THE Southern Highlands has been blown away by gale force winds and rain since Saturday night.
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The umbrellas were out and gumboots were on, but with
several fallen trees and windy conditions, many residents stayed indoors earlier this week.
After months without a good down-pour of rain, more than 100mm of rain poured down across the Highlands between Sunday and Monday.
For the month of July, Bowral received just 5mm of rain.
Bureau of Meteorology NSW forecaster Rob Taggart said between 9am on Saturday and 9am on Monday, Bowral had received 106.88mm of rain.
The average amount of rainfall for Bowral in August is 61mm.
"This wet and windy weather was caused by a low pressure system off the Illawarra and Sydney coasts," Mr Taggart said.
Conditions eased after Monday's wild weather and Mr Taggart said this was a result of the low pressure system moving northeast further into the Central Tasman Sea.
Mr Taggart said the low pressure system the Highlands had experienced earlier in the week could occur any time of year, but was not typical in August.
"The winter weather pattern has been dominated by westerly winds this year, which is usually associated with drier weather at Bowral," he said.
While conditions are set to ease, the rain is predicted to stick around so keep those umbrellas and gumboots close by.
"Generally onshore winds will prevail this week so there is the chance of some rainfall (generally 1-3 mm) each day for the rest of the week, except for Wednesday which is forecast to be dry," Mr Taggart said.
The dry spell in the Highlands this winter is a result of the westerly winds which have dominated this winter's weather pattern.
Rainfall from Sunday 9am to Monday 9am
Fitzroy Falls: 158mm
Burrawang: 138mm
Robertson: 154mm
East Kangaloon: 66mm
Moss Vale: 60mm
Canyonleigh: 117mm
Bundanoon: 150mm.
VIDEO: A couple of ducks enjoy the wet conditions in the Southern Highlands. Video by Roy Truscott.