An extremely hot air mass will cause temperatures to soar over a large area of Australia on Wednesday, with extreme fire danger anticipated in southwest Queensland and northwest Victoria. A broad trough of low pressure stretching across Australia is allowing a pool of late-spring heat to lie over parts of several states and territories this […]
A hot air mass will cause temperatures to soar across large areas of Australia this week, making the northern half of Australia one of the hottest places in the world. November is always a hot time of year in Australia as increasing intensity of the sun enhances solar heating across the continent. This hot weather […]
Australia’s climate is changing, with shifts in temperature, rainfall, wind, extreme fire weather and tropical cyclone activity being observed across the continent, according to the new State of the Climate report published this week. The State of the Climate 2024 report was issued by the Bureau of meteorology and the CSIRO, which communicates the […]
Today, November 1, marks the beginning of Australia’s 2024-25 tropical cyclone season. Here’s what to expect over Australia’s tropics this season and what each cyclone will be named. The Australian tropical cyclone season runs from the start of November to the end of April. While tropical cyclones can occur in the Australian region at any […]
Thunderstorms will hit parts of Qld and NSW on Monday afternoon as a low pressure trough lingers over eastern Australia. Sunday night saw a flurry of thunderstorms develop along a 2000km corridor stretching from Qld’s northwest to southeast. These storms, which formed along the low pressure trough, produced more than 160,000 lightning strikes in the […]
Thunderstorms will develop over a broad area of NSW and Qld on Thursday afternoon, with severe storms likely in some areas. Thursday’s storms will be triggered by a low pressure trough interacting with an unstable atmosphere and moisture over eastern Australia. An upper-level trough above eastern Australia will also enhance wind shear in some areas, […]
Parts of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania will experience a burst of warm weather at the start of this week, briefly increasing fire danger ratings in some areas. The satellite images below show a cold front crossing southwestern Australia on Monday morning. Image: Visible satellite images showing clouds over Australia on Monday morning. This animation […]
Globally, ocean temperatures are at record levels for the second consecutive year, and this has played a part in creating one of the costliest hurricane seasons on record in the North Atlantic. Forecasts are suggesting a similar impact of the hot oceans here in Australia for the coming tropical cyclone season. Link between hot oceans […]
A very dangerous outbreak of severe thunderstorms will continue across southeastern Australia on Friday, with NSW, Vic and the ACT in the crosshairs for potentially destructive storms. A low pressure system and cold front will cross southeastern Australia on Friday while interacting with an upper-level trough and abundant atmospheric moisture. This set-up will create an […]
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 […]
