Rainy week in store for Sydney and Brisbane – but BoM says summer isn’t over yet

The bureau’s long-range weather forecast expects a wetter than average season for large parts of eastern, western and northern Australia. Photograph: Kaaren Morrissey/AAP

Showers are expected to continue for Sydney and Brisbane throughout much of the coming week but summer isn’t over yet, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

In fact, the senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said showers and storm activity were a regular feature of the Australian summer, especially for northern Australia, as well as south-east Queensland and eastern New South Wales.