Heavy rainfall will continue to hit Sydney and parts of the NSW coast after a weekend of wild weather in eastern left tens of thousands without power and sparked flash flooding.
Weatherzone has warned that Sydney will be lashed by showers over the next 10 days in unwelcome news for millions of residents who have already endured a wet week.
Up to 60mm of rain fell on the Harbour City on Sunday while more than 60,000 homes were left without power in the Illawarra region.
Heavy rainfall further north saw parts of Queensland flooded with a 4WD captured being swept away by raging waters at Weerriba on Saturday.
Weatherzone meteorologist Aline Ribeiro warned up to 150mm could fall within the next seven days, however conditions will begin to ease by the middle of the week.
Heavy rainfall will continue to batter parts of after a weekend of wild weather left tens of thousands without power and sparked flash flooding
Weatherzone has warned that Sydney will be hit by showers over the next 10 days in unwelcome news for millions of residents who have already endured a wet week
‘Southeasterly winds will continue to bring rain throughout the week, although not as intense or consistent as in recent days,’ she said.
Over the past seven days, eastern NSW and parts of Queensland’s coast have been bombarded with heavy downpours with up to 100mm of rain recorded.
Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Dean Narramore said areas south of Sydney copped the heaviest falls so far, but the system has begun to move north.
Severe weather alerts were issued for possible flash flooding in parts of the Illawarra and thunderstorms north of Wollongong and east of Dubbo on Sunday evening.
BoM meterologist Miriam Bradbury warned Aussies to rug up and stay warm.
‘Through the rest of today (Monday) and into tomorrow, even going into Wednesday, those showers should stay fairly patchy with today being that main risk of any lingering moderate falls,’ she said.
‘As we go into the later part of the week, particularly Friday going into next weekend, we may see that risk of moderate to heavy fall increasing once again.’
The Illawarra has already experienced two blackouts with the power first lost just before 9pm on Sunday. Some 40,297 properties in Bulli, Thirroul, Woonona and Austinmer were left in the dark.
The power was restored after 30 minutes, but went out again at 5am on Monday, this time affecting about 20,000 properties.
Power was restored 15 minutes later.
Heavy rainfall further north saw parts of Queensland flooded with a 4WD captured being swept away by raging waters at Weerriba on Saturday
Elsewhere, Brisbane is forecast to face cloudy weather with a slight chance of a shower on Monday.
No rain is forecast for Melbourne despite cloudy conditions for most of the week.
Adelaide escaped the deluge over the weekend with the South n capital set to enjoy a mild week ahead.
Canberra will begin the week with partly cloudy conditions before showers develop on Thursday with temperatures set to reach a cool 18C.
Perth will be mostly sunny enjoying a maximum of 29C on Thursday before showers move in on Friday.
Darwin will continue to enjoy its stretch of summer-like conditions with the mercury reaching between 33C and 34C for the week.