The millimetre I mentioned in yesterday afternoon's post was all I ended up with.

Today's precis forecast for Sydney is 'late rain', although they're only expecting a few millimetres. The forecast doesn't mention storms.

Early cloud has cleared, and it's now bright and sunny, with a moderate breeze that seems to be Northerly. There is a mass of cloud moving in from the West, which is several hours away. It's now about 24-26 at most Sydney sites.

EDIT: the WZ thunderstorm outlook says storms are 'possible' this afternoon, 'likely' in the late evening.

I've also been noticing some strong highs sitting on the Antarctic mainland like around 1030hpa.

I also noticed late last week that when Marcus was around 916-919, the high over Tasmania was 1041-1042 - surely that's an anomaly, I thought those highs were usually mid winter.

BoM has added evening storms now as well.