A large, strong high pressure system is sitting over the Great Australian Bight, which is set to bring “cool, at times windy and showery weather to the south-east of the country, with some showers for the east coast as well”, according to Miriam Bradbury from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM).
Many Australians are waking up to a wet Christmas Day this year, with rain and storms forecast across a number of states. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
It’ll be generally drier and sunnier weather for South Australia, while the west coast is forecast to experience very hot conditions.
The BoM says an active monsoon trough lying across northern parts of the country, coupled with some low pressure troughs in the vicinity, will generate significant cloud, showers, thunderstorms and heavy falls through much of northern Australia.
Those systems will pull the wet weather down to even parts of south-east Queensland as well.
And sadly, the Boxing Day forecast so far is for much of the same around the country.
So what does the weather have planned for your neck of the woods? Let’s check out the state-by-state forecasts:
Brisbane is set for a high of 34 degrees and balmy overnight lows of 23 degrees but there are storms on the way.
The capital city is forecast to experience partly cloudy conditions with a medium chance of showers in the late morning and afternoon, according to Weatherzone.
There’s also the chance of “a thunderstorm, possibly severe with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding”.
Elsewhere in the state, there are showers and storms with very warm conditions in the north-east, while it’ll be sunny and very warm in the south-west and cool-to-mild in the north-west of the state, with showers and storms in the area.
A mixed bag in store across NSW with mostly sunny but cool-to-mild conditions in the south, while a warm day with a late shower forecast for the state’s north-east.
Sydney is expecting a morning shower with winds decreasing across the day and highs of 24 degrees, falling to lows of 18.
Maximum temperatures for the state are set to be within a few degrees of the December average – low to mid 20s about the south coast, grading to high 20s about the north coast.
Canberra is set for a mostly sunny Christmas Day, with light winds and highs of 28 degrees.
But the mercury won’t stay quite that warm into the evening, with lows of just 9 degrees forecast.
It’s set to be a cool-to-mild day across much of the state, with showery southwesterlies behind a cold front keeping temperatures below average.
It’ll be mostly sunny and dry in the north but moderate southerly winds, will keep things fresh about the Gippsland coasts.
Melbourne will have a cloudy day with a chance of showers and tops of 17 degrees, dropping down to 12 degrees overnight.
Showers are forecast mainly about the west and south, with a few isolated showers about the east during the day.
Showers will fall as snow above 700 metres during the morning, with possible small hail about the west and south of the state.
Fresh and gusty south-westerly winds will keep daytime temperatures below average, with Hobart forecast for a top of 15 degrees, dropping to 8 degrees across the day.
It’ll also be a mixed back weather-wise for South Australia, with a cool-to-cold day in the southeast and central parts of the state along with mild-to-warm but windy conditions in the west and north.
Adelaide is heading for a top of 24 degrees, as maximum temperatures across the state sit near to below the December average.
And with cloud clearing across the day in the capital city, it will be a cooler night with the the mercury set to drop down to 13 degrees.
A scorcher is forecast for Perth, with highs forecast to hit 40 degrees.
The sunny morning could give way to an afternoon or early evening thunderstorm with little or no rainfall.
Showers and gusty thunderstorms over the Kimberley, northeast North Interior, most of the Pilbara, Gascoyne, Central West, Lower West and north and west Central Wheat Belt and north-western parts of the Great Southern.
The BoM is also forecasting very hot conditions through the western Pilbara, southwest Kimberley, western Gascoyne, and western and southwestern districts of the South West Land Division.
A cooler 30 degrees forecast for Darwin with cloudy conditions and a very high chance of showers. A thunderstorm is also likely to hit the capital city.
There’ll be a slight-to-medium chance of showers and thunderstorms in the southern Tanami and northern Simpson Districts, increasing to a high chance elsewhere with possible heavy rainfall.
There’s also the chance of raised dust in the southeast Simpson District.
– Reported with Bureau of Meteorology and Weatherzone.
