Brisbane is set to enjoy sunny weather on Christmas Day after weeks of heavy rainfall and flooding. The Bureau of Meteorology predicts mostly sunny skies with a high of 29 degrees Celsius.
After a long stretch of bleak weather in Brisbane that caused flooding, power outages and ruined a Test cricket match, the forecast for Christmas Day is for sunshine.The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting sunshine every day until Christmas Day next Wednesday, which should be mostly sunny with a top of 29. “ Christmas Day in Queensland looks likely to be a warm day – hot inland,” senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said.
“Mostly dry and sunny weather is currently forecast across southern parts of the state, including the south-east, where there’s currently just a slight chance of a coastal shower.” That comes after almost 60 millimetres in the 24 hours to 9am on Tuesday, and weeks of soggy weather, which caused flash flooding in south-east Queensland. Seqwater began flood releases from Wivenhoe Dam on Tuesday, which increased from 8pm Wednesday. Combined with river and creek flows downstream, the releases inundated Kholo Crossing and Burtons Bridge, in addition to Savages Crossing, Colleges Crossing and Twins Bridges.On Sunday, Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner was warning Brisbane residents to prepare for potential flooding this summer.“The ground is saturated from a wet month and that means there’s a real possibility of flash flooding, particularly in the rainfall exceeds predictions like it did in 2022,” he said.“It only took three days for Brisbane to experience its worst-ever flood in 2022, and it could happen again.”The Bureau of Meteorology has indicated a 60 to 80 per cent chance of above-average rainfall between January and March 2025. During the February 2022 flood, Brisbane received 676.66mm of rain in three days – more than the previous three-day record of 600.4mm from 1974.Police have warned people not to play in or drive through flooded streets, after a 15-year-old boy was swept into a stormwater drain in Mareeba, in Queensland’s far north, on Tuesda
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