An East Coast Low is expected to form off the NSW coast this weekend, with heavy rainfall, powerful winds, erosive surf and cold temperatures forecast. An East Coast Low (ECL) is a type of low pressure system that forms close to the east coast of Australia and stays close to shore for at least 24 […]
A series of cold fronts will deliver much-needed rain to southwestern Australia this week, easing a drought that has broken records over the past seven months. The animation below shows cloud streaming over WA on Tuesday morning ahead of an approaching cold front. This is the first in a series of cold fronts and low […]
A series of cold fronts are setting their sights on southern WA in the next 10 days, bringing fierce winds, showers, thunderstorms and cooler temperatures. The stubborn high-pressure system that has sat over the Bight for weeks, preventing cold fronts from making it to WA, will finally move east this week. This will cause an […]
Perth has never seen a run of May days this warm since records started being kept in 1876. Since May 7, Perth’s maximum has reached between 24.9°C and 29.4°C every day. The previous record run of May days with a top of 24°C or higher was in 2018, with 16 consecutive days. As of 9 […]
May could be Adelaide’s driest in 185 years of records, with the clear skies causing chilly nights and driving energy demand across the city and the rest of SA. The paltry 0.6 mm that fell on Sunday night is Adelaide’s total rain for May 2024 to date and snapped a 29-day dry spell which came […]
Much of Australia will not see a drop of rainfall this week, with clear skies expected to increase solar output. The satellite image below shows much of Australia basking in Autumnal sunshine on Monday morning. Image: Himawari-9 satellite image at 12:20pm AEST on Monday, May 20 The relatively dry week comes as a stubborn high-pressure […]
It was a chilly one overnight in southeastern Australia as you’d expect in the cold dry air in the wake of a cold front, but freezing temps were also recorded in our two northernmost states. Alice Springs recorded an overnight low of –0.3°C, the first subzero night of the year in the Northern Territory. For […]
Australia can be the hottest place in the world at the height of summer, but in April 2024 the country was an island of abnormally cold weather amid a sea of record-breaking global heat. Data released this week by Berkeley Earth shows that Earth’s global average air temperature in April 2024 was 1.67 ± […]
The mild autumnal weather that southeastern Australia has been basking in this week is about to come to an abrupt and chilly end, with snow possible down to 600 metres in Tas. A strong cold front will cause the huge contrast in temperatures and is expected to sweep across southeastern Australia on Friday and into the […]
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 […]
