Warning of a fresh rain event for Victoria

As if the cold snap wasn’t enough, already sodden areas of the state are set to get even wetter as a fresh rain event brews with heavy falls on the way for Melbourne and regional areas.

Just as the skies were beginning to clear, forecasters have warned another intense rain event is bubbling up which could pile more misery onto already flooded or flood-prone parts of southern Australia.

A low pressure system is set to intensify with heavy falls due particularly across Victoria on the weekend.

Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Hobart could see around 25mm of rain on Saturday and Sunday, and Canberra even more.

The next couple of days should be fairly clear across the country’s southeast.

That should mean rain won’t be topping up already swollen rivers.

However, it won’t be a long respite – the rain is on its way back.

“We’ve got a few showers starting to develop late on Thursday for south eastern states then across Victoria and Tasmania. But all in all, it seems like light to moderate rain,” Sky News Weather meteorologist Rob Sharpe said.

“But then the next rain event is on the way straight behind with a lot more wet weather.

“A low pressure trough is set to head east from Western Australia.

“Ahead of it, in the coming days, temperatures will rise in the eastern states.

“The system will then intensify and when the trough pushes through, it will deliver all that fresh moisture.

“Saturday and Sunday is where we’ll see the heaviest rainfall moving through the southeast of the country, with further flooding unfortunately on the cards in parts of this region.”

Widespread falls of up to 50mm, maybe more in some areas, are possible. Picture: Sky News Weather.

Widespread falls of 20-25mm are likely with more in the gauge elsewhere.

The system is still a few days out, meaning the forecast may firm up closer to the weekend.

The chilly conditions that have swept across Tasmania and Victoria, that saw snow fall in Mt Hotham and even down to sea level in Hobart, are dissipating.

A winter wonderland, in November? Falls Creek this week. Picture: Chris Hocking

Snow down to 200m around Hobart this week. Picture: Eddie Safarik

It will be dry in Melbourne until Thursday when 3-8mm of rain could come down.

Then a break on Friday, but Saturday could see as much as 10mm and Sunday 25mm of rain.

Temperatures will peak at 16C on Tuesday but reach 25C on Thursday ahead of that low, then drop to 18C.

Overnight lows will hang around 10C.

Originally published as Warning of a fresh rain event for Victoria