Temperatures to remain cool before warming up next week
Brisbane residents woke up to a chilly day on Saturday, with the maximum temperature predicted to be 24 degrees.
Temperatures are expected to remain cool on Sunday and Monday before rising again.
“It’s a little cooler with clouds around and we still have a fair amount of showers,” meteorologist Daniel Hayes said.
“Today and tomorrow will be pretty similar. Early next week we’ll start to see skies clear a little bit more and we’ll see temperatures warm up again.”
“We still have a chance of seeing showers today, potentially increasing again tomorrow.”
Parts of the city could see 20 to 30 millimeters of rain on Sunday, “rain rather than showers, at least for a while,” Hayes said.
Showers are expected to continue Monday morning and then transition into a dry afternoon.
“After that, very little activity is expected for the remainder of next week,” Hayes said.
Starting Tuesday, temperatures will rise but remain at or below average.
“We’re back to around 29 degrees starting Tuesday and then we’ll stay around 30 to 31 degrees until the end of next week,” Hayes said.
Heavy rain and storms that hit Brisbane on Thursday evening put an end to the severe heat that dominated the city for most of the week.
While the temperature in the city of Brisbane reached 35 degrees on Thursday, residents of Ipswich were overwhelmed by 37 degrees. Temperatures dropped almost 10 degrees on Friday.
A flood watch is in place for south-east Queensland, with rapid river rises possible in areas receiving the heaviest rainfall.
Catchments that may be affected include the Logan and Albert rivers, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast rivers and streams, and the Burnett, Mary, Noosa, Pine and Caboolture rivers.
The upper Brisbane River may be affected, but the affected part of the subdivision will be between the Brewer River and the Warrill, Lockyer, Laidley, Ipswich and Brisbane creeks.
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