The tropical moisture from a record rain event is now pushing towards a major Australian population centre, writes Sky News Australia Meteorologist Rob Sharpe.
Century Mine, in the Queensland Gulf Country, has been swamped by more rain in one week than Melbourne sees in a year. A touch further inland, Julia Creek collected a whopping 170mm in 24 hours, breaking its March record.This is turning into a crisis as five Gulf of Carpentaria rivers experience major flooding.
The forecast for the heavy rain system moving towards Brisbane on Friday and into this weekend. Picture: Sky News Australia A series of fronts crossing the Southern Ocean are likely to guide westerly winds across southern Australia. The exact timing of the heatwave is up in the air.
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