Series of cold fronts targeting country's southern coastline over next three days as Queensland expected to shiver
A series of cold fronts is set to sweep through multiple southern states bringing much needed rain for drought-affected farmers while Queensland is expected to shiver on Friday.
On Friday Western Australia will receive some showers as a cold front moves across the nation's south over the course of the weekend, giving much-needed rain for drought-affected farmers.
Sky News Meteorologist Marina Neuman said Perth should expect a few showers on Friday until a cold front moves through targeting Australia's south.
"Still dry conditions now, just a few very light, spotty showers targeting Perth, but the better chance tomorrow as that cold front begins to move in... this is just going to be the precursor to the better chance for rain fall heading into the weekend," she said.
Rain looks to fall over dry areas in South Australia and parts of western Victoria, however Neuman said it will unfortunately be low rain totals.
A series of fronts look to move across the southern coastline sweeping through Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and parts of Tasmania.
The Bureau of Meteorology said the cold front will push through South Australia with a burst of showers sweeping through western Victoria, before it weakens on Sunday.
"The cold front will push across the Bight during Friday evening, and reach South Australia during Saturday with a burst of showers. Showers are forecast for Adelaide, the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas, and southern agricultural areas," the BOM said.
"Showers will reach western Victoria on Saturday night, but gradually weaken into Sunday as the cold front moves southwards."
The best chance of rain will be for SA's coast bringing upwards of at least 10mm of showers across Saturday and Sunday.
Over the next seven days the southern half of WA could expect 30mm, 50mm across Tasmania, 25mm for South Australia, and the northern tropics could receive 50mm.
'So, this is once again, very nice rainfall totals, especially for those agricultural parts of South Australia as we deal with ongoing drought conditions there,' Neuman said.
Meanwhile, another round of frost is on the way for Queenslanders as the state shivers into the weekend.
It is set to be another cold morning for the Sunshine State on Friday with minimum temperatures expected to hit Roma with -1, Longreach 2C, Toowoomba and Mount Isa 3C.
'For now, another chilly night for the coastline, Rockhampton expected to see six degrees overnight, Bundaberg at six degrees as well, even Brisbane, eight degrees, I know that's very uncomfortable for everybody, but Queenslanders especially,' Neuman said.
'So, another chilly evening and likely some frost for your Friday morning.'
This week Queensland faced some unfamiliar conditions with the coldest night of the year to date recorded.
On Wednesday morning a minimum of -4.4C hit the small rural town of Injune, while the mercury fell to -3.6C at Kingaroy, reaching the same low as Roma on Tuesday morning.
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