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Two bursts of rain to dampen central and eastern Australia

Brett Dutschke, Tuesday May 26, 2015 - 14:29 AEST

Parts of New South Wales will see two bursts of rain in the space of four days, bringing some reasonable falls.

Unlike most of the recent rain events, inland areas will do the best due to cloud and moisture streaming in from the northwest.

The rain has already begun in northwestern WA, in fact rain began about a week ago, bringing unseasonably high falls to the Pilbara and Gascoyne. The mining town of Newman gained more than 100mm, more than five times its monthly average.

This Thursday and Friday the area of rain will broaden and stretch across South Australia and into eastern states, including NSW. This will be caused by a low pressure trough drawing on Indian Ocean moisture and interacting with cold air from the south.

Another band of rain will cross the country on the weekend with help from lingering instability and moisture clashing with another blast of cold air.

While this second rain-band will cross further north than the first, the two bands should overlap, giving parts of SA and NSW two drinks in four days.

Areas where two drinks in four days are likely are the Coober Pedy, Marree, Cobar, Bourke and Gunnedah areas, all in need for rain, given the dry start to the year.

Once the rain clears later on the weekend, a belt of high pressure should ensure the region stays largely dry for the rest of the week and possibly into the following week, encouraging frost development.

- Weatherzone

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