Damp sets in ahead of weekend

TOOWOOMBA residents would be smart to pick up the umbrella on the way out the door to work today, while those with weekend plans might want to include gumboots as well.

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Lauren Pattie said the weather system that brought rain to us overnight on Wednesday was on the move and related conditions should have already cleared.

But a new and somewhat complicated “upper low” weather system would continue the wet streak.

Ms Pattie said the current system was heading off to the northeast, to be replaced by the new system which was likely to bring rain and possible storms from this afternoon through until Monday.

There was a good chance of at least a little rain each day.

“It’s an upper low system and ... we can expect some showers, storms and rain associated with that, but

there is a little uncertainty about where that will sit,” Ms Pattie said.

“But there will definitely be rain ... over the coming days.

“There will be a more significant increase from the weekend, particularly on Sunday.”

She said the system would sit over Queensland and dissipate to the west, so the further from the coast, the less the chance of heavy rain.

It would be a similar story until Monday, when residents to both the east and west of Toowoomba would be feeling the damp a lot more than the Garden City itself.