The infamous variability of spring weather across southern Australia will be on full display during the coming week.

First, south-eastern states will bask in maximums as much as 10 degrees Celsius above average this weekend, while Western Australia shivers under another spell of wintry showers and storms.

The WA soaking will then shift east, triggering the first thunderstorm outbreak of the season for parts of South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales on Sunday and Monday.

A major rain event is then predicted across eastern Australia from Tuesday — a system which has the potential to bring more than a month's worth of rain to parts of the Murray Basin. Loading...

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