DURING the week, a series of low pressure troughs generated several days of widespread thunderstorms and locally heavy showers in the north and east of Australia.

Several days of severe thunderstorms in south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales brought widespread rainfall, strong to damaging wind gusts and hail, and there were reports of flash flooding.

A strong cold front and associated low pressure trough moved across south-east Australia, bringing widespread rainfall to Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.

Weekly rainfall totals of 25 to 50 mm were recorded across western Tasmania, a broad area extending from north-eastern Victoria to central Queensland, the western Top End of the Northern Territory and the north-west of Western Australia.

Weekly rainfall totals of 50 to 100 mm were recorded in areas of western Tasmania, north-eastern Victoria, large parts of north-eastern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland, the Gulf Country in north-western Queensland, and northern and eastern parts of the Northern Territory, with totals greater than 100 mm in some areas.

The highest weekly total (at a Bureau gauge) was 184.6 mm at Capabala Water Treatment Plant (Queensland).

The highest daily rainfall total (at a Bureau gauge) was 131.2 mm Ripple Downs Alert (Queensland), in the 24 hours to 9 am on 16 November.