Been raining in Brisbane area since late yesterday evening so far 30 to 80 mm have fallen.



Current Rain Radar image tells the story of the progress of ex tropical Cyclone Debbie.

"C" at the top of map marks the point of landfall on Oz mainland. That is aprox 900 km NNW (550 miles) of point "X" where we currently are. The whole system is traveling in the direction of the arrow. So probably in for another 24 to 36 hours of rain.

BOM Forecast

At 4am EST Ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie was located over inland central Queensland just south of Emerald. The system is expected to continue moving southeastwards over the Central Highlands this morning, before tracking over southeast Queensland during Thursday afternoon.

Impacts:

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie will continue to generate areas of very heavy rain over the Capricornia, Southern parts of the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Wide Bay and Burnett and parts of the Darling Downs and Granite belt and Southeast Coast districts. Currently the heaviest rainfall is occurring over much of the Capricornia and Wide Bay and Burnett region, and parts of the Southeast Coast district.
Widespread daily rainfall totals of 150 to 250mm are expected (thats 6 to 10 inchs) a day for my non-metricated readers), with significantly higher accumulations possible locally. This rainfall will likely be very intense at times, leading to a risk of severe localised flash flooding.
Locations that may be affected include Rockhampton, Gladstone, Kingaroy, Bundaberg, Miles and the Sunshine Coast.

The focus for heavy rain will then shift south and extend into southeastern parts of the state during Thursday afternoon. Widespread daily rainfall totals in excess of are 200mm (10 inches) possible, with isolated very heavy daily totals in excess of 400mm (16 inches) possible, mostly around the higher ground in southeast Queensland.

Looks like we are not doing a lot for the next couple of days.