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Rain and storms forecast for QLD after record-breaking outback drenching

As skies clear over central Australia, a rain band is shifting to the eastern seaboard. (Supplied: Pete Fisher)

Heavy rain will continue to drench parts of eastern Australia this weekend, with a risk of flooding around a number of rivers.

The weather system responsible has arrived from the outback where this month has already brought the highest rain totals in up to 15 years.

This rare desert drenching is the result of an intrusion of very humid tropical air — an airmass which is now over Queensland where it will stall for several days.

It has been an incredible week of rain and storms across central Australia.

SEQ on flood watch as bureau warns more rain on the way

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Flash flooding and swollen rivers could be in store for south-east Queensland, as the Bureau of Meteorology warns of more rain.

After a steamy week with maximum temperatures in the mid-30s, storms brought a cool change overnight, dumping up to 76 millimetres of rain in parts of the Scenic Rim and dropping Friday’s forecast high to just 25 degrees in Brisbane.

Widespread falls across the south-east ranged between 20 millimetres and 60 millimetres from Thursday afternoon to Friday, with storms from central parts of Queensland moving to the coast.

Even more rain was recorded on either side of south-east Queensland, with parts of northern NSW receiving nearly 180 millimetres from 9am on Thursday to 5am on Friday, and Mount Playfair in central Queensland copping 100 millimetres.