Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane weather: Chilly start to the weekend for millions of Aussies as mega rain band strikes
The rain will strike Newcastle, Taree and Port Macquarie on the NSW Mid North Coast before the system heads north to Brisbane in the afternoon.
The Bureau of Meteorology's Angus Hines said the heaviest falls would hit parts of Queensland and parts of eastern and northern Tasmania, which could trigger some minor to moderate riverine flooding.
'The main thing with the weather event that we're seeing at the moment is perhaps not how much rain each place is getting, it's how extensive the rain has been and will continue to be across the country,' he told Weekend Today.
'It's just this huge band of wet weather which started off in Western Australia a couple of days ago, then yesterday and overnight it swept through South Australia.
'Today it's going to be across the eastern states and it's really stretching all the way from north Queensland down to the far south of Tasmania.
'So for most areas they're getting a little bit of rain, but not too many spots are getting us worried about major heavy rainfall or flooding or anything like that.
'So for a lot of places where it has actually been quite dry, this rain is more welcome than worrying.'
Perth
Saturday: Sunny. Min 3C. Max 16C.
Sunday: Showers. Min 6C. Max 14C.
Monday: Showers easing. Min 5C. Max 14C.
Adelaide
Saturday: Showers. Min 9C. Max 14C.
Sunday: Showers. Min 10C. Max 14C.
Monday: Shower or two. Min 9C. Max 14C.
Sydney
Friday: Mostly sunny. Max 18C.
Saturday: Cloudy. Min 11C. Max 18C.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. Min 10C. Max 19C.
Melbourne
Friday: Possible late shower. Max 13C.
Saturday: Showers easing. Min 9C. Max 14C.
Sunday: Showers. Min 8C. Max 15C.
Hobart
Friday: Becoming cloudy. Max 14C.
Saturday: Rain. Min 7C. Max 13C.
Sunday: Possible shower. Min 5C. Max 13C.
Canberra
Friday: Cloudy. Max 14C.
Saturday: Rain easing. Min 3C. Max 14C.
Sunday: Showers. Min 4C. Max 11C.
Brisbane
Friday: Sunny. Max 22C.
Saturday: Rain increasing. Min 13C. Max 23C.
Sunday: Showers easing then sunny. Min 15C. Max 23C.
Darwin
Saturday: Partly cloudy. Min 22C. Max 31C.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. Min 22C. Max 31C.
Monday: Partly cloudy. Min 22C. Max 30C.
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