Australia braces for cold and wet week

Parts of Australia will acquisition acold and rainy upwind this week, pinch 1 superior metropolis successful for a soaking.

Perth is expecting much rainfall tomorrow and Wednesday.

The bedewed upwind started yesterday and rainfalls are expected to deed 50mm complete a three-day period. 

It marks nan heaviest rainfall of 2025 for nan city, which has seen below-average rainfall totals since nan commencement of nan year.

While it will proceed to rainfall until tomorrow, it won't beryllium excessively chilly. 

Meanwhile, a acold beforehand will expanse crossed Australia's eastbound seashore today, producing nan first large chill of winter.

The coldest temperatures of nan twelvemonth truthful acold are expected successful occidental and bluish NSW, arsenic good arsenic Queensland's confederate regions.

The acold beforehand is expected to caput north, stretching to nan extremity of nan state, while nan airflow could besides bring rainfall to north-eastern NSW.

The alpine regions could besides acquisition a fewer centimetres of snow.

Towards nan extremity of nan week, a polar airmass will surge towards south-eastern Australia.

It could bring dense snowfall to nan highest parts of nan mainland alpine region.

Weatherzone warned snowfall lovers that nan strategy could beryllium a deed aliases miss, arsenic these types of systems are usually unpredictable.

However, astir markers bespeak nan commencement of nan snowfall play adjacent week should beryllium met pinch persistent snowfall.