Sydney's wettest March in 33 years at least a plus for mushroom hunters
March has not just been great weather for ducks - but also for mushroom pickers.
March has not just been great weather for ducks - but also for mushroom pickers.
Hundreds of Sydney home owners will be out inspecting damage to their properties on Thursday with rain and even a possible storm hindering the clean-up.
Strong wind gusts and "sideways rain" have lashed Sydney and the Central Coast, leaving more than 33,000 homes without power.
Another soggy journey home awaits Sydneysiders on Tuesday evening with storm cells moving in from the north-west.
The wet weather seems to be encouraging nature of the slithering kind to hunt out the great - and dry - indoors.
Sydney has sloshed through yet another wet weekend, with 222 millimetres of rain soaking the city over the past 19 days.
Rain will continue on Saturday in a miserable March that may break rainfall records.
Parents hoping to avoid Saturday sport-induced gridlock this weekend may be in luck.
Flash flooding that hit parts of NSW on Wednesday is unlikely to dry up on Thursday with the state to cop another drenching.
Sydney has been drenched by more than 35 millimetres of rain in less than a day as roads and homes start to flood and with no reprieve in sight until next week.
Most of Sydney can expect steady showers from late this afternoon, with commuting likely to be a damp affair on Wednesday morning too.
Sydney looks to have dodged the worst of the widespread storm activity over inland NSW but keeping raingear handy will remain the sensible option for residents for days to come.
The Sydney region could be in for a stormy evening with thunderstorms possible well into the night, with soaking rain to follow on Tuesday, forecasters said.
Sydney commuters could be in for a stormy ride home with thunderstorms predicted.
Waves of "ferocious" thunderstorms are expected to lash NSW on Monday.
Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to batter most of the NSW coast for most of the working week as a low-pressure system that delivered a weekend drenching continues to linger off the state's coast.
The remarkably inactive cyclone season off Australia's north has finally been disturbed by a major storm, as Tropical Cyclone Blanche brings heavy rain and strong winds to the Top End around Darwin.
Revellers heading to Sydney for Saturday's Mardi Gras celebrations no longer face the prospect of wild weather despite wet conditions, according to the Bureau of Meteorology's latest update.
Rsk of heavy rainfall and even flash flooding stretches all the way down the coast from Gosford to the Victorian border.
Several homes in Sydney's west have been flooded overnight as parts of NSW brace for torrential rain and potential flash flooding this weekend.
Early warning technology being trialled in areas prone to flash floods
Sydney's record-breaking weather juggernaut rolls on, with summer confirmed as the city's hottest for both days and nights over records stretching back 157 years.
There is about 10 per cent less sea ice in Antarctica this year than the previous record minimum.
"It's been pretty ordinary that's for sure. We broke the record for the wettest summer on record, with 192.8 millimetres of rain compared to 180.4 which was set back in 1955 - and the average summer rainfall in Perth is 35.4, so that's a significant rise."
The wet conditions are not unlike an east coast low developing offshore.
The sodden and cool tail of February belies the record-breaking summer, with autumn also likely to be unusually warm.
If you were hoping for a sunny end to a scorching summer, think again.
The final weekend of the Australian summer looks all set to be an absolute scorcher with Perth expecting a hot and sunny day on Saturday with the mercury rising to 40 degrees.
Canberrans who were sick of the sweltering heat may have found themselves hugging the doona on Tuesday morning.
A man has been killed after two cars collided on the NSW north coast, as a series of catastrophic thunderstorms swept across the state on Sunday.
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