PHOTO: A mix of storms and fire mean that emergency crews’ work is cut out for them to reopen the Newell Highway. (NSW RFS)
The rain might hang about for the week to come, but according to the BOM’s forecast we can still expect the sweat to bead down our backs this Christmas.
While the eastern coast is expecting a wet Christmas, further inland in the Western Plains the rain for the day remains to be seen.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology’s forecast, the clouds are here to stay up until Christmas day, with the chance of a thunderstorm about much of the Western Plains.
On Christmas Day, the rain event is more likely to recede, with up to a 70 per cent chance of any rain across the Western Plains, and temperature soaring up to 36 degrees around Bourke…