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'Dynamic days ahead' as NSW braces for wet and wild conditions

Parts of Australia’s east coast have recorded their wettest 24 hours in over five months and the deluge is set to continue for at least the next couple of days.

More than 100mm of rain has been recorded in parts of NSW including northern areas like Wooli Beach which had 123mm, and Burringbar which received 103mm heading into Sunday.

The low pressure system forming off the NSW coast also brought a huge dumping of rain for parts of Queensland’s south including the Gold Coast which had more than 130mm in the past 24 hours.

Rainfall in coastal areas from the Sunshine Coast, north of Brisbane, all the way down to Yamba on the NSW north coast, was the heaviest it had been in up to six months.

The low is expected to bring up to 100mm of rain to most of the NSW coastline in the coming 24 hours. Source: Weatherzone
The low is expected to bring up to 100mm of rain (indicated by purple) to most of the NSW coastline in the coming 24 hours. Source: Weatherzone

As the weather system shifts and changes position, it is expected to see even more rain dumped over more parts of NSW, with areas south of Sydney expected to be hit hardest in the coming 24 hours.

“It looks like the area south of Sydney is going to be the wettest, but there’s no guarantees of that,” Weatherzone meteorologist Brett Dutschke said, explaining the system was too dynamic to be certain.

“It’s impossible to say which areas specifically. It’s a system that is changing its shape pretty significantly so there’s a lot of uncertainty with this one,” Mr Dutschke told Yahoo News Australia.

Heavy rainfall would continue throughout Sunday and into Monday, Mr Dutschke said, predicting an easing of conditions come Tuesday.

More wild weather is expected to bring increased rain, wind and waves over coming days to NSW. Source: AAP
More wild weather is expected to bring increased rain, wind and waves over coming days to NSW. Source: AAP

“Tuesday looks like it will be patchy and the falls will likely be easing, and then it looks like it will dry out Tuesday night and on Wednesday,” he said.

Despite consistent showers overnight, Sydney received between five and 10ml of rain, Mr Dutschke said.

The Bureau of Meteorology warned residents in northern areas of NSW and southern parts of Queensland that the low pressure system would “bring increased rain, wind and waves over coming days”.

Weatherzone meteorologist Ben Domensino said latest modelling had predicted more than 100mm of rain for most of the NSW coast between Sunday and Tuesday with some pockets of over 200mm.

“This is only one run from one model and uncertainty remains high...but still! This is typically one of the more reliable models,” he wrote in a tweet.

He warned those on the east coast to look forward to some “dynamic days ahead”.

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