- Up to 100mm of rain to hit the Sunshine State
- Flood warnings have been issued
- READ MORE: Beachgoers soak up the sun and temperatures soar
By Pranav Harish For Daily Mail Australia
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19 View commentsQueensland is set to be drenched by up to 100mm of rain with the massive downpour set to last for several days.
The Sunshine State will cop the brunt of a low pressure system that has formed in the Coral Sea, which will cause heavily rainfall across south-east Queensland for the rest of the weekend.
Rainfall totals of between 40 to 80mm are expected across the region until Tuesday with isolated rain between 80 to 100mm predicted.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued several flood warnings across Queensland and strong winds, are expected to lash some parts of the region.
Queensland is set to be drenched by up to 100mm of rain (pictured) with the massive downpour set to last for several days
Up to 80mm of rain fell in the central Queensland towns of Rockhampton and Bundaberg, from Saturday evening through to early Sunday morning.
Miriam Bradbury, meteorologist from the Bureau of Meteorology said the wet weather will continue for the rest of Sunday across south-east Queensland.
'We'll only see a change later on Sunday as the wet weather starts to contract offshore leaving a few coastal showers going into early next week,' she said.
The wet weather will also soak parts of northern NSW with scattered showers to persist on Monday and Tuesday.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued several flood warnings across Queensland due to the wet weather (pictured wet weather)
Parts of northern NSW will also be soaked by the downpour before the wet conditions (pictured) moves offshore
Several towns in northeast NSW including Ballina, Lismore, and Tweed Heads are set to brace for 60 to 80mm rainfall totals from Anzac day until May, 1.
The weather bureau have urged people in K'gari and on the Sunshine Coast, to stay away from the surf due to strong marine conditions.
Rock fishers have also been urged to heed the wet weather warnings.
Melbourne is set for a pleasant start to the new week with tops of 23C expected on Tuesday.
The city is likely to experience scattered showers on Wednesday and the wet weather is set to linger until Saturday.
Adelaide is set for a mostly dry week with a possible shower on Thursday while it will be a mostly cloudy week in Hobart.
The weather bureau however has issued an inland flood warning for South Australia and a strong wind warning, has been issued for parts of southeast and central west Tasmania.
Darwin will be very warm over the next five days with temperatures reaching tops of 35C on Thursday, while Perth will be mostly dry with tops of 28C expected on Saturday.
Darwin is expected to be very warm while some capital cities in the southern states will be mostly dry next week (pictured beachgoers)
Five Day Capital City Forecast
PERTH
Monday: Partly cloudy. Min 13 Max 24
Tuesday: Sunny. Min 10 Max 23
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Min 10 Max 23
Thursday: Mostly sunny. Min 11 Max 24
Friday: Sunny. Min 13 Max 27
ADELAIDE
Monday: Sunny Min 10 Max 25
Tuesday: Becoming cloudy. Min 13 Max 27
Wednesday: Cloudy. Min 13 Max 19
Thursday: Possible shower. Min 11 Max 20
Friday: Partly cloudy. Min 7 Max 19
MELBOURNE
Monday: Sunny. Min 7 Max 22
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Min 11 Max 23
Wednesday: Shower or two. Min 13 Max 17
Thursday: Showers. Min 10 Max 17
Friday: Shower or two. Min 11 Max 16
HOBART
Monday: Partly cloudy. Min 8 Max 21
Tuesday: Cloudy. Min 11 Max 20
Wednesday: Shower or two. Min 10 Max 16
Thursday: Cloudy. Min 9 Max 14
Friday: Cloudy. Min 9 Max 17
CANBERRA
Monday: Cloud clearing. Min 4 Max 23
Tuesday: Sunny. Min 4 Max 24
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Min 6 Max 22
Thursday: Mostly sunny. Min 4 Max 20
Friday: Sunny. Min 3 Max 20
SYDNEY
Monday: Partly cloudy. Min 14 Max 24
Tuesday: Sunny. Min 14 Max 27
Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Min 15 Max 27
Thursday: Mostly sunny. Min 16 Max 24
Friday: Partly cloudy. Min 15 Max 23
BRISBANE
Monday: Shower or two. Min 18 Max 25
Tuesday: Shower or two. Min 18 Max 26
Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Min 18 Max 27
Thursday: Partly cloudy. Min 17 Max 28
Friday: Mostly sunny. Min 18 Max 26
DARWIN
Monday: Mostly sunny. Min 23 Max 33
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Min 24 Max 33
Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Min 25 Max 33
Thursday: Showers. Min 25 Max 35
Friday: Sunny. Min 25 Max 35
Queensland