Sydneysiders are sweating like a marathon runner in Marble Bar today as humid air from the Tasman Sea creates Darwin-like mugginess across the city. Evaporated moisture from a tongue of abnormally warm water flowing near the NSW coastline is being carried into the Sydney Basin by onshore winds. This airborne moisture is making it harder […]
Australia’s northern tropics are awakening, with growing potential for tropical cyclone development later this week. The image below shows the cloud and thunderstorms impacting northern Australia on Wednesday morning. Image: Himawarri-9 satellite image at 11:20am on Wednesday, January 10. As we wrote yesterday, the monsoon trough is set to arrive in Australia on […]
Scorching heat is set to impact WA this week, with extreme heatwave and fire weather warnings in place for several districts in the state. The satellite image below shows clear skies over most of WA on Monday morning, being caused by warm and dry winds being driven over the state from the east by […]
A band of heavy rain and thunderstorms being fuelled by tropical moisture has caused record-breaking rain and flooding in parts of Victoria. A broad low pressure trough drawing moisture-laden air towards an upper-level low pressure system has produced widespread rain and thunderstorms across southeastern Australia during the last couple of days. An unusually high concentration […]
On the closing day of 2023, rooftop solar boomed in SA and Vic while record low energy demand was recorded in the two states. On Sunday, December 31, mild temperatures and sunny skies were behind the new record low energy demand in SA and Vic. The satellite image below shows the clear skies on […]
Severe thunderstorms are expected to impact Vic on Wednesday, after wild and dangerous thunderstorms lashed Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon, causing havoc at its bustling airport. The thunderstorms brought torrential rain, damaging winds, and large hail to parts of Victoria on Tuesday as a low-pressure trough moved across the region. About 40 thousand lightning strikes were […]
An outbreak of severe thunderstorms is likely to develop over eastern Australia on Christmas Day, with Australia’s three largest cities and the nation’s capital all at risk of wet and stormy weather. As usual, the weather across Australia on Christmas Day will be a mixed bag this year. Perth and large areas of western, northern […]
Some of the heaviest rain ever observed in Australia has hit Queensland’s North Tropical Coast during the last few days, resulting in widespread major flooding and landslips. Rainfall has been relentless over northeast Qld ever since Tropical Cyclone Jasper made landfall near Wajul Wajul on Wednesday, December 13. This 5-day spell of wet weather was […]
NSW is sweating through uncomfortably hot and humid conditions on Thursday, before the sultry weather shifts its focus to Qld on the weekend. A low-pressure trough will drag a warm and muggy airmass over eastern Australia during the next few days. The map below shows the hot temperatures forecast on Thursday, December 14. Image: Maximum […]
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 […]
