Wild weather forecast as eastern states prepare for first taste of summer storms

It is set to be a wild end to the week as potentially severe storms and widespread, heavy rainfall descends upon eastern Australia.

"These severe storms are possibly going to bring us some large hail, damaging wind gusts, and also the heavy rainfall which could lead to flash flooding," she said. .

"The rainfall, even outside of the storms, could be fairly significant for areas like north-east Tasmania which can expect quite a bit of rainfall coming through around the end part of the week," Ms Bradbury said.  .

"So that means these showers and storms have the potential to bring a lot more rainfall than they usually would if they didn't have that link to the tropics," she said.

"We won't really start to see some cooler weather until Friday when that system starts to move offshore and some of the cooler air finally starts to sneak in," Ms Bradbury said.

"What makes this event noteworthy is that it is spanning right across multiple states and it is expected to persist for multiple days," she said

They're going to see a return of some pretty moist air which means some pretty humid conditions returning this week," Ms Bradbury said