Wet weekend forecast for the east coast

Australian Community Media

Significant flooding continues across much of Queensland, and a wet weekend is forecast for the east coast. Video by the Bureau of Meteorology on March 28, 12pm AEST.

Transcript

00:00Significant flooding continues across much of Queensland even as rain starts

00:04to increase along the east coast and it is going to be a wet weekend for much of

00:08eastern Australia with hazards increasing particularly about southeast

00:12New South Wales and parts of eastern Victoria. Let me take you through the

00:16details now starting with a look at our flood warning areas current at midday

00:20Eastern Standard Time on Friday. Now we've still got a number of major flood

00:25warnings in place for western and inland Queensland. Rain is still moving into the

00:29upper reaches of these catchments so some locations that have already seen a

00:33flood peak may expect another peak in the coming days or a prolonged peak

00:37above the moderate or major flood level. It's worth noting that we also have a

00:41major flood warning in place for the Pioneer River near Mackay after rapid

00:45river rises in the area in the overnight period. Minor flood warnings have also

00:49been issued for parts of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales

00:52as rain starts to develop in those areas. Looking at our flood watch areas now

00:57we've still got flood watches in place for parts of northwestern Queensland and

01:01southern inland Queensland too. Flood watches tell us where flooding is

01:05possibly going to develop in the coming days as rain continues to fall. It's

01:09worth noting that through the remainder of today we may see additions to these

01:13flood watch areas particularly through parts of eastern southern and southeast

01:17Queensland parts of northeast New South Wales as well including the northern

01:20rivers. Rain is starting to increase in these areas and we may possibly see

01:25further river rises leading to additional flood watches and warnings

01:29over the coming days. So exactly how will things play out through the rest of

01:33today and over the weekend? Today we're going to see this inland low-pressure

01:38trough continuing to direct moisture into areas of rain showers and

01:42thunderstorms. They'll impact much of Queensland including the southeast but

01:47finally starting to ease back across those southwestern parts of the state.

01:51Rain and thunderstorms will also impact parts of northern New South Wales

01:55particularly northern inland New South Wales today with patchier showers on the

01:59way for southern New South Wales and even parts of northern Victoria. Now the

02:04highest rainfall totals today are likely to accumulate across parts of southern

02:08inland Queensland and northern inland New South Wales. We're also likely to see

02:12some widespread moderate to locally heavy falls accumulating across parts of

02:16the central coast pushing down towards the southeast coast of Queensland too as

02:21onshore flow brings significant moisture into the area. Now for those inland areas

02:26we do still have a severe weather warning in place. It covers parts of

02:30southern inland Queensland and northern inland New South Wales and in that

02:33warning area we may see six hourly falls through the rest of today reaching as

02:37much as 50 millimetres possibly isolated six hourly falls to 75 millimetres. The

02:42Queensland part of this warning may be finalised a little bit later today as

02:46rain continues to push south into New South Wales but we're likely to see wet

02:50weather continuing across the New South Wales side of the border as thunderstorms

02:55develop through the afternoon as well. As we move into Saturday our low-pressure

03:00trough is going to direct the moisture further towards the east coast. That

03:04means a wet day is on the way for many of our eastern population centres

03:08including Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong

03:13all looking at their wettest day on Saturday. You can see the showers, rain

03:17and storms streaming down the east coast there. As we move into the later part of

03:22Saturday we're likely to see a low-pressure system starting to develop

03:25along that low-pressure trough and it's likely to bring further impacts through

03:29the later part of Saturday and into Sunday particularly for parts of

03:32southeastern New South Wales and eastern Victoria. If we move into as we move into

03:38Sunday sorry we are going to see strong winds and rainfall continuing across

03:43parts of southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria. It's worth noting that

03:47those winds are likely to be strongest along the coastal fringe but may impact

03:51adjacent inland areas as well. We could also see some windy weather impacting

03:55the eastern ranges of Victoria and the southern Alps of New South Wales. These

03:59winds may push all the way up into the Illawarra and parts of the central coast

04:03as well but again have their strongest impacts for parts of the south coast.

04:07Rainfall as well is likely to continue across these areas through the course of

04:11Sunday with widespread falls in the range of 40 to 75 millimetres possible

04:16through those areas. As we move into the later part of Sunday and push towards

04:23Monday we're slowly going to see this coastal low-pressure system moving

04:27gradually away from the east coast. It's likely that windy and wet weather will

04:32continue across southeastern parts of New South Wales and eastern Victoria

04:36through the rest of the weekend into early next week and it won't be until

04:39late Monday into Tuesday that we start to see a more significant easing in

04:43conditions across the far southeast. It should also be noted that these strong

04:48winds are likely to generate large waves and dangerous coastal conditions across

04:52much of the southeast through the later part of this weekend into early next

04:56week so be on the lookout for any coastal wind warnings we may need to

05:00issue as well as any other dangerous surf or damaging surf warnings through

05:04those areas. This situation is continuing to develop, moving from the

05:11flooding risk in Queensland to a more localised risk of winds, large waves and

05:16rain through parts of the far southeast. It's imperative to stay on top of all of

05:20the changing warnings across this weekend and you can do that via the

05:24Bureau's website, the BOM Weather App or via our social media.

Category

Transcript

Recommended