Perth has enjoyed its wettest 24-hour period in over a year, after 43.8 mm fell in the 24 hours to 9 am Thursday. Weatherzone meteorologist Ashleigh Madden wrote on Wednesday afternoon that a cold, wet change was heading the way of southwest SA, and the cold front duly arrived on Wednesday evening. As you can […]
While much of WA is basking in autumnal warmth today, a cold airmass, heavy rain, small hail and blusterous winds are on their way. The video below shows a cold front and an associated thick cloudband quickly approaching WA on Wednesday. Video: Himawari-9 satellite images at 11:40am AWST on Wednesday, July 17 You may also […]
As far as we know, Australia did not mysteriously flip upside down on Tuesday, although you could be excused for thinking that as snow fell in Queensland while Tasmania recorded some unusually warm midwinter temperatures. Let’s start with the Queensland snow event, which was nowhere near as dramatic as the heavy snowfalls of July 19, […]
Blustery winds are impacting parts of southeastern Australia on Tuesday, bringing some of the strongest winds some locations have seen in a year. Damaging winds lashed parts of Tas, NSW, Vic on Tuesday, July 16 at the following locations: Mount Hotham in Vic recorded a mean wind speed of 83 km/h and a 101 km/h […]
Heavy rain has fallen in parts of Victoria overnight, with 100 mm recorded at two weather stations, and flood watches in places for several forecast districts. Several other locations across the state recorded falls in excess of 50 mm to 9 am Tuesday, as a low pressure system over the Tasman Sea directed moisture onto […]
A cold airmass has reached as far north as Qld on Monday, with below average temperatures forecast this week and possibly snow. But light snow flurries are absolutely possible on Tuesday July 16, Wednesday July 17, and Thursday July 18 on the Granite Belt region of southern Queensland, as a cold airmass originating in Antarctic […]
The low pressure system just east of Tasmania has delivered the heaviest rain of the year to many parts of Tasmania as well as wild winds exceeding 100 km/h. This is a strong, intense low pressure system and it’s drawing in plenty of moisture from the Tasman Sea to the east. That’s why the chart […]
Much-needed snowfalls are coming to Australia’s alpine region this weekend, good news for the hydropower industry in Australia. We’ve written several times this week about the strong cold airmass with Antarctic origins which is tracking towards southeastern Australia from this weekend onwards. The airmass will linger for an unusually long period, and will be cold enough […]
A rare sudden stratospheric warming event is beginning to occur above Antarctica, and it may influence Australia’s weather in the coming weeks. The term sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) refers to an abrupt increase in air temperature high above either of Earth’s polar regions, typically on the magnitude of tens of degrees Celsius in a few […]
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 […]
