Rain bomb alert as mammoth weather system moves across Australia and temperatures plunge - as city records wettest day of the year
Wet weather lashed most of the country in the past week, with every state and territory recording widespread rain - the most so far for the year for many locations.
A severe low-pressure system along with a cold front and significant trough developed across south-west Western Australia on Sunday.
Perth experienced its wettest day of the year after it was hit with damaging winds, heavy rain, hail, and thunderstorms.
The wet weather system is forecast to crawl eastwards on Monday, with Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Angus Hines warning it will bring inclement conditions.
'This front moves through the southern half of Western Australia and into South Australia on Monday with showers and plenty of hail,' he said.
'Showers will ease across the south-east, with a further 2-10mm. Patchy falls across much of South Australia, NSW and southern Queensland on Tuesday, with a chance of rain in Victoria and Tasmania.'
Mr Hines explained the weather system would also bring with it colder air and snow for the mountains in NSW and Victoria.
He added cold winds and patchy showers would continue, with light wet weather for most places south of a line stretching across the nation from Perth to Port Macquarie.
A dry day is forecast for Thursday, but showers and cool winds are expected on Friday for the country's south-east.
'Some heavier falls or thunderstorms are possible, but we'll have to get closer to the time to confirm the details,' Mr Hines said.
'A rainband could form over north-east Queensland, and yet another rain-bringing front is just dusting its shoes by the door of the west coast heading into next weekend.'
Weatherzone meteorologist Yoska Hernandez added a colossal low-pressure system, spanning nearly half the size of the country, would also bring chilly temperatures to southern and eastern parts of Australia this week.
As the massive low drifts east, temperatures in Melbourne and Adelaide are expected to struggle to reach the mid-teens.
Canberra may barely pass a maximum of 10C each day, with the mercury dropping to a frosty minimum of 0C on Thursday.
Sydney's minimum temperatures will remain below 10C for the week, and reach chilly maximums in the mid-teens as well.
The mercury is forecast to dip to a minimum of 3C in Hobart, with the days reaching a maximum temperature of between 11C and 13C.
Sydney
Monday: Partly cloudy. Winds up to 30km/h. Max 18C.
Tuesday: Medium chance of showers. Winds up to 20km/h. Min 9C. Max 18C.
Wednesday: Showers. Up to 10mm of rain. Winds up to 20km/h. Min 9C. Max 15C.
Thursday: Showers. Up to 9mm of rain. Winds up to 30km/h. Min 9C. Max 16C.
Canberra
Monday: Showers. Winds up to 35km/h. Max 11C.
Tuesday: Medium chance of showers. Winds up to 25km/h. Min 3C. Max 12C.
Wednesday: Shower or two. Up to 5mm of rain. Winds up to 20km/h. Min 1C. Max 11C.
Thursday: Slight chance of a shower. Up to 9mm of rain. Winds up to 25km/h. Min 0C. Max 12C.
Melbourne
Monday: Showers. Winds up to 30km/h. Max 15C.
Tuesday: Shower or two. Min 6C. Max 13C.
Wednesday: Shower or two. Winds up to 20km/h. Min 6C. Max 13C.
Thursday: Medium chance of showers. Winds up to 20km/h. Min 4C. Max 13C.
Adelaide
Monday: Shower or two. Winds up to 20km/h. Max 14C.
Tuesday: Shower or two. Winds up to 20km/h. Min 8C. Max 13C.
Wednesday: Shower or two. Winds up to 20km/h. Min 6C. Max 14C.
Thursday: Shower or two. Winds up to 20km/h. Min 6C. Max 14C.
Brisbane
Monday: Sunny. Winds up to 35km/h. Max 21C.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of shower at night. Min 8C. Max 21C.
Wednesday: Shower or two. Winds up to 25km/h. Min 12C. Max 23C.
Thursday: Partly cloudy. Winds up to 20km/h. Min 11C. Max 20C.
Perth
Monday: Showers. Up to 7mm of rain. Winds up to 30km/h. Max 14C.
Tuesday: Slight chance of a shower. Winds up to 25km/h. Min 4C. Max 16C.
Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Winds up to 20km/h. Min 4C. Max 18C.
Darwin
Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the evening. Min 21C. Max 31C.
Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Min 21C. Max 31C.
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