OZ: Cold SE, showery east coast + some outback rain coming

July kicks off colder for many in the south and south-east of Australia thanks to an enormous area of high pressure south of Adelaide and near Tasmania. We had high pressure like this back in May and, just like back then, this new high brings plenty of easterly winds to the continent - meaning the eastern seaboard is showery and often cloudy. Some heavier rain is possible between Sydney and about Gladstone.

But as the week wears on heavy rain and downpours will bubble up through the interior, especially for inland parts of SA.

The downside is many dry parts of VIC, NSW and TAS miss out on rain this time around - or at least, don’t get a lot.

The silver lining is that our final weather map on Sunday shows a new westerly change returning to WA (normality).