We’ve had some showers come across last night and will likely see more later today. The heaviest of the showers however have been streaming north along the coast. You can see the steering winds at 10am today in this wind chart from Weatherzone (steering winds are the winds at the height in the sky that decide which direction showers and storms will move – this is different to surface wind direction):

…but by 10pm tonight the steering winds are turning more onshore:

…so we we have into tonight there is a greater chance for showers to move across our region. By 10pm Monday night you can see how strong the steering winds have become, sending showers clattering onto the coast and inland:

Looking at this stage that we will be in showery conditions until midweek, when it is looking possible for a change to push the unsettled weather out to sea. There is a chance of some very decent falls over the next few days with river rises possible. Total forecast rain over the next 4 days currently looking like this:

Details are still sketchy as to exactly what will pan out, but our region is one that can accumulate some big falls in these situations as winds come ashore and are forced to rise over the mountains, so it’s worth being aware that we could see some river rises in the next few days. I’ll post again tomorrow with an update.