Sydney to soak and Melbourne to freeze: Wet and cold conditions to continue across Australia as two powerful cold fronts bring torrential rain and VERY chilly weather
- Australians are set to experience more wet and frigid conditions this week
- Showers are expected to continue in Sydney after receiving 33mm rain in 24hrs
- Parts of south Victoria are witnessing its coldest weather in decades
- Temperatures plummeted to -2.4C in Hamilton, in the state's south west
- Adelaide saw its coldest morning in five years after a chilly 1.3C was recorded
Australians are set to experience more wet and frigid conditions this week as two powerful cold fronts bring torrential rain and icy weather across the country.
Rain showers are expected to continue in Sydney after the city received more than 33mm of rainfall in a 24-hour period.
An additional eight to 15mm are expected on Tuesday with a high of 18C and low of 12C.
The rain will continue over the next few days but is forecast to clear up towards the end of the week with partly cloudy skies and a high of 20C predicted for Friday.
Australians are set to experience more wet and frigid conditions this week as two powerful cold fronts bring torrential rain and icy weather across the country
A Bureau of Meteorology forecaster told Daily Mail Australia that Sydney and the northern New South Wales coast should expect showers as a high pressure system moved eastwards before turning south and south easterly.
The high pressure system will move out to the Tasman Sea by the end of Monday and continue to move slowly east over the coming days keeping showers isolated to the northern half of the coast.
Melbourne is experiencing drier but cooler weather as temperatures remained below 10C on Monday, and Cranbourne recorded a chilly 3C this morning.
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Earlier this week, temperatures at Melbourne Airport dipped to 2.1C, four degrees below the average.
The city will continue to see temperatures below 18 degrees the rest of the week with a rain shower predicted for Friday.
Other parts of Victoria are also witnessing record-breaking temperatures as Hamilton in the state's south west recorded an icy -2.4C - the coldest in 22 years.
Adelaide also saw its coldest morning in five years after a chilly 1.3C was recorded in Kent Town on Monday.
An additional eight to 15mm are expected in Sydney on Tuesday with a high of 18C and low of 12C
Melbourne is experiencing drier but cooler weather as temperatures remained below 10C on Monday, and Cranbourne recorded a chilly 3C this morning
A second cold front will cross over the southwest corner of WA on Sunday night, while a high pressure ridge will begin over central parts of the state early next week
The Bureau of Meteorology said a large and slow moving high pressure system moving near South Australia was causing severe frost for much of Victoria.
Another cold front is expected to move over the Great Australian Bite in South Australia and into Victoria by Tuesday before stronger front follows on Friday.
Victorians can expect further severe frost on Tuesday along with some isolated fog in some areas but widespread in the southern regions of the state.
Fog and mist are forecast every morning this week in Victoria but will mostly give way to mild and sunny days after the morning frosts clear.
'Typically light winds and clear skies overnight allow temperatures to drop dramatically,' the forecaster said.
'Bringing temperatures to zero, clear skies and light winds along with reasonably dry air create perfect conditions for frost.'
Temperatures in Queensland remain mild with highs in the 20s and rainfall predicted.
