‘Change plans': Grim weekend weather outlook
But it could be even wetter in the west.
The cause is a 3000km long band of cloud streaking across Australia from the country's northwest. It's bringing humid air from the Indian Ocean and that's meeting a coastal low pressure system sitting off the Queensland coast.
As those two systems churn up together, it's a recipe for heavy rain.
In New South Wales and Queensland, the downpours will start to build earlier on Friday. Dubbo could see showers as could Moree and Narrabri among others. Across the border, Friday could be wet from St George to Roma and Emerald.
'Thinking of changing plans'
Sky News meteorologist Rob Sharpe said it wouldn't be as wet in Sydney as the recent five-day stretch of rain for the city.
'But it does look like most of Sydney will see 50 millimetres, primarily from Friday to Monday with a series of showers,' Mr Sharpe said.
'I'm already thinking of changing my plans because of the forecast and I'm sure many other people are as well'.
Up to 15mm of rain could fall on Sydney on Friday, mostly likely in the evening.
Saturday is looking like the wettest day with up to 20mm falling and then up to another 10mm on Sunday morning.
That could affect the City2Surf race on Sunday.
Temperatures will reach highs of 17C and lows of 12C in the Harbour City.
Newcastle and Wollongong could see as much as 30mm of rain over Saturday and Sunday.
Further south it's likely to be drier. Canberra and Wagga will even see some sun peeking through.
Wet in Queensland
Brisbane could get up to 6mm of rain on Friday but Saturday will be the soggiest with 2-15mm possible. Sunday should only see light showers. Temperatures will push to 20C or above.
It could get messy north of Brisbane however. Rain will increase in Bundaberg on Friday later in the afternoon. Then between 10-45mm could descend on Saturday. Hervey Bay could see 50mm in the gauge on Saturday.
Dry in Townsville and Cairns with highs on Saturday of 27C and 29C respectively.
Perth to be stormy and soggy
On the other side of the nation, clouds rolling in off the Indian Ocean could bring heavy falls and storms to Perth.
Showers will increase on Friday after a sunny morning. There is the possibility of a thunderstorm in the afternoon or evening with 1-7mm of precipitation.
But the real drenching could be on Saturday with a possible thunderstorm and 15-40mm coming down in the city.
It will ease off on Sunday with some sunshine and up to 9mm of rain.
Highs will be around 20C with 10C lows in the WA capital this weekend.
Albany is forecast to receive up to 10mm on both Saturday and Sunday.
Broome should expect sunny days and 30C highs.
Dry for many other parts of Australia
It's looking a whole lot drier elsewhere.
Melbourne should expect a sunny, partly cloudy weekend with no rain and highs of 17C. But overnight it could drop as low as 3C.
Cloudy and grey over the Bass Strait in Hobart on Saturday with a 14C high and 7C low. Sunday could be a touch warmer with some sun.
A partly cloudy Friday in Adelaide will give way to the possibility of a light shower on Saturday and then dry again on Sunday. A high of 16C on Saturday and then almost 20C on Sunday with morning lows of about 10C.
Dry and sunny in Darwin reaching 33C this weekend.
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