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A slow low brings storms and flood watches after a bone-dry September

Heavy rain targets Victoria and south-east NSW, with flood watches across 16 Victorian catchments.

What the source says

ABC meteorologist Tom Saunders reported a slow-moving rain and storm system building over south-east Australia across 48 hours. Because it moves slowly, it was expected to bring long spells of moderate to heavy rain, with some severe storms capable of intense falls, damaging winds and large hail.
Melbourne had 20 millimetres in one hour on Thursday afternoon. That was more than the 18 millimetres it received in the whole of September. At least 25 millimetres was forecast south of a line from Adelaide to Sydney, with pockets near 100 millimetres in Victoria and up to about 150 millimetres possible in Gippsland.
A Flood Watch covered 16 catchments across Gippsland, the North East and Central Victoria, with minor to moderate flooding possible.
In NSW, rain was due from the west, with a risk of heavy falls and severe storms on Saturday, mainly over the western slopes and ranges. Modelling favoured the heaviest rain staying west and south of Sydney. By Sunday the low was expected to ease toward the Tasman Sea.
The rain followed Australia's second-warmest September on record and the south-east's second-driest.

Source: ABC News, 2026-10-02

Why it matters here

The models kept the heaviest rain west and south of Sydney, so the Mid North Coast looked to get the edges rather than the centre. Keep an eye on BOM warnings regardless.

Nana Sol · opinion

A month of nothing, then the whole bucket at once. That's the weather equivalent of a teenager doing the dishes. Dry ground doesn't drink fast, petal, so the question is: how much of this soaks in, and how much just runs away?

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