00:00 Hello, Miriam here at the Bureau with your Easter long weekend forecast.
00:05 And we're taking a look at the extended long weekend this time, which means we're going
00:09 to start with tomorrow, Thursday, and have a look at the weather there first.
00:14 Now already we can see a pattern emerging across southern Australia which is likely
00:18 to persist for most of the Easter long weekend, and that is for broadly settled conditions.
00:24 So we're going to see morning fogs, partly cloudy to mostly sunny days, a few light coastal
00:30 showers or drizzle about the southeast, but broadly speaking, very stable settled weather
00:35 with a low risk of severe weather.
00:38 And this is likely for southern Western Australia, southeast South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania,
00:44 and southern New South Wales as well.
00:47 But it's a little bit of a different story the further north we go.
00:50 Partly along the east coast we can see patchy showers through New South Wales and southeast
00:55 Queensland impacting Sydney and Brisbane tomorrow, but with generally low rainfall totals, and
01:01 much more widespread shower and thunderstorm activity through much of Queensland, the Northern
01:06 Territory and Central Australia.
01:09 In fact, we may possibly see storms bringing heavy falls to parts of northern and eastern
01:13 Queensland tomorrow, with warnings potentially issued if they're warranted.
01:19 As we go into Good Friday, we're going to see that risk of heavy falls starting to migrate
01:23 into western and southwest Queensland.
01:27 That may potentially exacerbate the ongoing riverine flooding across those areas.
01:33 Through southern parts of the country, however, after some morning fogs, it will be a mostly
01:37 sunny and settled day.
01:40 Going into Saturday, we see that moisture converging through Central Australia, so the
01:44 rainfall comes together and starts to push into northern parts of South Australia.
01:49 Now it is drifting south, but it is unlikely to reach Adelaide at this point, we're more
01:54 likely to just see some cloud building through the day for South Australia's capital.
01:58 The risk of heavy falls is really going to be inland, mainly around the South Australia/Queensland/Northern
02:04 Territory border area.
02:07 Going into Easter Sunday, that rainfall is likely to continue across those inland parts
02:12 of the country.
02:14 Once again, we are expecting at this point a mostly dry day for Adelaide, but these rural
02:19 and inland areas could see further rainfall for their Easter Sunday.
02:24 In the west, it will be mostly sunny, settled and dry, with similar conditions in the southeast
02:30 as well.
02:31 A few coastal showers around the southeast Queensland coast, but broadly speaking, not
02:36 much rainfall is on the way for the east coast for Sunday.
02:40 Before Easter Monday, this rainfall will start to move into southeastern parts of the country,
02:46 through southeast South Australia, west and Victoria, pushing towards Melbourne later
02:50 in the day.
02:51 This system will be evolving at this time, which means through the later part of Easter
02:55 Monday going into Tuesday next week, we're likely to see the rainfall starting to ramp
03:00 up through parts of southeastern Australia.
03:04 At this stage, there are still a number of different possibilities as to exactly how
03:08 this could develop, so it is important to keep an eye on the forecasts and warnings
03:12 across the Easter weekend.
03:14 Looking at our temperatures now, we're in for fairly cool conditions across the country
03:19 to start off with tomorrow.
03:21 Really only the west coast is sitting above average.
03:24 As we go into Good Friday, we'll start to see things warming up through the southeastern
03:28 parts of the country, pushing to the mid to high 20s at least in most areas.
03:34 That will continue into Saturday with that warm weather really building through those
03:38 southeastern and western parts of the country.
03:42 But Easter Sunday is likely to see a milder burst once more across southern parts of Australia,
03:48 including southern Western Australia, southern South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria, all
03:54 likely to see temperatures in the lower 20s for Easter Sunday.
03:58 It will stay warm across the far west however with temperatures in the mid to high 30s.
04:03 Cool inland though, under that cloud and rainfall that's moving through those areas, with temperatures
04:09 generally below 30 degrees.
04:11 A similar pattern will continue on Easter Monday, broadly mild to warm across the country,
04:17 but still seeing those areas of below average temperatures in the southeast and central
04:22 Australia.
04:24 Whatever you have planned for your Easter weekend, it's essential to stay up to date
04:27 with all of the latest forecasts and warnings via the Bureau's website and weather app.
04:32 Have a happy Easter and we'll catch you next time.
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