A series of cold fronts and low pressure troughs crossed south-eastern Australia during the week, bringing light to moderate rainfall totals.

Weekly rainfall totals of 10 to 50 mm were recorded across Tasmania and southern, central and eastern parts of Victoria, with falls greater than 50 mm in western Tasmania and in central Victoria.

A series of low pressure troughs and moist onshore winds brought rainfall and isolated storms to northern parts of the country and some areas of Queensland and New South Wales.

Weekly rainfall totals of 10 to 50 mm were recorded in an area of Northern Territory’s eastern Top End, in western, southern and northern parts of Queensland, in northern New South Wales and parts of the Kimberley District in Western Australia, which also saw locally higher totals.

The highest weekly total (at a Bureau gauge) was 163.2 mm at Mount Read in Tasmania.

The highest daily total (at a Bureau gauge) was 98.2 mm at Cape Wessel in the Northern Territory in the 24 hours to 9 am on 10 May

Seven-day rainfall outlook