It’s been a dry winter along the South Coast, but rains are expected to hit the region by the end of the week.
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The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast rains for the South Coast from Friday, continuing through to Monday.
BoM forecaster Anita Pyne said there was a higher chance of rain along the coastal parts of the state.
“Into Friday and the weekend, we’ve got a trough coming into the central parts of NSW and we’ve got some moisture coming from the ocean from some winds coming from the north east,” she said.
“These north easterly winds will feed in some moisture and that’ll interact with this inland trough to produce some rainfall.”
Nowra is expected to receive between 5 and 15mm of rain on Saturday and Sunday and 0 to 5mm on Friday and Monday.
Slightly higher rainfall is expected for Ulladulla, with 8 to 15mm expected on Saturday and Sunday and 0 to 10mm expected on Friday and Monday.
According to the July monthly climate summary, July was the driest month in NSW since 2002, with parts of the South Coast receiving little to no rainfall.
Kioloa received zero rainfall, which made it the driest July month in the past 58 years.
The South Coast’s dairy farmers have been doing it tough with the prolonged dry period, and while the expected weekend rain isn’t nothing, it won’t bring lasting relief.
“The soil moisture levels have been so low for so long it’s going to take more than just one rainfall event to bring lasting relief from the drought situation,” Ms Pyne said.
Ms Pyne said thunderstorms were also associated with the system, which indicates the rain may be quite patchy at this stage.