AT the start of the week, monsoon-like conditions brought storms to the Kimberley (Western Australia) and the Top End of the Northern Territory.
Later in the week, the storms moved over the Cape York Peninsula and southwards down the Queensland coast, before moving offshore.
A high pressure system over southern Australia resulted in little rain during the week in southern areas except for western Tasmania and the Northern Rivers district in New South Wales.
The highest weekly rainfall total, at a Bureau site, was 177.6 mm at Weipa (Eastern Ave) on the Cape York Peninsula (Queensland),…