The mercury has plunged around Australia with winter certainly here. Sydney shivered through its coldest morning of winter earlier on Wednesday with temperatures down to around 5.5C. While Canberra saw its coldest day for 12 years with the maximum temperature getting to just 6.3C on Tuesday.
It will remain cold but just get wetter, forecasters have said.
New South Wales could be particularly soggy this weekend, as if Sydneysiders needed another excuse to remain indoors during lockdown.
“Across NSW, Friday will be the wettest day of the week for most locations but on Saturday a low pressure system will stall near the coastline so we’ll see wet and windy weather along the NSW coast on Saturday,” said Sky News Weather meteorologist Rob Sharpe.
“It will be wet, quite windy and cold.”
It will be wet in Western Australia too with storms a possibility in Perth and heavy showers until Friday and then more severe conditions heading into next week.
Starting in Queensland and Brisbane is looking at wet weather through to the end of the week with up to 10mm falling on Friday. But then the sun should come out on the weekend.
Highs of around 20C are to be expected most days, dropping down to 10-13C overnight.
Further north, Cairns could see some heavy showers for the next couple of days but mostly dry on the weekend.
Rain that had been in Queensland is heading south of the Tweed in the coming days.
Port Macquarie should be dry on Thursday but then 15mm could fall on Friday before the sun comes out again on Saturday.
Friday is also wet in Sydney when 6-15mm could fall but that rain could stretch well into Saturday before clearing on Sunday.
Anywhere from Newcastle to the Illawarra could see up to 15mm on Friday and Saturday or 25mm in some places. Windy on the coast too.
Frost will also be a feature as the cold mornings continue. Starts will be as low as 7C in Sydney over the coming days and not particularly warm during the afternoon either, topping out at just 15C on Friday before creeping up to 18C on the weekend.
When it comes to chilly winters however, Canberra can do a few degrees cooler than the coast.
Wednesday could see a high of just 11C and it will be lucky to get as high as 13C on Sunday. There will be a low on Thursday morning of -3C reaching 1C by first thing on Saturday. But the capital should be away from the rain at least.
Highs of 14C are expected for Melbourne for the coming days in settled conditions. Mostly sunny and no rain forecast for several days with cold dawn minimums of 3-4C.
A rain band could appear later on Sunday, however, which may continue into early next week.
Maximums of 11C in Hobart rising to 13C on Saturday with minimums of just 2-3C in the city. The sun should peek through the clouds.
Warm by comparison in Adelaide but still settled with partly cloudy skies. Maximum temperatures of 16-17C heading into the weekend with lows of 7-8C.
Stormy and wet for the west
It will be far more drama filled in Perth where storms could break out on Wednesday with up to 15mm falling in windy conditions.
More showers, but lighter, for Thursday. But that’s just a break as the heavier falls return on Friday with up to 15mm forecast to fall again. By Saturday, it should begin to dry up. Maximums in Perth nearing 20C and lows of about 10C.
“Another front could come through on Monday and that will probably bring some severe weather, some damaging winds and also a number of thunderstorms,” said Mr Sharpe.
Sunny and 32C in Darwin with dawns at 20C.
‘Cold, wet, windy’: Weather warning for east and west coasts
