'Assume you'll get wet': Cool temperatures, rain and maybe a storm to hit Sydney
Sydney is in for a week of wild weather with high temperatures and very high fire danger across most of the east coast on Tuesday, before rain settles in.
The relief from Sydney's soaring temperatures will come overnight, bringing maximum temperatures down to the mid 20s for the rest of the week.
The weather is likely to become "quite eventful", with "the potential for severe thunderstorms" from Thursday onwards said the Bureau of Meteorology's Zhi-Weng Chua.
But weather forecasting models are showing differing amounts of rainfall across NSW making it hard to predict where the rain will fall, Weatherzone meteorologist Craig McIntosh said.
It's "umbrella weather", he said.
Forecasts vary between the Bureau and Weatherzone, but predict up to 8 millimetres of rain on Wednesday and up to 20mm on Thursday and Friday, with similar conditions over the weekend.
Those in Sydney can "assume you'll get wet at some point," Mr McIntosh said.
"You should check the forecast twice a day if you are concerned."
The rain is unlikely to be the early autumn break many farmers are hoping for. The lack of drought-breaking rains in eastern NSW continues to take its toll, a 2019 Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey found.
They were looking for a "decent autumn" to set them up for the year ahead, Rabobank CEO Peter Knoblanche said.
"It is perhaps the most anticipated autumn break in a long time," he said, "coming off the back of a dry year, and in some areas, a consecutive run of dry years.
Australia has just sweated through the hottest summer on record, but autumn is unlikely to offer much relief. BOM's seasonal outlook shows the season is likely to be warmer and drier than average.
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