A LOW pressure system formed near the New South Wales and Victoria border on 2 October, producing persistent and widespread rainfall along with isolated thunderstorms before moving offshore on the 4th.

Weekly rainfall totals of 10-100 mm were recorded across Victoria, south-eastern South Australia, south-eastern and inland areas of New South Wales and western and northern Tasmania. Falls greater than 100 mm were recorded in parts of eastern Victoria.

Flood watches were issued across central and northern Victoria, with minor to major flood warnings issued for some catchments.

A slow moving low pressure trough produced several days of rainfall and isolated thunderstorms during the past week across western and inland parts of Western Australia. Weekly rainfall totals of 10-50 mm were recorded in the Gascoyne, Southern Interior, Goldfields and Eucla, and other large areas recorded falls exceeding 50mm.

On 1 October, a cloud band of tropical moisture associated with a low pressure trough brought rainfall to central and south-eastern parts of Australia.

Throughout the week, moist onshore winds generated scattered showers to parts of the north-eastern coast of Queensland.

Weekly rainfall totals between 15 to 50 mm were recorded across Queensland’s North Tropical Coast and Tablelands and the Herbert and Lower Burdekin districts.

The highest weekly total at a Bureau gauge was 216.4 mm at Lorne (Mount Cowley) in Victoria, including the highest daily total of 103.4 mm in the 24 hours to 9am on 3 October.

 

Seven-day rainfall outlook