Record breaking rain causes disruptions in SA
There are ongoing disruptions across South Australia this week following record-breaking rainfall across the state. A slow-moving low pressure trough being fed by copious tropical moisture has been producing rain and thunderstorms in SA during the last five days. This prolonged spell of...
Heavy rain and severe thunderstorms set to impact northern Australia this week
The monsoon trough is deepening over northern Australia and is set to bring heavy rainfall and frequent gusty thunderstorms across this week. The deepening monsoon trough and associated convective activity have already caused and increase in rain and allowed a couple of low pressure systems to develop. One...
Humid summer driving energy demand in Sydney
Sydneysiders have endured a very humid beginning to the year, which is likely influencing energy demand across the city. During the first 20 days of January, Sydney Observatory Hill’s mean 9am and 3pm relative humidity was 84% and 73% respectively. This year’s humidity has been well above the...
Widespread rain looms with cyclone risk increasing
There are signs that rain and thunderstorms will increase over northern Australia during the next week, raising the likelihood of tropical cyclone development in the region. A monsoon trough is expected to move over northern Australia during the next few days, causing...
Is the volcanic ash passing over QLD impacting aviation?
A cloud of volcanic ash and gas can be seen passing over QLD today, turning the sky red and disrupting flights in the region. A large plume of ash and gas was ejected into the atmosphere on Saturday when...
How rare are tsunamis in Australia?
Tsunami waves have been observed in eastern Australia over the last two days following the eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga on Saturday. So, how big were the tsunami waves and how rare are tsunamis in Australia? The Hunga...
Ex-Tropical cyclone Tifanny is headed for south-eastern Australia
The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Tiffany will cause heavy rain, thunderstorms and thick clouds to spread across central and south-eastern Australia during the next week. Tropical Cyclone Tiffany made landfall over the NT’s eastern Top End as a category one cyclone on Wednesday. Since then, the system has weakened to a Tropical...
Sleepless in Sydney, with every 2022 night warmer than average so far
Readers from tropical parts of Australia accustomed to average minimum temps in the mid-twenties might laugh, but Sydney people have been tossing and turning in 2022, with a string of above-average overnight temps. Sydney’s average overnight minimum in...
Storms engulf Top End as Tiffany makes landfall
Tropical Cyclone Tiffany made landfall over the eastern Top End on Wednesday morning, with several days of heavy rain now set to inundate parts of the NT and WA. After crossing Cape Yorke Peninsula earlier this week, Tropical Cyclone Tiffany traversed the Gulf of...
