After being drenched by torrential downpour over the weekend, Queensland’s soggy spell is showing little sign of letting up.
In recent days, some parts of the state have been battered by more than 100mm, with one remote part recording 122mm in a day.
However, forecasters have now warned there is even more to come, with a month’s worth of rain expected to fall before the week is out.
Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Dean Narramore said the stormy trend is expected to continue throughout the week.
“Normally, storm season is ongoing at this time of year, but it is a more persistent downfall this year, which is unusual,” he said.
“This pattern will continue over the week, particularly in the southeast of Queensland, down from Gympie, to Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
“That strip could end up seeing between 100mm and 150mm of rain by the weekend – around a month’s worth of rain in a week.”
In the latter part of last week and over the weekend, some parts of Queensland saw extreme showers – including the remote Middle Percy Island, which saw its wettest October day on record, recording 121mm of rain on Friday.
Muttaburra was another shower hotspot, which saw 101mm fall on Saturday.
“It’s going to be a wet week, particularly in Queensland,” Mr Narramore said. “You will need to think carefully about road conditions and you may see flash flooding.”
Mr Narramore added that while Queensland is expected to be the dampest state by some distance, showers could spread across the country.
“We are expecting the showers and thunderstorms to spread to South Australia, Victoria and NSW towards the middle of the week.”
It comes after a number of rainfall records were broken in central-west Queensland.
At the Tullinar Station, near Blackall, an 87-year record was problem where 122mm of downpour was recorded.