10 days of rain to smash major city

The wild weather is set to continue for millions of residents on the east coast, as heavy showers show no sign of letting up.

Sydney is expected to see showers for the next 10 days, according to WeatherZone, however, it is expected to ease from Sunday.

It’s dreaded news for Sydneysiders who have already endured a week of rain, with up to 60mm of rain just on Sunday afternoon.

The wet weather is expected to ease slightly midweek, before returning next weekend — with up to 150mm possible in the next seven days.

“Southeasterly winds will continue to bring rain throughout the week, although not as intense or consistent as in recent days,” WeatherZone meteorologist Aline Ribeiro said.

Over the past seven days, eastern New South Wales and coastal Queensland have been getting an absolute soaking with up to 100mm of rain recorded over a vast swathe of territory.

Apart from showers in WA’s southwest and in southern Queensland, much of the rest of the country is expected to remain fine and dry on Sunday.

Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Dean Narramore, said areas south of Sydney have copped the heaviest falls so far, but the system has begun to move north.

Severe weather alerts have been issued for possible flash flooding in parts of the Illawarra district and thunderstorms north of Wollongong and east of Dubbo on Sunday evening.

To the north, Brisbane is forecast to have cloudy weather with a slight chance of a shower on Sunday and Monday.

In Melbourne, not a drop of rain was forecast into next week, with the Windy City set to reach a high of just 20C.

Adelaide was likewise set it’s dry and sunny weekend with a high on Sunday of 23C, while Canberra’s light rainfall becoming less likely into the evening.

Dry but cloudy weather was forecast across the other capitals, including in Darwin, Hobart, and Perth, which was smattered by rain during the week.