Opposite ends of the country bracing for more wet weather

Two states are bracing for extra flooding as duel rain occasions convey heavy falls to the alternative sides of the nation.
Western Australia is within the firing line as an excessive chilly entrance sweeps throughout the south west area.
In the meantime, Queenslanders are warned to count on extra wild climate with the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) forecasting a moist finish to winter.

Snapper Rocks at Rainbow Bay, the Gold Coast, where heavy rain is forecast for early April 2021.
Sunny skies will likely be a uncommon sight in Queensland over the approaching weeks with the Bureau warning of extra rain occasions. (Lydia Lynch)

Meteorologist Laura Boekel mentioned additional rain occasions will exacerbate the chance of flooding.
"We have not seen any of the bottom dry up throughout most of Queensland. Which means the soil nonetheless stays fairly moist and we are able to see flooding," she mentioned.

"That signifies that we're gearing up for a season that might see fairly a little bit of flooding throughout Queensland."
It comes as Perth endures a winter wash out as a result of a big chilly entrance.

A large rain band has formed over Western Australia threatening to dump heavy falls over the state.
A big rain band has shaped over Western Australia threatening to dump heavy falls over the state.(Weatherzone)

Damaging winds, hail and blustery thunderstorms are doable for the following 48 hours, Weatherzone mentioned.
Already 12mm of rain has fallen over Perth, with extra forecast to return.
Weatherzone's modelling forecasts as much as 80mm of rain over components of the state.

Forecast accumulated rainfall during the 48 hours ending at 8pm AWST on Tuesday, August 16, according to the ECMWF-HRES model.
Forecast accrued rainfall in the course of the 48 hours ending at 8pm AWST on Tuesday, August 16, in accordance with the ECMWF-HRES mannequin.(Weatherzone)

"Some areas (are) more likely to see sufficient rain to trigger flooding," the climate service warned.
"By Tuesday morning, widespread rain with regionally heavy falls can have prolonged inland in direction of the Central Wheat Belt and southern Goldfields Districts.
"Rain will then proceed to progress additional south and east throughout Tuesday, affecting components of the inland Gascoyne, Goldfields and western Eucla Districts."
9News reporter Zarisha Bradley mentioned "the worst of it's going to hit within the subsequent few hours".
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