The worst is over for the weather that's plagued parts of the country throughout May 2024.
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00:00 Hello, Miriam here at the Bureau of Meteorology. I'm going to take you through your weather
00:04 outlook for the week ahead, which is looking broadly settled for large parts of Australia.
00:09 Just a few showers along the east coast and in the west, so let's jump into it.
00:13 Starting with today's weather map first of all, I want to draw your attention to the low pressure
00:18 system and trough sitting off the New South Wales coast. Now it's this system that's responsible
00:24 for the rainfall we saw across large parts of eastern New South Wales over the weekend,
00:28 leading to some flooding impacts. The good news is that this system is now moving away from the
00:34 New South Wales coast, so isolated coastal showers are really all that's expected today,
00:38 with much lower rainfall totals, tending to drier conditions from tomorrow. It's a little bit of a
00:44 different story further south though, with a cold front moving across Tasmania and ushering in a
00:49 showery week ahead. We're going to see a couple of follow-up cold fronts moving across Tassie
00:54 over the rest of this week, and that's generally going to maintain those showers, mostly through
00:59 western parts of Tasmania. Mainland Australia however, is still going to be under the influence
01:06 of a broad high pressure system sitting over the Great Australian Bight. Now the high is going to
01:10 bring us mostly settled daytime conditions, with foggy mornings, with possible frost as well in
01:15 some parts. Now the fogs are most likely to impact southeast South Australia, Victoria,
01:21 parts of New South Wales, but they may push as far north as southern Queensland as well.
01:25 It's a less settled story in the west though. A low pressure trough lying along the west coast
01:32 is generating some showers and storms today, which may tend severe and bring some heavy falls.
01:37 Now those showers and storms are most likely to impact parts of the central west,
01:42 Gascoyne and Pilbara districts today, and the heaviest falls will be tied to wherever those
01:46 storms develop, so it is a good idea to keep an eye on the radar. That's likely to continue through
01:52 into tomorrow, with the risk of severe storms continuing, but we'll see the signature for storms
01:57 petering out towards the middle of the week. Around midweek though, on the east coast,
02:02 we are going to see moisture increasing across the north tropical coast. Now that's thanks to
02:07 onshore flow strengthening. Now onshore flow is winds moving from over the water, pushing against
02:13 the land, increasing moisture and increasing that risk of more moderate rainfall totals.
02:18 So from around midweek that is possible, most likely about the northern tropics.
02:22 It'll remain fairly settled further south though, with this high pressure system remaining dominant,
02:28 and that's going to be the case all the way through to the end of the week.
02:30 Through Thursday and Friday we may see a little bit more shower activity developing through
02:34 northeast New South Wales and southern Queensland, but rainfall totals will stay low,
02:39 with largely dry conditions expected for much of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
02:44 Looking at temperatures now, we're going to see a broadly consistent temperature pattern
02:49 throughout the entire week. Temperatures within a couple of degrees of average, mostly
02:54 slightly above average. Now that means daytime conditions in the high teens to low 20s through
02:59 southern Australia, reaching the mid to high 20s through northern Australia, and the low 30s in
03:05 the far north. Some cooler mornings are on the way for southeastern Australia, but it's still
03:10 around average for this time of year. You can find the detailed forecast for your area via
03:16 the Bureau's website or the BOM social media. Have a good week and we'll catch you next time.