Heavy rain clouds that have lingered above Australia's east coast this week are here to stay - bringing a deluge of rain over the next seven days.
Brisbane and Sydney are to bear the brunt of the rainfall and thunderstorms, which are expected to bring more than 100mm of rain to Queensland's capital city by Sunday.
Showers are predicted to be heaviest later in the week as a low pressure tough intensifies.
'We've got a fair bit of moisture in the atmosphere over south-eastern Australia and we've got a low pressure trough which is fairly weak at the moment but it will intensify later in the week,' Weatherzone meteorologist Brett Dutschke told Daily Mail Australia.
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The wet weather which has drenched Sydney (pictured) in recent days is set to continue over the next week
A significant chunk of Australia's eastern seaboard will be wet and windy through to Sunday, with up to 100mm tipped to fall in Brisbane
However, in between showers there will be some relief.
'For most of the time, Sydney will be dry this week. Showers are a chance each day but there will be long, dry breaks in there, even long enough to get the washing dry if you time it right,' Mr Dutschke said.
'Showers this week have the potential to be briefly heavy but I think on any day, they're probably only likely to amount to a couple of millimeters, up to 5mm on any day.'
In Brisbane, Mr Dutschke said the next few days will be mostly dry, with intermittent showers and thunderstorms.
'Once we get to Wednesday afternoon, the showers will become more frequent. There is a good chance of thunderstorms in those showers. They have potential to be severe and showers are likely to be fairly frequent right through to the weekend,' he said.
'Brisbane is a good chance of seeing 40mm to 80mm. There's potential for more than 100mm in some parts of the city and surrounds - that's for the next seven days all up.'
Umbrellas will be a common sight in eastern seaboard cities such as Sydney (pictured) in the next few days as the wet weather persists
The Bureau of Meteorology says severe thunderstorms are possible in north-east New South Wales on Monday afternoon, 'with large hail, damaging winds and local heavy rain all possible'.
It added: 'Severe storms with large hail and locally damaging winds are possible around parts of south-east Queensland and central Queensland on Monday'.
There will be a few showers around in Melbourne, although it will not receive as much rain as not as much as in Sydney or Brisbane.
Rain is predicted in the Victorian city for Tuesday, with the possibility of showers on Sunday.
Showers are also forecast for Perth and Canberra over the coming days, however, most of the country will remain fairly dry.
The latest forecast comes after Sydney was hit by a significant amount of rain in recent days.
Weatherzone meteorologist Thomas Hough said the impressive rainfall of the last few days was brought on by a low pressure system and associated trough that have slowly moved across New South Wales.
The amount of rain which is expected to fall across Australia between Monday and Thursday
Rain is also predicted for Brisbane and Melbourne this week, although the Victorian city will not see as many showers
It will not just be Sydney copping the rain, thunderstorms are possible in the northeast New South Wales of Monday afternoon, 'with large hail, damaging winds and local heavy rain all possible'
'Looking at October alone, this month has been the wettest October since 2014 (87mm), with 75.6mm recorded already, including the 2.2mm that fell in the 24 hours from 9am Wednesday,' he said.
'If by the months end more than 87mm has been recorded at Observatory Hill, it will be the wettest October since 2009 when a massive 180mm fell, more than double the monthly average.'
'With showers expected on and off for the next week, and more than half the month left, a further 10-15mm of rainfall isn't unrealistic.'
But the rain that will fall - and has fallen - is not enough to significantly help farmers who are battling a once-in-a-generation drought.
Australians are being warned to brace for more hot, dry and wild weather in the coming months.
An El Niño is due to emerge at any moment, bringing severe weather including storms, fewer clouds, soaring daytime temperatures and lower-than-average rainfall.
According to Sky News chief meteorologist Tom Saunders, the El Niño typically emerges in winter but will arrive later than expected this year, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Combined with a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), triggered by cold water off the West Australian coast, Mr Saunders said it's guaranteed there will be very little rain in the beginning of summer.
He also said the saturation of rain in recent days does not mean the drought has been escaped.
Despite massive rainfall hitting Sydney in recent days, Australians are being warned to brace for hot, dry and wild weather in the coming months
'The rain we're having now is a one-off,' he said.
Mr Saunders has predicted Australia will swelter through severe weather over the next seven months, including an increase of dangerous thunderstorms and bushfires.
The severe weather period, between October and April, is expected to bring hail, wind gusts exceeding 90km/h and flash flooding.
'The hot trend is almost certain to continue across Australia through the severe weather season with maximum temperatures from October to April above average,' Mr Saunders said.
El Niño, during spring, typically means below-average rainfall in eastern and northern Australia, but daytime temperatures are typically above average over the southern two-thirds of Australia.
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