A United Airways 747 sits at Canberra Airport after being diverted due to the weather. Photo: Jeffrey Chan
Canberra is set for a wet and wild week with rainfall and grey skies forecast to linger until the weekend.
The capital may even see a thunderstorm or two with Weatherzone meteorologist Ben McBurney saying "there is a decent chance of hearing a rumble or two above Canberra on Tuesday afternoon".
But Mr McBurney said Canberra was unlikely to receive the heavy rainfalls already recorded along the coast of NSW this afternoon.
Sunday night's storm... the view from Wright. Photo: Graham Tidy
There are several reports of flash flooding in Sydney, and two men have been struck by lightning.
Canberra airport chairman Stephen Byron confirmed the diversion of two aircraft from Sydney to Canberra airport on Monday afternoon as a result of poor weather conditions in Sydney.
One of those was a United 747, a type of plane that doesn't pay too many visits to the nation's capital.
Canberra's wet weather also caused delays in the Sheffield Shield final, being played at Manuka Oval.
Mr McBurney said some parts of Sydney, including Cronulla, received almost 100mm of rain in an hour at lunch time on Monday.
"From Wednesday onwards Canberra is likely to have heavy cloud cover that will reduce the possibility of thunderstorms," he said
"In Canberra, we could see as much as 10mm of rain on Thursday and Friday night while on other days we'll be looking at around 5mm".
Mr McBurney said the ACT was experiencing a fairly complex weather pattern.
"We're seeing a low pressure trough move across inland Queensland and New South Wales to pick up moisture from an onshore airflow. This is the source of showers and potential thunderstorms in the Canberra region."
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