Australian Weather

An upper trough over southeast Australia has caused showers and Alpine snow across TAS, VIC as well as southern and inland NSW on Thursday. Isolated showers of less than 10mm were experienced across the region with light showers extending up into the NSW Upper Western district with Cobar picking up 0.6mm. In the 24 hours to 9am Thursday the top rainfall totals were at Marrawah and Dookie with 9mm. Since then to 5pm, rainfall totals have be less 10mm with 7mm falling at Wilson’s Promontory. Showers contracted to the east throughout the day as an area of high pressure ridged in from the west. Showers fell as snow about the Alps. On Friday, the trough will move to the northeast and combine with a southeasterly airstream, producing showers across eastern NSW and far southern QLD. The upper trough will assist in producing isolated storms across northeast NSW and southern QLD on Friday afternoon. The most frequent showers will be along the NSW coast with the heaviest falls likely around the Hunter.