After a short, sunny reprieve the heavens are as soon as once more set to open as extreme thunderstorms are forecast for a big swathe of the east coast.
The unstable climate is being pushed by a trough and chilly entrance, which is inflicting temperatures to plummet, with the thunder and lightning to return.
Storm exercise has already began to roll throughout New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, with forecasters warning the storms are right here to remain for a lot of the week.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a warning for extreme storms in Queensland.
The forecast space extends from Bamaga in Cape York all the way in which to the Gold Coast.
"Storms will proceed threatening for a lot of this week," the bureau mentioned.
Senior meteorologist Jonathan How is urging residents to maintain throughout warnings, whereas detailing what the week may carry.
"We're going to see elevated rainfall throughout japanese Queensland via the week," he instructed At the moment.
"From tomorrow, we'll see showers and storms rising primarily north of Rockhampton.
"Wednesday and Thursday, these would be the wettest days of the week, pushing in direction of the Sunshine Coast with each day rainfall totals of 50mm to 100mm.
"Brisbane will even see some rain on Thursday however the bulk can be throughout Central Queensland, the place we may see rain and attainable flash flooding.
"(We're) reminding residents throughout Queensland to control the warnings within the week with heavy rainfalls to return."
The warning of flooding rains comes as storms additionally "flare up" in NSW and Victoria.
"(They) are prone to unfold additional north and east because the afternoon progresses," Weatherzone wrote, warning storms may grow to be extreme within the afternoon.
"Remoted thunderstorms are prone to influence the Sydney area from this afternoon, with thunderstorm exercise extending into the Central Slopes and Tablelands, doubtlessly as far west as Hillston, within the NSW Riverina.
"There stays a threat of thunderstorms once more changing into extreme throughout the late afternoon/night, notably within the Central West and Tablelands, with damaging wind gusts and huge hail a risk ought to these extreme storms eventuate."
Unimaginable aerial photographs present extent of Condobolin flooding
The identical chilly entrance and trough generated vital storms over South Australia and western Victoria yesterday.
Quick-moving storms additionally introduced lightning and robust gusts to a lot of Sydney and the Illawarra within the late afternoon.