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The main things to note this week are: significant rain for eastern NSW and southwest WA this weekend.

High pressure gradually moves in, bringing sunshine, light winds and warming temperatures. Next week's cold fronts don't peak here, so they are lacking cold air and precipitation, with only light snowfalls up high.

An upper level cold pool keeps it chilly in the alps and provides a little more snow. High pressure moving in encourages sunshine. Things warm up next week as cold fronts slide.

We're now in a pattern with a new, significant rain system every few days. The next one focuses on the NSW coast as the area for significant rain. Also, we've crossed the threshold into a Negative IOD.

The next wandering low delivers follow up rain mainly for SA and NSW. Then an injection of moisture and instability ensures a Queensland rainband and a soak for eastern NSW late in the week and on the weekend.

It's weekly update time, and what a time to give an update. The big juicy northwest cloudband is in full swing, connecting a feed of tropical moisture with a huge cold front and a cut off low - all slowly moving eastwards giving a huge part of Australia a soak.