State hit by almost 500K lightning strikes

State hit by almost 500K lightning strikes

An intense moist climate system has pushed east throughout the nation in a single day, bringing rainfall to a minimum of 4 states for the beginning of the week.

Thunderstorms struck southern Western Australia over the weekend as near half 1,000,000 lightning strikes have been reported inside 200km of Perth.

The moist climate system has moved over South Australia and is now settling over NSW and Victoria the place showers and potential storms will kick off a moist week.

WA

Many areas of Western Australia are taking a look at their heaviest rain in six months. Regions within the firing line embrace many elements of the Wheatbelt, the Goldfields and up north in Newman.

SA

The moist climate occasion pushed throughout the southern coast of Australia over Sunday afternoon and early on Monday morning earlier than settling over the jap states. There can be pretty mild, however widespread rain for SA.

NSW

Sydneysiders are waking as much as showers on Monday morning with an opportunity of thunderstorm crashing in later within the day.

A high of 27C is predicted to make for a damp begin to the week.

Another moist day is feasible on Tuesday with thunderstorms intensifying over the north of the state.

A rain band is because of stretch as far south as Melbourne and up north to Brisbane with some areas prone to be smashed by greater than 50mm.

VIC

Melbourne is forecast to obtain a smattering of showers on Monday morning with mild winds of as much as 20km/h.

The temperature is because of keep beneath 20C.

The rain is prone to stick round for a lot of the week with showers not giving out till a minimum of Sunday.

More to come back

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Source: www.news.com.au