By Jeremy Sollars
Good falls of rain were recorded in parts of the Southern Downs and Granite Belt regions overnight on Sunday through to Monday morning.
Power was cut to nearly 4000 households in Warwick and in the Pratten and Wheatvale areas at the height of Sunday night’s storm around 8pm, and was restored shortly before 11pm.
More rain and a possible storm are expected today, Monday 6 November, with conditions likely to start clearing from tomorrow.
The Bureau of Meteorology says a surface trough extending from the western Gulf Country into the far south-west of the state has “moist and unstable air to its north and east”.
“The trough will merge with a cold front moving eastwards into western Queensland this morning, and will then shift to the north-east during the remainder of the day, reaching the south-east on Tuesday,” the current forecast states.
“A cool, dry airmass will extend over the south-western interior in the wake of this feature. A ridge over the east coast will weaken over the coming days, before being reinforced by a large high pressure system moving into the Tasman Sea on Wednesday.”
The outlook for the rest of today, Monday, is for partly cloudy conditions and an 80 per cent chance of showers, most likely during this afternoon and evening, and a “possibly severe” thunderstorm is likely late in the day or in the evening.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, should be mostly sunny with a small chance of showers.
Official overnight falls to 9am Monday
The Head 7mm.
Killarney 9mm.
Yangan 3mm.
Maryvale 26mm.
Warwick 14mm.
Connolly Dam 14mm.
Allora 5mm.
Talgai 14mm.
Texas 29mm.
Stanthorpe 34mm.
Amiens 35mm.
Wallangarra 35mm.
