Vast areas of the country have been warned to brace for drenching rain over the next few weeks as a series of significant weather events take hold.
Firstly, a strengthening polar vortex over Antarctica is colliding with higher pressure over Australia’s south, increasing rain across the eastern seaboard.
Secondly, warmer than usual ocean temperatures off the north and east have sparked record-high humidity in Sydney, with particularly sticky conditions felt in Brisbane.
That will bring with it high rainfall and storms across the next week.
And a “raging” monsoon across Australia’s north has multiple communities on high alert, with a “significant” risk of flooding.
Rainy and humid
Metrologist Dean Narramore said a moist onshore flow along the east coast will bring continued humid conditions and showers.
On Thursday, Sydney experienced it highest dewpoint on record, passing 26C – that is, the temperature at which the air reaches saturation with water.
That made ...
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