Cooler days on the way for SEQ, but not for long, BOM says

A southeasterly change working its way up the New South Wales coast could bring severe storms to south-east Queensland, followed by cooler temperatures, the BOM says.

Rain over the weekend brought a roughly 50-day streak of dry weather in Brisbane to an end, and the forecast was for more rain on Monday evening.

Meteorologist Livio Regano said hot northerly winds over the region would collide with cooler southerlies and create prime conditions for thunderstorms.

“It’s kind of like a line along which you get a lot of upheaval – think of it like tectonic plates crashing together on a fault line,” he said.

“Along that line, you often get some quite severe weather.”

However, Regano said such storms are hit-and-miss, and were likely to be mostly inland from Brisbane.

“We’ll just have to wait and see where they come,” he said.

A return to more regular spring conditions is expected to follow, with the high for Tuesday predicted to be just 26 degrees.

Ragano said people should revel in the cooler temperatures while they last, with the mercury likely to be back in the 30s by Saturday.

“As we approach summer, the reprieves will become briefer, until they become non-existent,” he said.

After about 50 days without more than a millimetre of rain, with parts of the city and the Sunshine Coast received up to 70 millimetres over the weekend. Fist-sized hail fell in some areas.

However, the CBD and southern suburbs only received between three and seven millimetres of rain – not great news for those hoping their lawns would get a good drink.

“Last night broke that long streak, and if you get some more tonight, it’ll break it well and good,” Regano said.

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