And we can see a large high pressure system still centred just to the south of Tasmania that's extending a ridge across eastern Australia. It is very slow-moving, so it does continue to control the conditions for much of south-eastern and eastern parts of the country. And so for Tasmania, Victoria and inland New South Wales, it will be another mostly sunny and mild day.
But away from that, showers continue right along the eastern seaboard, and in some locations those rainfall totals will start to pick up through Wednesday. Further inland, we do have a surface trough deepening across central Australia, bringing unseasonal showers and thunderstorms. But for northern Australia, not much change. It's just a few showers continuing to brush across the wet tropics.
For Western Australia, it will be a warm day ahead of this trough and weak cold front. There will be a few showers and cooler winds to the far south-west of the state later in the day. So now, state-by-state look, starting off with Queensland.
Showers continue right along the east coast and we do have Strong Wind Warnings continuing for much of the east coast as well. Those showers will start to pick up across the south-east, even extending as far inland as Toowoomba, and we may see some moderate rainfall totals about the Sunshine Coast, as well as up towards the Cairns area.
Inland, with that deepening surface trough, showers and thunderstorms do continue. We could even see locally moderate falls south of Mount Isa and west of about Longreach. Under that cloud, that will really suppress those daytime temperatures, remaining quite mild to cool along the east coast. A bit of a wind chill with those gusty south-easterly winds.
So for Brisbane, partly cloudy with a few showers and a top of 24 °C. Showers continuing for Cairns with a maximum of 28 °C. Now to New South Wales.
You will see a bit of morning fog and cloud and showers to continue right along the coast. We could see up to 5 mm along the south coast. Up to 10 mm is possible around the Sydney area. We could see those rainfall totals getting up to 20 mm to 30 mm across the Mid North Coast up towards Coffs Harbour. And the showers will push all the way in towards the ranges.
West of the divide though, continuing to be mild and mostly sunny, but we may see a light shower and thunderstorm across the far north-west of the state.
So for Sydney we are expecting a cloudy day with showers, 22 °C, and for Canberra, cloudy with a slight chance of a shower and a top of 18 °C.
Now to Victoria. We will see a bit of patchy fog south of the divide, but that will lift to a mostly sunny day. Dry for the most part, just a slight chance of a very light shower spilling down from New South Wales across the far eastern parts of Gippsland. But with those easterly winds continuing, maximum temperatures climbing 2 °C to 5 °C above average.
So for Melbourne, a mild day, bit of morning fog, then a mostly sunny afternoon with a top of 21 °C, and for Mildura, mostly sunny with a top of 23 °C.
Now to Tasmania. Again, we will see the possibility of morning fog, slight chance of a light shower about the northern and north-eastern coast. But that will lift to a mostly sunny day, just a bit of cloud sticking around coastal areas. But with north-easterly winds coming through, temperatures will be above average for this time of year, and those days will become even warmer as we head through the week.
So for Hobart, a bit of morning cloud clearing for a mostly sunny afternoon with the top of 18 °C and 19 °C in Launceston. Just a few showers possible about the north coast through the day. Now to South Australia.
Patchy fog in the morning and we will see that lifting, but then showers and cloud will start to spill down from the north. Those showers will be quite isolated, but moderate falls are possible in the far north-east of the state and they could get as far south as about the Mid North. We will also see some afternoon thunderstorms by the eastern Eyre Peninsula, but not much in the way of rainfall is expected there.
So Adelaide, we are expecting to see a partly cloudy day, top of 23 °C and remaining a little bit cooler than average across northern parts of South Australia.
Heading over towards the west and in Western Australia, those warm and dry, gusty north-easterly winds will push temperatures again up into the mid to high 20s, and we will see High Fire Dangers for much of the South West Land Division. But into the afternoon, this trough and cold front will move over the south-west, bringing showers to Bunbury as well as Albany into the afternoon, but mostly start to fade away as it heads further north.
So Perth might only see a few showers about the southern suburbs in the afternoon and evening. Otherwise expecting it to be quite a warm to mild day, particularly the further north up towards the Pilbara. So for Perth, partly cloudy, slight chance of a shower in the southern suburbs and a top of 25 °C.
Finally, to northern Australia, we are still seeing a few showers across eastern and northern parts of the Top End, but remaining away from Darwin. And further inland, those showers and thunderstorms do continue. Showers are also possible around the Alice Springs area, which is unseasonal for this time of year. Warm and dry conditions continue right across the Kimberley as well.
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