Canberra, keep those umbrellas handy because you're going to need them this week.
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Senior metrologist, Jacob Cronje from Weatherzone said the ACT was expected to have rainfall everyday for the rest of the month and a wet start to summer.
Tuesday will see a humid start to the day, with a top of 28 degrees expected. The afternoon will be cooler with the chance of rain to bring relief.
On the weekend the capital experienced warm days and wet nights, about 10 millimetres of rain fell. About 7.2 millimetres of rain dropped on Monday.
The recent wet weather has closed Angle Crossing and it is not expected to open until tomorrow afternoon. The government advices motorist to follow signage and use an alternative route.
Mr Cronje said the territory was on track to receive it's average rainfall for the month. With the end of the week predicted to have the most rainfall, 20 millimetres for both Friday and Saturday.
He said temperatures will be 27- 30 degrees during the week, making it humid. But he said the rainfall will be a cool relief.
Canberra photographer Sarah Lilley's last-minute decision to head up to Mr Ainslie on the weekend paid off after capturing a lightning strike.
"I chose Mt Ainslie as I knew it was high over Canberra and the best lookout that does not have huge amounts of bushland around," Ms Lilley said.
"I went out that night purely to shoot a lightening strike and it has definitely paid off."
She said she set the camera to a long shutter speed in the hope of getting at least on shot of the lightning.
"To see the photo when it came up on my camera that night was so exciting, I didn't know what I was going to see,"
"After taking so many shots with nothing, to get that strike was amazing."
Showers will increase towards the end of the week and temperatures will drop to the low 20s on the weekend. Forecasts for the week also warn of the chance of a thunderstorm on most days.
The first day of summer is expected to be 27 degrees with showers increasing.
Recent wet weather and storms in the ACT have kept emergency services busy.
In the past 72 hours the ACT State Emergency Service attend 57 requests for assistance, ranging from leaking roofs, localised flooding, tree damage to houses and fallen trees on roads.ACT Fire & Rescue was tasked with 30 jobs including tree removal and providing assistance to keep sites safe where power lines are down. The main areas affected were southside: Bonython, Gordon, Kambah and Chisholm.The ACT Emergency Services Agency reminded the community to not park cars under trees during a storm, and to keep away from storm drains and creeks due to the risk of flash flooding.
The capital has received some rough weather lately. On Saturday evening the Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the ACT.
On November 17, Canberra was lashed with rain, hail and lightning and golf ball-sized hail was reported in Gungahlin.
