This October is likely to go down as one of the wettest on record for the nation, and there's more widespread rain for the southeast later this week!
From Friday through to Sunday, most of the southeast should see at least 10mm with more than 25mm likely for most of TAS, VIC, and agricultural SA. The rain will start in SA on Friday so this will be Adelaide's wettest day, before moving through the eastern states between Saturday and Monday. Melbourne's wettest day will be Saturday which also happens to be Derby Day so race-goers should be prepared for a soggy turf!
And this is just the beginning...the latest rainfall outlook from November- January indicates above average rainfall for most of the nation, especially northern, eastern and south-western Australia. But for south-western Australia we must remember that this doesn't necessarily equate to the relieving rainfall that the area so desperately needs. The summer period is actually the region's driest of the year with the summer-time monthly average rainfall for Perth only 12mm. So even double the average rainfall for Perth during this period wouldn't equate to relieving rain. And since the soil is so dry, it may not even make a difference to the catchments as any rain is likely to soak straight into the soil, rather than end up as run-off.
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