It’s going to be 33 degrees, humid and pretty uncomfortable in Melbourne this Wednesday, which you undoubtedly know already if you’re in town. Indeed the whole state of Victoria would be feeling a lot like Queensland today, and that’s basically because the weather is coming from there. Take a look at the chart below. It […]
Sultry weather across southeastern Australia could increase the risk of heat stress in some communities this week. The map below shows that much of NSW, the ACT, VIC, Tas and parts of the NT and Qld will be impacted by a heatwave in the next 72 hours. Heat will build across the southeast on Monday […]
Tropical Cyclone Jasper continues to gain strength over the Coral Sea and could soon be bearing down on the Qld’s North Tropical Coast. Jasper became a category 4 tropical cyclone on Friday morning, becoming the earliest category four system in Australian waters since 2005. At 10am AEST on Friday, Jasper was located 1,200 km east-northeast […]
Temperatures are likely to reach the mid-40s in parts of Western Sydney on Saturday as the urban heat island and foehn effects supercharge an early-summer heatwave over eastern NSW. A mass of very hot air will spread over NSW during the next few days, causing a severe to locally extreme heatwave across most of the […]
A strong cold front will sweep across southeastern Australia in the next 48 hours, bringing a dangerous mix of damaging winds, severe thunderstorms and catastrophic fire danger ahead of a welcome cool change. The satellite image below shows a trough extending from WA down to SA, generating a massive line of thunderstorms stretching 700km across […]
Severe Tropical Cyclone Jasper could become the earliest category four tropical cyclone in Australia’s area of responsibility since 2005. Cyclone Jasper formed over the Solomon Sea late on Tuesday before moving towards the south and gaining strength. By Wednesday night, Jasper had intensified into a category 3 severe tropical cyclone and the system is expected […]
Sydney is set to sizzle this Saturday, especially in the city’s west, where temperatures are expected to reach 44°C for the first time in almost four years. The last time western Sydney saw temps of 44°C or higher was during the Black Summer of 2019/20. On February 1, 2020, Richmond on the city’s northwest fringe […]
The early summer heatwave continues in South Australia, especially in the north of the state, with tops of 46°C expected this Wednesday at some locations in the North West Pastoral and North East Pastoral forecast districts. Adelaide and southern parts of the state will duck the worst of this heatwave, although temps in the […]
A tropical cyclone is likely to track over the Coral Sea this week and may move closer to Australia’s east coast at some stage next week. The satellite image below show a tropical low sitting over the Solomon Sea on Monday afternoon. This low is expected to develop into a tropical cyclone on Tuesday. […]
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 […]
