Aussies have been urged to prepare for rain and ‘millions’ of lightning strikes as storms sweep across parts of the nation.
Several weather systems bringing moisture inland are expected to cause widespread rain across every state and territory over the next week.
Some isolated areas are predicted to experience massive downfalls with potential for up to 100mm of rain and flash flooding.
The rainfall will come as a welcome reprieve for firefighters and locals who are battling to control numerous bushfires in all states and territories except the ACT.
As well as heavy rains, Weatherzone is also expecting ‘several million’ lightning strikes across the nation and warning of storms ‘every afternoon’.
Aussies have been told to prepare for heavy showers and thunderstorms with storms predicted to sweep across the nation over the next week (stock image)
Weatherzone predicts Australia will be hit with ‘several million’ lightning strikes during concurrent storms (stock image)
Heavy downpours in Darwin are expected to kick-off a delayed wet season in the Northern Territory, with areas along the northern coast expecting to be hit with at least 50mm of rain.
A prolonged ‘build up’ season has resulted in hot and humid weather in the top-end which combined with low pressure systems could lead to ‘daily thunderstorms and rain’ for large areas of the state.
By contrast, other major cities will see just scattered showers going into next week.
Easterly winds from the Tasman and Coral Seas will bring cooler temperatures and rain to large parts of the east coast.
Particularly heavy rain is predicted along the coast of New South Wales and inland Queensland, near Roma.
Every state and territory is predicted to receive rainfall over the next week, with the Top End’s northwest region is expected to be hit the hardest along with inland Queensland and coastal NSW
The rainfall will come as a welcome reprieve for firefighters and locals who are battling to control numerous bushfires in all states and territories except the ACT (Tasmanian bushfire)
A report from Weatherzone noted the likeliness of storms over Australia every day for the next week ‘off the back of a stormy weekend that produced more than one million lightning strikes’.
They warned of some storms ‘likely to become severe’, urging residents to check weather warnings for up-to-date information.
Sky meteorologist Alison Osborne noted that ‘storms by their nature are stop-start, hit-or-miss’.
‘That doesn’t mean everyone will see rain but certainly grey skies and thunder abound,’ she said.
‘This means if you’re in Victoria, NSW or Queensland and you hear the rumble of thunder, check your local storm warnings.’
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