BOM radar shows heavy rain will hit Brisbane, Gold Coast, Grafton, Lismore, Port Macquarie this weekend

NSW is set to suffer through its second extreme weather event in as many weeks, with a flood watch issued for parts of the coast.

Temperature records tumbled across NSW amid heatwave conditions two weeks ago, but this weekend will be much cooler and wetter for the state’s mid-north coast and northern rivers regions.

Some places along the mid-north coast copped close to 100 millimetres of rain overnight, and the Bureau of Meteorology has predicted additional stints of heavy rainfall over the…