A major polar outbreak in southeastern Australia next week will produce a powerful low pressure system that is likely to bring severe weather to several states. A large pool of cold air that originated over waters near Antarctica will spread across southeastern Australia from this weekend into next week. This polar air mass will cause […]
One thing we haven’t seen so far this winter in Australia – and which we barely saw through the whole of last winter – is snow in areas beyond the alpine regions of NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. But snow looks highly possible over a period of several days beginning early next week in places like: […]
Sydney has suffered through a relentless rainy spell, with only 3.8 hours of sunshine a day recorded on average during the first 7 days of July. This cloudy week was well below the average of 7 sunshine hours per day that the city typically sees in July, reducing rooftop solar output across the city. However, […]
There are increasing signs that a prolonged cold snap is on its way to southeastern Australia from Antarctica later this week into next. The frigid air will be dragged from Antarctica by a cold front sweeping across the continent this weekend. A high-pressure system will quickly follow in the fronts path and remain over southern […]
Freezing cold temperatures this week in Australia’s alpine areas created ideal conditions for snowmaking – the process by which a mixture of water and compressed air is pumped out into the chilly mountain air to form ice crystals that are as close as you can get to real snow. Image: Never eat yellow snow, but […]
After a lull in the winds this week, wind power is set to pick up from rock bottom as a rare easterly wind surge impacts Qld, NSW and SA. Wind power has been slack this week across the National Electricity Market (NEM) in response to a stubborn high-pressure system which has parked itself over the […]
An entire season’s worth of rain could soak parts of the Australian outback during the next few days as a cut-off low causes heavy rain over several states and territories. An unusually strong high pressure system centred to the south of Australia will cause moisture-laden air to flow over Australia from the east in the […]
A weather station at Liawenee just registered the lowest July temperature ever reliably recorded in Tasmania as high pressure continues to build over the state. A very cold and dry air mass, combined with clear skies and calm winds beneath a strengthening high pressure system, caused temperatures to plummet across Tasmania on Tuesday night. […]
SA has woken up to one of the coldest mornings in years, as temperatures plunged below freezing in some areas. The freezing cold morning was caused by a stubborn high pressure system sitting over SA and promoting clear skies over the state. The image below shows the cloud-free skies across SA earlier Wednesday morning, which […]
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 […]
