Australian Weather

There was has been some rain across the QLD interior in the last day or so. On Sunday Ballera got 1mm. A weak low pressure trough crossed central and southern QLD on Monday, causing a small area of light rain and isolated storms to spread east. The rain fell in the Central West, Warrego, Maranoa, Darling Downs and Central Highlands, but little elsewhere. There were a few places that got some handy rain, but only a few. Toliness and Derbyshire Downs picked up 15 and 14mm respectively in the 24 hours to 9am Monday. Since then to 5pm, Longreach received 6.8mm. Longreach has accumulated 22mm of rainfall this month, only 3mm above average, but amazingly their wettest July in 13 years.

On Tuesday, a weak high will nudge in, causing light rain to head to the Mackay, Charters Towers and Townsville areas and then clear. Storms will be less frequent with the airmass becoming more stable. Early fog patches may develop on Tuesday morning due to lingering moisture in the wake of the trough.