After a searing hot day, Western Australians sweltered through a near record warm night last night causing energy demand to surge. The uncomfortable days and nights are being caused by extremely hot and dry easterly winds flowing over the west coast in response to Severe Tropical Cyclone Sean. Image: 850hPa temperature and wind at 8pm […]
Violent thunderstorms will pummel parts of NSW, Queensland, Victoria and the ACT over the next couple of days, with potential for supercells and a dangerous squall line late on Wednesday. These thunderstorms have the potential to cause power outages like Vic experienced on Sunday, when dangerous storms lashed the state. An upper-level pool of cold […]
It could be a tough week for insurers, with daily severe thunderstorms possibly bringing large hail, damaging winds, heavy rain, and flooding to parts of eastern Australia, including the capital cities. This prolonged and dangerous thunderstorm outbreak will be generated by an extremely humid atmosphere and a series of low pressure troughs and lows throughout the […]
Energy demand will surge across large areas of WA as daytime temperatures climb into the mid-40s, with the warmest December night on record possible for Perth. The relentless heat will be caused by a stubborn high pressure system in the Bight, with prevailing easterly winds dragging an extremely hot airmass over northern WA, which will […]
The extreme heat which baked Victoria and interior parts of the continent on Monday has tracked east, with outer western Sydney currently hotter than anywhere in southern Australia. Penrith, at the foot of the Blue Mountains, could peak at 42°C this Tuesday afternoon, making it the first 40-degree day in the Sydney region in the […]
Australia is battling through an exceptionally humid end to the year skyrocketing energy demand, so what’s behind it? What are ‘feels–like’ temperature and dewpoint? During November, large areas of Australia experienced uncomfortably humid conditions, with the sticky conditions seeping down into southern Australia, which usually has a drier climate. Large parts of the NT, northern […]
Extremely hot conditions across several states and territories has caused energy demand to soar on Monday, with extreme fire danger and the potential for severe thunderstorms on the cards. The heat is being caused by hot northerly winds from the interior of Australia moving over the country’s southeast, ahead of a cold front and southerly […]
A severe heatwave is set to impact New South Wales, raising concerns over potential energy deficits across the state early next week. The prolonged period of extreme heat is being caused by an extremely hot airmass moving over the state ahead of a cold front. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) issued a market […]
It’s going to be an uncomfortably sweaty end to the week for southern capital cities, with maximum temperatures set to reach 14 to 16°C above the December average. Temperatures will soar into the low to mid 40s across parts of southeastern Australia for three days late this week in response to a prolonged period of […]
Australia’s tropical cyclone season is officially underway, but we may not see much activity for few months yet. The season runs from November to April, and for mining operators and businesses across northern Australia, 2026-27 is shaping up to be a season where the headline numbers and the real risk may not line up. On […]
A positive Indian Ocean Dipole is underway, but this one is unlikely to deliver the textbook dry spring and summer that businesses have come to expect from the pattern. The Bureau of Meteorology officially declared a positive IOD on Tuesday, October 27, which typically like El Niño can cause drier and warmer conditions over parts of […]
Waters off Indonesia have cooled in recent weeks, an indication that a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) event could be developing. It’s an important climate driver for Australia, and it could shape rainfall and temperatures heading into summer, with flow-on effects for farmers, energy and other industries. What is the Indian Ocean Dipole? The IOD […]
Leonora, WA, had its wettest September day on record earlier this month. Three weeks later, more than 1.3 million lightning pulses were detected within 800 km of the town in 48 hours. Why is a stalled trough delivering storms to mining country, and what it could mean for operations? The DTN Total Lightning Network detected […]
