How sea fog affects port operations in Australia
As the days get shorter and the temperatures begin to drop ahead of winter, fog becomes an imminent risk for port and offshore rigs safety and operations. Fog can occur at any time of the year, although they are most prevalent...
Coldest day in decades for Sydney
Bankstown has experienced its equal coldest day in 38 years today, with the maximum temperature unable to break above 10 degrees. Sydney’s maximum temperature also struggled, with the capital shivering through the coolest day in 37 years. A freezing air mass has wrapped around a cut-off low and...
Polar blast delivers heavy snow to the Aussie alps
A polar blast has taken place this year for the NSW alps, thanks to a moist easterly air stream wrapping around an East Coast Low and icy temperatures. In fact, the snow level dropped down to about 700...
Explosive News – Weatherzone’s new Blast Dispersion System is the solution for your minesite
Mining blasting is the quickest, easiest, and cheapest way to remove rock and maximise production in open cut mining. However, there are many challenges that mine superintendents and blast managers face when considering a blast. Minimising environmental impacts and ensuring health and safety of miners is constantly a challenge when blasting for the superintendents. Information on weather conditions is paramount to minimise these risks to not only...
Severe wintry weather this week
An outbreak of severe wintry weather will affect southeastern and eastern Australia this week, with damaging winds, heavy rain, thunderstorms, flooding, widespread snow and hail. A strong cold front will impact southern Australia on Monday and Tuesday, leading to widespread rain and...
Squall lines and the danger they pose to offshore oil and gas rigs
Squall lines pose a significant safety threat to offshore oil and gas operations. They also can cause serious damage to business assets as well as halting operations on the rig, decreasing the rigs efficiency. What are squall lines?...
A prolonged outbreak of windy, cold, wet and stormy weather could impact eastern Australia next week.
A large upper-level cut-off low pressure system will move over southern and south-eastern Australia next week, most likely between Tuesday and Saturday. This simply refers to a broad, isolated pool of cold air several kilometres above the ground that has moved up towards Australia from the Southern Ocean. This will cause windy,...
Will this winter have Western Australians turning their heaters on?
Earlier this week, Perth had its coldest day in nine months, with the maximum temperature of 15 degrees, falling 7 degrees below the May average. A cold Antarctic air mass moved up from the Southern Ocean, bringing the...
East Coast Lows
Australian East Coast Lows are powerful low pressure systems that can cause multiple types of severe weather for several days. This video details why they are so dangerous as well as when and why they occur.
