Severe storms for central Australia, returning to the east

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Heatwave continues to bring extreme weather to much of the nation.

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00:00Hello, it's Angus here at the Bureau.

00:03It is the 2nd of December and we are barely catching our breath after the severe thunderstorm

00:07outbreak over the weekend just gone brought widespread rain and flooding to eastern states.

00:12And already on Monday we are seeing the next band of rain and storms develop over central

00:18parts of Australia.

00:19As we look at the water vapour imagery, no prizes for spotting where these storms are

00:24developing.

00:25It is right in here with all the high moisture content in the atmosphere across southern

00:29parts of the NT, just sneaking into northern parts of South Australia as well.

00:34And this is where we are seeing severe storms so I thought the first thing I would do is

00:37show you the current warnings because this is the current play during the middle of the

00:43day on Monday.

00:44It's about 11am Northern Territory time, it's just after midday as I film this, eastern

00:48daylight time, severe storms moving through the Simpson area of southern NT, just squeaking

00:54across the border into northern SA as well, that's moving through the likes of Alice Springs

00:58at the moment.

00:59Through the remainder of the day today the storms here are going to be drifting this

01:03way.

01:04So our thunderstorm forecast map for the rest of the day looks like this, with the red area

01:08being the most likely spots to see severe storms through Monday afternoon and evening.

01:14Yellow locations on this map show where severe storms may impact later today and note that

01:18it gets quite close to Adelaide.

01:20We potentially could see some stormy weather down there towards the end of the day on Monday.

01:25Also inland parts of the Top End and the Kimberley, and across into parts of western

01:29NSW too.

01:32Locations which do see severe thunderstorms today could see any of the major warning criteria

01:36including heavy rainfall that brings further flash flooding, damaging or even destructive

01:41winds that can bring down trees, power lines and damaged houses, and possibly some large

01:46hailstones, particularly across South Australia where the atmosphere is just slightly cooler.

01:52For today, most of the activity is focused over relatively remote areas in central parts

01:56of the country, but as we look ahead to the rest of Monday night and into Tuesday morning

02:01we're going to see this band of wet and stormy weather drift eastwards.

02:05Let's pause it here in the early hours of Tuesday morning, we'll see this band moving

02:09through Melbourne and large parts of Victoria overnight tonight, this is 4am in the morning.

02:14Also central NSW seeing some wet and stormy conditions, as is central and southern Queensland.

02:20If we keep playing through the rest of Tuesday morning we'll actually see some of the worst

02:23of the weather clear out of Victoria, Hobart as well as the rest of Tasmania gets some

02:28wet conditions, maybe a few storms, and it will continue for inland parts of the eastern

02:33states.

02:34So here is the same thunderstorm forecast map but this time we're looking at Tuesday.

02:38And the broad yellow area shows where we may see severe storms on Tuesday, mostly inland

02:43parts with a focus on NSW, southern and southwestern Queensland and northern Victoria, a few enhanced

02:49areas as well as shown in the red, heavy rain and damaging winds possible about the

02:53Victorian and southern NSW slopes, particularly on the northern slopes of the mountains, and

02:58potentially some heavy rainfall around northern and northwestern parts of NSW for tomorrow.

03:04Some of the key impacts which we expect to see from severe storms both on Monday and

03:09on Tuesday are a continuation of flash flooding as well as possible riverine flooding, both

03:14of which we saw in abundance over the course of the weekend.

03:18Worst driving conditions, potential for shut roads, poor visibility and other tricky conditions

03:23out there on the transport network and fallen trees and branches.

03:27When the combination of wind and rain kicks in, that can lead to significant impacts as

03:31well as damaging houses and causing power outages.

03:34Stay up to date over the next few days with severe thunderstorm warnings and any other

03:38weather information you need at the Bureau website and app.

03:40Thanks for watching and stay safe.

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