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Outback soaking spreading east

Ben Domensino, Friday June 30, 2017 - 18:39 AEST

A month's worth of rain has fallen in Western Australia's Interior during the past few days.

An upper-level trough being fed by moisture from the Indian Ocean has been producing rain and storms across Australia's western interior.

Western Australia's Warburton received 21mm of rain during Sunday night/Monday morning, a bit over the monthly average of 19mm.

The upper trough will only slowly shift towards the east during Tuesday and Wednesday, causing lengthy periods of rain in parts of central Australia, including the typically arid Simpson Desert and South Australia's pastoral districts.

A band of cloud and showers will also extend across western and southern Queensland and northern New South Wales during this week. It looks like bringing widespread five-to-10 millimetres with potential for some places to pick up more than 30mm.

- Weatherzone

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