This week’s weather of storms and showers predicted for the region is about to be turned up with the possibility of approximately 10 million lightning strikes to occur by week’s end.

Monday saw more than 1.4 million strikes over parts of Australia, some of which were produced by a destructive thunderstorm over Northen NSW and even tore a roof off a building in Queensland.

A combination of abundant atmospheric moisture and a series of low pressure troughs and cold fronts will continue to cause widespread thunderstorm activity over the region each day for the rest of this week, with Monday giving an indication of how much lightning the weather pattern currently in place across the region can produce.

There is a good chance we will continue to see close to or above 1 million strikes per day for the rest of this week, meaning a weekly lightning count of around 8 to 10 million is likely.