National Weather Forecast: Sunny And Settled For Most

Hello from the Bureau. Happy Monday. This is the national weather forecast. We're going to take a look at Tuesday the 5th of August. And after the excitement from the weekend where we saw rain, wind, hail, and snow for many areas, it's a much more sunny and settled few days ahead. We've got high pressure dominating. So really, if you live north of Sydney or north of Perth, the story is you're in for a fine few days. In the south, we've still got a couple of fairly weak cold fronts gliding by that will bring us a few showers and some gustier winds to a couple of areas, but nothing major. Not looking like severe weather across the country in the next couple of days.

Let's go around the states. And after that flurry of excitement with the snow down in the south over the weekend, we have returned to clear skies and sunshine across Queensland. Temperatures are going to be quite chilly in the morning, but those daytime highs pretty much in line with the seasons. We've got 25 is the max in Brisbane, a nice 27 in Rockampton, and out in the west, we're between 23 and 27 as well.

Across New South Wales, the rain, wind, and snow from the weekend has also cleared up, although there's still some large waves along the east coast. The overhead conditions will be nice and bright. We've got 21 degrees and mostly sunny in Sydney. And there is a few spots of rain down in the south around the Snowy Mountains. The Southern Tablelands, potentially Canberra and the ACT could see a little shower around midday. Wagga Wagga may be the same, but the rainfall totals are very, very low, just a millimetre or two at most.

A little bit of rain in Victoria through the morning, sort of first thing in the day, clearing Melbourne by maybe 7am. Clearing the eastern part of the state by 9 or 10am. And then it's brighter and drier after that. But we might see the odd light spot of showers or drizzle here or there, particularly in the mountains. Temperatures are mild for the time of year, perhaps marginally above average, 17 in Melbourne, and most of our towns and cities are between 14 and 17 as well.

Across Tasmania, we also see a bit of rain here through the morning. As per usual, the heavier falls will be up in the north and in the west, where we could see 20 millimetres or so. Across Hobart in the south-east, much lighter rainfall totals expected, maybe just a millimetre or two in the morning, then clearing up, becoming bright and dry for the second half of the day with near seasonal max temperatures.

And there's a couple of chances for a very light spot of rain around the south coast of South Australia on Tuesday, early in the morning, probably before dawn, then it dries up, and then we've got another little band of showers arriving through the evening and into the night, but they're both only bringing small drops of rain, a millimetre or two here or there. And if you live anywhere away from about 50km of the coast, then your chance of rain is very, very minimal. It will be a clear settled day for that portion of the state.

A few light showers hug the coast of Western Australia in the west and the south. Could really clip Perth or anywhere around this corner across to Esperance. But again, the rainfall tallies will be very low, just a millimetre or a few millimetres at most. Further north and further inland, a dry day with some partial cloud cover. It will be quite chilly though. Morning temperatures well below average and those daily maximum temperatures also on the cool side of what we expect at this time of year.

Can't say the same up here though. No such chilly conditions. It's a nice bright beautiful day across Australia's north on Tuesday. Temperatures under that sunshine, 32 degrees in Darwin, 30 in Katherine, 31 in Broome, and low 20s down around Australia's centre.

So, to see what else the weather has in store for the week ahead, you can find your local forecast at the Bureau's website or app. Thanks for watching and have a lovely day.