A deep low pressure system in the Bight and associated cold front is tapping into tropical moisture, producing a band of rain and isolated thunderstorms for much of eastern Australia over the next 3 days. Steady rain has fallen in southern NT and inland SA over the past 24 hours, with a widespread 5 to 15 mm. Highest totals to 9am Wednesday include: • 23 mm at Nundroo, SA • 21 mm at Yardea, SA • 20 mm at Pine Hill, NT The band of rain with strong, possibly damaging winds will spread across NSW,