Ex-Tropical Cyclone Lincoln is about to move off the Kimberley coast and looks likely re-intensify into a tropical cyclone to the north of WA later this week. Tropical Cyclone Lincoln made landfall on the south coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria last Friday. Since then, the system has been tracking across northern Australia as an […]
Another burst of heat will impact southeastern Australia in the next 72 hours, with high to extreme fire danger and fierce winds impacting parts of SA, Vic and Tas. Tuesday night was sweaty in Adelaide, with the temperature failing to drop below 24.2°C overnight, which is nearly 8°C above the February average. With this warm […]
There are growing concerns that ex-Tropical Cyclone Lincoln could redevelop and move towards the Pilbara coast later this week Tropical Cyclone Lincoln crossed the NT coast near Borroloola last Friday, February 16 and weakened as it moved inland through the central NT and the Kimberley region in WA. The ex-tropical cyclone (07U) has dumped […]
Perth just recorded its 7th day above 40°C this month, after registering the warmest night in 10 years. The warm minimums came after a searing hot day on Sunday, with Carnarvon Airport recording the highest temperature in the world so far in 2024 and the hottest temperature the town had seen since records began in […]
A flurry of severe thunderstorms hit Sydney on Monday, causing heavy rain and lots of lightning. A line of thunderstorms started approaching Sydney from the east shortly before midday. By 12:30pm, a new thunderstorm cell had formed directly over the CBD, producing loud thunder, lightning and heavy rainfall. Several other storms then popped up across the […]
Near-stationary thunderstorms caused a burst of heavy rain near Newcastle on Monday morning, with more downpours expected in other areas of NSW and southern Qld later in the afternoon and overnight. Moisture-laden air interacting with a low pressure trough will produce showers and thunderstorms over a broad area of eastern and northern NSW, and soutern […]
Temperatures reached close to 50 degrees over parts of WA’s Gascoyne and Central West, setting new town records over the region, and ranking in some of Australia’s hottest temperatures ever recorded. The Gascoyne region of Western Australia spans over 135,000 square kilometres (about double that of Tasmania), yet only has a total of 6 weather […]
A searing air mass will send temperatures soaring in northwestern Australia this Sunday, with several forecast models predicting temperatures over 50ºC in the Gascoyne region. Easterly winds feeding into a west coast trough will draw very hot continental air towards western parts of the Gascoyne and Pilbara districts this weekend. While the heat will […]
A weeklong run of heat is on the horizon for Adelaide, with daily maximum temperatures expected to remain in the 30’s for at least seven days from this Friday. This will be the first time Adelaide has seen a run of seven days over 30C since January 2023, when the city saw 8 days […]
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 […]
