COLD fronts and associated low-pressure troughs brought scattered showers and thunderstorms, some severe, across Tasmania and isolated showers to parts of southern Australia.

Weekly rainfall totals of 25 to 100 mm were recorded over most of western Tasmania and an isolated pocket in the north-east.

Moist, onshore flow brought showers to parts of eastern coastal regions.

Weekly rainfall totals of 50 to 150 mm were recorded across pockets of Queensland and New South Wales coasts.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms impacted northern Australia with tropical low 33U forming to the north of the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Weekly rainfall totals of 50 to 200 mm were recorded in the north of Cape York Peninsula.

Much of Australia did not record any rain during the week as high-pressure systems continued the settled weather conditions this week.

The highest weekly total (at a Bureau gauge) was 157.6 mm at Horn Island in Queensland, which included the highest daily total (at a Bureau gauge) of 91.2 mm in the 24 hours to 9 am on 8 May.