Hundreds of millimetres of rainfall are forecast for western Tasmania in the next week, which will help replenish hydroelectric lakes in the region after some of the lowest rainfall on record. Hydropower is Tasmania’s main source of electricity, with frequent rain filling Tassie Hydro’s 54 major dams and feeding into 30 hydropower stations. In fact, during winter, […]
A prolonged period of powerful winds will lash the southern half of Australia from this weekend into next week as a deep low pressure system lingers over the Southern Ocean. A complex and slow-moving low pressure system will pass between Australia and Antarctica over the coming week. This low will send a series of strong […]
In the mountains, they call it the “hair dryer”. It’s the combination of very strong winds and warm air, and it decimates the snowpack in the Australian alpine region. The snow melt and rain injected a decent amount of water into the hydro lakes in the last 48 hours, to be used for hydropower. Throughout […]
Sydney is basking in spring-like warmth today, with the potential for the mercury to reach the high 20’s early next week. This early spring warmth will also reach several other states and territories this week with the potential for August warmth records to tumble. Wednesday morning felt very pleasant to many Sydneysiders, with no signs of […]
Parts of Australia could reach the mid 30’s this week, as warm and gusty westerly winds bring some early spring weather to the southeastern states. Several cold fronts and low pressure systems will sweep across southern Australia this week, bringing warm and gusty westerly winds and rain to parts of southern Australia. While a stubborn […]
There are signs that another sudden stratospheric warming episode could occur above Antarctica towards the end of August, increasing the likelihood that the Southern Hemisphere’s polar vortex will continue to be disrupted into September. This event could have an ongoing influence on Australia’s weather patterns this spring. What is Sudden Stratospheric Warming? Sudden stratospheric warming […]
A decent week of wind power is ahead as several lows, and cold fronts sweep across southern Australia. The latest Mean Sea Level Pressure map below shows a low pressure system in the Bight, while a cold front is approaching the west coast of WA. Image: Mean Sea Level Pressure (MSLP) chart at 10am on […]
Melbourne has already reached 20.4°C just before midday this Thursday, on the way to a top that will likely reach 22°C, after a high of 21.9°C on Wednesday. So we’re looking at two consecutive winter days around 22°C, which sounds like something the late great cricket commentator Richie Benaud would have said. Not since 2021 […]
A burst of blustery wind, rain and thunderstorms will hit southwestern Australia this weekend, bringing a wintry change to Perth on one of the last weekends of the season. Despite a few showers in southwestern Australia today, Perth will be dry for most of Thursday and at least the first half of Friday. This drier […]
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 […]
