We take a look at the main weather highlights impacting Australia over the next several days as spring blasts continue to impact the southern half of the nation and hot weather spreads down from the north.

The mix of hot and cold will spark some big thunderstorms and downpours in the coastal side of QLD and maybe NSW early next week while at the same time yet another spring southerly blasts pushes into WA and then later on SA, VIC and TAS.