Bureau of Meteorology forecasts from last Thursday predicted up to 40mm of rain over the weekend. Sydney didn't quite get that much, but the city did receive some decent falls from Saturday morning until Monday morning.
Sunday was the wettest day at Sydney Airport with 14.0mm. That was the highest daily rainfall in almost 2 months; 15.8mm was recorded in the 24 hours to 9am on December 26 last year. The total across the 3 days was 22.6mm. Meanwhile at Observatory Hill, Sunday saw 16.8mm, also the highest daily total since Boxing Day. The total across the 3 days there was 27.8mm.
Other locations in the Sydney region received 3 day totals that were closer to the maximum potentials predicted late last week. West of the city at Penrith 32.0mm was recorded while Katoomba in the Blue Mountains received 46.6mm. Gosford, on the Central Coast north of the city, received a higher total of 49.6mm.
The monthly total at Sydney Airport now stands at 24.4mm, still well short of the long average of 113.3mm. There is currently a 90% chance of rain falling tomorrow as showers and storms develop during the afternoon. Heavy and isolated falls may occur across the Sydney Basin as an associated trough and cold front move east across New South Wales. Temperatures should still reach as high as 29C tomorrow before dropping later this week to 24C.
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