Eastern soaking underway with two months' rain in western NSW

12:37 AEST Parts of Western NSW, Qld and Vic have seen double their average May rainfall in the last 24 hours, with rainfall set to continue Friday before focusing on the east on the weekend.  The rain is being generated by an upper level trough which is sitting over the region, which is expected to move east over the weekend.  These are the largest falls recorded during the 24 hours to 9am on Friday, May 10;  Noona in NSW observed 54mm, taking the monthly total to 89.8mm after 32mm fell during last week's event.  White Cliffs saw double the May monthly rainfall average in a day with 44m, the most daily rain in May in 43 years.  Broken Hill, NSW and Thargomindah, Qld also saw more than a month's worth of rain, with 23.8mm and 26.2mm falling respectively.  Mangalore airport, Vic recorded 41.4mm, making it the wettest May day in 24 years.  Wilcannia, NSW observed 39.8mm, its biggest daily May rainfall in 21 years  The opening nine days of May have been very wet for much of NSW and southeast Qld.