Another prolonged spell of cold, wet and windy weather will spread over a large area of southern, central and eastern Australia next week. The final days of May and first few days of winter saw a powerful burst of cold and damaging winds surging across southeastern Australia. This blustery cold snap caused daytime temperatures to […]
It delivered. The Antarctic airmass which has held southeastern Australia in its icy grip for the past two days has brought a serious dump of snow to the mountains and beyond. It has been a cracking start to the snow season for NSW and Victorian Alps, where major hydro power operations take place in Australia. As expected, […]
Expect strong winds, expect cold temperatures, expect mountain snow with lighter snowfalls at lower levels below 1000 metres, expect small hail – and generally expect a very strong taste of winter in the last couple of days of autumn early next week. A major cold outbreak by the standards of any winter month, let […]
Heavy rain is about to soak parts of central and southeast QLD, with some areas also expected to have their coldest days in about 10 months. A slow-moving high pressure system passing over southeastern Australia during the coming week will direct a persistent stream of onshore winds into eastern QLD. These onshore winds will carry moisture-laden air […]
Snow is already on the ground on Tasmania’s highest parts, ahead of two-to-three days of pretty decent late autumn snowfalls which should reach as low as 700 metres above sea level at times. Up to 20 cm of snow could fall in total at higher levels of Tasmania’s Central Plateau and Western forecast districts, […]
Perth is about to get its first taste of winter, with cool, wet and windy weather set to impact southwestern Australia during the next 48 hours. A strong cold will sweep across the southwest of WA on Wednesday evening and Thursday, causing temperatures to plummet across the region. The map below shows a […]
Enjoy it, Melbourne. It might be a little breezy out there, but skies are clear and temperatures are mild, and things aren’t going to stay that way for long. As we first told you on the weekend, then in greater detail yesterday, a strong cold front and associated low pressure system are set to […]
Temperatures are set to plummet across southwestern WA during the next few days as a cool airmass sweeps across the region. The first cold front will move through the southwest of WA on Tuesday, causing a noticeable drop in temperature in Perth. This system will be followed by another two fronts on Wednesday and […]
Heavy rain, thick cloud and thunderstorms will impact several states and territories from this weekend into next week as an injection of tropical moisture moves across Australia. A trough currently sitting over the northern interior will dip south over the weekend, dragging cloud and rain across large areas of SA, NSW, QLD and VIC […]
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 […]
