Victoria, NSW, southern Queensland to be hit by widespread rainfall as cold front sweeps towards nation's biggest cities
A thick cloud band moving across South Australia has soaked large parts of the state, including the more populated southern coastline, with widespread rainfall in recent hours.
The front is now moving across to western Victoria and New South Wales.
A vast area of rain will start making its way through the western half of NSW, where thunderstorms are "likely to develop for areas north of Cobar, extending towards Longreach in Queensland", Sky News Meterologist Alison Osborne said.
The rain band pushing across to the country's east follows 24 hours of extremely heavy rainfall in Australia's outback areas.
Coober Pedy recorded 13.8mm, 6mm in Alice Springs, while Uluru picked up 24mm - its heaviest daily rainfall in nine months.
Adelaide has received 10mm totals as it continues to come down in the city of churches, while Ceduna (10mm) and Port Lincoln (7mm) also bore the brunt of the widespread rainfall in SA.
Osborne said Friday is the first day of a four day wet weather event across south eastern parts of the country that is likely to bring large rainfall totals.
"Looking at the forecast, Tasmania bearing the brunt of that frontal system on Saturday before conditions ease on Sunday," she said.
"But we can see this field of showers developing throughout the week again from South Australia's coastline through to the New South Wales ranges. It's likely to be cold, persistent and with plenty of widespread showery weather.
"For northern New South Wales and Queensland, a band of rain may deliver the heaviest falls for the weekend as it pushes towards the coast during Saturday night and into Sunday. There's a threat of thunderstorms through inland areas. They could be strong and gusty with some heavy falls as well."
In addition to the rain, the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne are facing the prospect of damaging winds, as well as areas such as Bacchus Marsh and Ballarat.
Damaging winds are also a risk for the Alice Springs region in the Northern Territory through to the Channel Country in Queensland, as well as the Mount Lofty ranges to the east of Adelaide and the Flinders ranges in SA.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology's outlook for the weekend, most major cities are set to experience rain.
Showers will reach Perth on Sunday after a sunny Saturday, but the Western Australian capital isn't expected to record temperatures over 16 degrees.
The rain will ease into showers for Adelaide into Saturday and they will continue to hang over the city into the next week.
In the southeast, Melbourne is set to hit a high of 15C over the weekend with showers across both Saturday and Sunday into Monday, while Hobart is due for a drenching on Saturday.
Those in the river city can expect a warmer weekend despite rain over both days as a maximum temperature of 23 degrees is forecast for Brisbane.
Sydney is forecast to keep dry for much of the weekend aside from a wet Saturday with small showers on the way.
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