Brisbane set for wet weekend before temperatures rise next week

“We can get really wet days that amount to almost nothing in terms of rainfall totals, or we can have a sunny day with a 30-minute storm that gives us 80 millimetres,” Mr Regano said.

“These showers that are coming through are generally compact and fast-moving, so there is not much of a chance for rainfall to accumulate in areas.

“Normally we get showers on the coastal fringes and Brisbane misses out, but we now have south-easterly winds in the Tasman Sea, a little offshore trough and colder air sitting high in the atmosphere, so that is pushing the rain inland. It’s reaching as far as the eastern Darling Downs.

“Some of these showers look heavy and there is a chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon or evening because a small…