A HUMID northerly flow, combined with surface troughs, generated isolated showers and thunderstorms through central, eastern and south-eastern Australia on many days.
At the end of the week, a surface trough associated with a low pressure system brought thunderstorms and widespread rainfall, with high daily totals in north-eastern Victoria, south-eastern New South Wales and areas on and west of the ranges in New South Wales.
Weekly rainfall totals above 50 mm were recorded in large parts of New South Wales, Victoria and western Queensland; within these there were areas that received more…