AUSTRALIA’s east coast could be smashed by another severe weather event this week, with forecasts of another dangerous east coast low.

Early forecast models are showing the potential for healthy to significant rainfall across large areas of NSW and the southern half of Queensland across the weekend and into early next week.

According to Higgins Storm Chasing, a trough is likely to be located across Western and South-West QLD during Saturday, extending into Central and Western NSW.

media_camera An east coast low could bring dangerous condition to parts of Australia by the end of the week, similar to those of earlier this month. Picture: Getty.

This trough is forecast to interact with an approaching strong upper level trough to draw in strong moisture off the Coral Sea and Pacific to produce widespread rain and wind.

During late Sunday and into Monday initial forecasts predict there’s the potential for an East Coast Low to develop along the NSW coast somewhere between Wollongong and Port Macquarie.

media_camera If this forecast is right, some areas of the NSW coast will cope over 150mm of rain. Picture: BSCH

BSCH weather maps show an East Coast low located off shore from Sydney at 4pm on Monday June 20.

If these are correct, large areas of the NSW coast could see up to 150mm of rainfall in 24 hours plus winds over 125km/h.

The weather system may also impact eastern Victoria as it moves further south.

The Bureau of Meteorology told News Corp Australia that it’s too early to tell exactly how significant the weather event will be. They will have an update later today.

At this stage they are expecting around 80mm of rain to fall across the NSW coast from Friday through to Sunday.

The forecast isn’t good news for residents who are still cleaning up from the massive east coast low that hit earlier this month.

A number of people lost their lives in floodwaters which caused more than 50 million dollars damage in QLD, NSW and Tasmania.

Drone Footage Shows Severe Coastal Erosion in Sydney Sydney’s northern beaches were lashed by a weekend of severe weather due to an east coast low that hit June 4-5. More than 10m waterfront land was washed away at Collaroy. This drone footage shows the damage to the Collaroy surf club and waterfront properties. Credit: YouTube/UNSW Water Research Laboratory

media_camera Coastal erosion pictured in Collaroy in the aftermath of the East Coast Low. Picture: Braden Fastier

Originally published as Superstorm 2 could strike this week