While ample sunshine and warm weather are forecast for much of southeastern Australia this Easter long weekend, a blast of cooler air will move through the region early next week. Adelaide and Melbourne’s daytime temperatures are likely to be around five to eight degrees above the April average between this Thursday and Sunday. However, […]
Severe thunderstorms will develop over Australia’s eastern inland on Tuesday, possibly affecting solar and wind farms across parts of the National Electricity Market (NEM). A broad low pressure trough stretching more than 3000 km across northern and eastern Australia triggered thunderstorms between the Top End to Tasmania on Monday. Total Lightning Network detected 783,514 lightning pulses […]
Over the last fortnight, eastern Australia was hit by major a major rain and flooding event which stretched thick cloud across 1000 km of the eastern seaboard. The relentless cloud reduced solar output across NSW as the event unfolded. The thick cloud cover and heavy rain during this fortnight was fueled by an atmospheric […]
Perth could get close to 40ºC on each of the next five days as a Severe Heatwave grips Australia’s west coast. A near-stationary high pressure ridge over WA and a persistent West Coast Trough will direct a stream of hot easterly winds over Australia’s west coast during the remainder of this week. This synoptic […]
This summer has been exceptionally hot in Perth and the final week of the season won’t be any different. Perth is certainly no stranger to heat, with an average maximum temperature of 31 to 32ºC in January and February. This summer, however, has seen a record-breaking number of very hot days in the city. […]
Perth is eyeing off another summer heat record with temperatures set to reach the high-thirties in the city every day this week. Western Australia’s Lower West Coast has been no stranger to extreme heat this season. Perth has registered 13 days at or above 40ºC so far this summer, which wallops the previous summer record of […]
A series of low-pressure troughs and cold fronts will sweep across southern Australia this week, increasing wind power output in multiple states for several days. The map below shows a low-pressure trough stretching between SA, VIC and TAS on Monday morning, which was directing hot and gusty winds across southeastern Australia. Image: Mean […]
Heat is set to return to parts of southern Australia on the weekend, as another hot airmass sweeps across the region. Strengthening northerly winds will drag warm air across parts of SA, TAS, VIC, NSW, the ACT and QLD this weekend, ahead of a deepening low-pressure trough and cold front. The impending […]
The late-summer temperature see-saw will be in full swing across southern and southeastern Australia this week as we start to edge closer to the start of autumn. A pair of cold fronts passing over southern Australia during the coming week will cause temperatures to flip around by around 10 degrees within one or two […]
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 […]
