Weather Warning Australia: Ninety percent of the country is expected to be submerged by the weekend due to a 2000 km rainband that would swamp millions of Australians.

Weather Warning Australia This weekend, a massive rain band that stretches 2000 km across the nation and brings a strong wet weather system with it is expected to drench millions of Australians.

The Kimberley area in north-west Washington, through the nation’s midsection, and west of Victoria, will be the epicentre of the rainy weather. From far north Queensland to southern Queensland, including Brisbane, there will be a second rainband.

There are now severe weather warnings in effect for Victoria, the ACT, Tasmania, Western Australia, and New South Wales.

Sydney’s string of warm days from earlier in the week will come to an end on Friday, when there is a high probability of showers and a for coastal locations.

It’s going to rain all weekend.

On Friday and Saturday, Melbourne will receive a tonne of rain, but on Sunday, the sky will clear, giving residents some relief.

Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, will, nevertheless, see rainy weather on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with a predicted 5 to 20 millimetres of precipitation.

Up to 20 millimetres of rain are predicted for Canberra on Friday, according to current forecasts. With further rain predicted for Sunday, the city is expected to clear on Saturday.

Additionally, Adelaide is expected to get wet weather on Friday before it clears up a little on Saturday and Sunday is predicted by the Bureau of Meteorology to be “sunny” with “light winds.”according to the BoM.

There will be some rain in Hobart on Friday, but it should clear up for the weekend.

Perth is likely to get significant rainfall from Friday through Sunday, with Sunday seeing the highest totals of 15 to 45 millimetres.

Meanwhile, Darwin is expected to see dry weather over the weekend, with highs of 34C.

What’s going on in your area

Sydney

Friday: 15-22C, with a 90 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely from the late morning. Winds northerly 20km/h to 30km/h becoming light in the evening.

Saturday: 12-20C, with a 95 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Cloudy. Very high chance of rain, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming southwesterly 15km/h to 25km/h during the morning, then tending southerly 25km/h to 35km/h during the day.

Sunday: 13-19C, with a 90 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Cloudy. Very high chance of rain. Winds southerly 25km/h to 35km/h turning west to southwesterly 15km/h to 20km/h during the day.

Brisbane

Friday: 16-25C, with a 70 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Partly cloudy. The chance of fog in the early morning. High chance of showers, most likely from the late morning. Light winds becoming north to northeasterly 15km/h to 20km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the late afternoon.

Saturday: 17-24C, with a 90 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Cloudy. Very high chance of rain, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Light winds.

Sunday: 15-23C, with a 70 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the morning. Light winds.

Melbourne

Friday: 12-16C, with an 60 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Partly cloudy. Very high chance of showers, most likely in the morning. Winds northerly 20km/h to 30km/h turning northwesterly 15km/h to 25km/h, during the morning.

Saturday: 7-14C, with a 50 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Partly cloudy. The chance of morning fog. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Light winds.

Sunday: 7-15C, with a 10 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Mostly sunny. Slight chance of a shower in the northwest suburbs, near zero chance elsewhere. Light winds becoming south to southeasterly 15km/h to 25km/h during the day.

Canberra

Friday: 9-16C, with a 100 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Cloudy. Very high chance of rain, most likely in the morning. Winds northwesterly 20km/h to 30km/h becoming light in the evening.

Saturday: 0-15C, with a 20 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Partly cloudy. Patches of frost and the chance of fog in the morning. Slight chance of a shower in the afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming southeasterly 15km/h to 25km/h during the day, then tending southerly 15km/h to 20 km/h during the evening.

Sunday: 4-13C, with an 80 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Cloudy. High chance of showers. Winds southerly 20km/h to 30 km/h.

Hobart

Friday: 13-16C, with a 60 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely in the afternoon and evening. Winds northwesterly 25km/h to 35km/h increasing to 35km/h to 55km/h in the morning then tending westerly 30km/h to 45km/h in the late afternoon.

Saturday: 6-13C, with a five per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Partly cloudy. Winds westerly 15km/h to 20km/h becoming light during the morning.

Sunday: 4-13C, with a 10 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Mostly sunny. The chance of morning frost in the east. Light winds.

Adelaide

Friday: 11-17C, with a 100 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. Winds west to northwesterly 25km/h to 40 km/h tending west to southwesterly 20km/h to 30km/h in the early afternoon then becoming light in the late evening.

Saturday: 6-17C, with a 40 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Medium chance of showers in the morning. The chance of morning fog. Mostly sunny afternoon. Light winds becoming southeasterly 15km/h to 20km/h during the day, then becoming light during the afternoon.

Sunday: 5-17C, with a zero per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Sunny. The chance of morning frost about the northern suburbs. Light winds.

Darwin

Friday: 24-33C, with a 10 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Mostly sunny. Light winds.

Saturday: 24C-34C, with a 5 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Sunny. Light winds becoming east to southeasterly 15km/h to 25km/h during the morning then becoming light during the afternoon.

Sunday: 24-33C, with a 5 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Mostly sunny. Light winds becoming east to southeasterly 15km/h to 25km/h during the morning then becoming light during the afternoon.

Perth

Friday: 11-21C, with an 80 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Partly cloudy. The chance of morning fog about the hills. Very high chance of showers in the southwest, medium chance elsewhere. Light winds becoming northerly 20km/h to 30km/h in the morning.

Saturday: 11-23C, with a 95 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Becoming cloudy. Very high chance of rain, most likely in the afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds northerly 25km/h to 35 km/h.

Sunday: 13-19C, with a 95 per cent chance of rain.

BOM says: Cloudy. Very high chance of rain, most likely in the morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm. Heavy falls possible. Winds north to northwesterly 25km/h to 35km/h shifting southwesterly 20km/h to 30km/h during the morning then tending west to southwesterly 15km/hr to 20km/h during the evening.