The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast rains for the region from Friday, continuing through to Monday. 

BoM forecaster Anita Pyne said there was a higher chance of rain along the coastal parts of the state. 

“Into Friday and the weekend, we’ve got a trough coming into the central parts of NSW and we’ve got some moisture coming from the ocean from some winds coming from the north east,” she said. 

“These north easterly winds will feed in some moisture and that’ll interact with this inland trough to produce some rainfall.” 

Bowral is expected to receive between 6 and 15mm of rain on Saturday, and 4 to 10mm on Sunday. 

According to the July monthly climate summary, July was the driest month in NSW since 2002.

The Highlands’ dairy farmers have been doing it tough with the prolonged dry period, and while the expected weekend rain isn’t nothing, it won’t bring lasting relief. 

“The soil moisture levels have been so low for so long it’s going to take more than just one rainfall event to bring lasting relief from the drought situation,” Ms Pyne said. 

Ms Pyne said thunderstorms were also associated with the system, which indicates the rain may be quite patchy at this stage.