Cold, antarctic air driven up over the country meant some areas of the country experienced their coldest days of the year over the past week.
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00:00Hi it's Christy at the Bureau here to talk to you about the cold morning that we had this morning
00:04and also the rain that's expected to develop over Central Australia over the next couple of days.
00:09So starting with this morning's cold morning we can see these widespread light blue and white
00:14areas showing very cold temperatures across much of the country. Giles 0 in Western Australia,
00:20Alice Springs minus 3, down to minus 4 almost in Seduna. These are all places that had their
00:26coldest morning of the year. A July record for Warrnambool in Victoria minus 2.4 and down in
00:33Tasmania topping the list minus 13.5 at Lyawini, very cold morning in Tasmania. And what's causing
00:40that? Well it's being caused by this large high pressure system that's sitting to the south of
00:44the country and that's not only driving cold Antarctic air up over the country but also giving
00:50us clear skies and light winds, the perfect conditions for heat to escape overnight. We can
00:56also see that that system is driving these showers right along the east coast with onshore flow being
01:02pushed from the water onto the coast. We also have this system over South Australia and Queensland
01:08which is driven by a large upper low pressure system that's developing and that's initially
01:14going to start over South Australia but extend into Western Queensland and by the time we get
01:19to the end of the weekend also into parts of New South Wales as well. Finally we have this cold
01:24front crossing southwestern parts of Western Australia on Sunday. So how much rainfall are
01:31we expecting with all these weather systems? Well over in the west mostly single digit rainfalls
01:36with that front that's crossing a little bit more along the coast. But over Central Australia with
01:42that patchy rainfall possibly some thunderstorms maybe even some locally heavy falls with those
01:47thunderstorms we could see widespread falls of 10 to 30 millimetres maybe even some areas up over 50
01:54millimetres. And along the east coast with those showers continuing most days over the rest of the
01:59week and the weekend potentially again widespread single digit rainfall but closer to the coast
02:05again 10 to 30 millimetres maybe even some places up over 50 millimetres particularly about the
02:11North Tropical Coast and the Cassowary Coast in particular. So looking at our temperatures we are
02:17expecting another cold morning tomorrow morning but not quite as cold as we saw this morning.
02:22Still some frost potential through Central Australia down to zero at Alice Springs also
02:26possibly frosty over parts of Victoria and Tasmania. There is a road weather alert for
02:31Tasmania for icy roads so take care if you're in that part of the world. Daytime temperatures
02:37tomorrow mostly below average particularly over central and western parts of the country and also
02:42down the eastern seaboard where those showers and some cloud will keep the temperatures a little
02:47bit suppressed. For Saturday morning we're looking at once again the risk of some frost over inland
02:54parts of Western Australia and also down over Victoria and Tasmania but we will see that cloud
02:59that's developing over Central Australia with that shower activity keeping the temperatures just a
03:04little bit less cold than they have been. And finally during the day on Saturday we're once
03:09again expecting temperatures near or slightly below average. And that's it for our weather
03:15update. For your location make sure you check out the Bureau's website or app and we'll see you again soon.