gascoyne region were predicted to hit the upper 40s.

“We’re anticipating temperatures reaching up to and exceeding 36°C with overnight lows in the low to mid-20s,” stated Mr Narramore.

‘This level of warmth at this part of the year seems quite high… occasional hot days aren’t uncommon, but having them persist for a whole week is rather out of the ordinary.’

On Tuesday, Perth will experience sunshine and reach a peak temperature of 35 degrees, Adelaide’s prolonged summer persists with more sun and a maximum of 31 degrees, whereas in Melbourne it will
reach a pleasant 23.

Hobart will reach a peak temperature of 23 degrees on Tuesday despite being overcast. Similarly, Canberra will experience cloud cover with temperatures climbing up to 28 degrees.

Sydney will
expect occasional showers and reach a peak temperature of 27 degrees; similarly, Brisbane will experience rain with temperatures reaching up to 27 as well.

In the Northern Territory’s main city, Darwin, expect showers and potential storms on Tuesday, reaching up to a high of 31 degrees Celsius.

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