Heavy rain will soak parts of WA’s Pilbara and Interior over the next two to three days, bringing a risk of flooding for the second time in one week. A deepening low pressure trough being fed with a stream of tropical moisture caused a cloudband to develop over northwestern Australia on Tuesday morning. Rain […]

  A month’s worth of rain has fallen in parts of the west Pilbara during the last 24 hours as a rainband from the Indian Ocean sweeps over northwestern Australia. Moisture from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Karim interacting with a strong cold front caused a thuck band of rain-bearing cloud to drift over the Gascoyne and western […]

  A burst of late-wet season rain has inundated parts of northern and central QLD, with some areas picking up more than 700 mm of rain over the past five days. Image: Observed rainfall anomalies between October 2021 and March 2022. Source: Bureau of Meteorology. Northern Australia’s wet season runs from October to April. By […]

  Heavy rainfall and flooding at a mine site or associated railways or roads can shut down operations for days, costing the business economically.  Within the mine site, heavy rain can damage the haul roads used by dump trucks on a daily basis as part of standard operations. In some cases, this can become unsafe and […]

  During this year’s prolific rainfall and catastrophic flooding events, Weatherzone supported the insurance sector and helped minimise the impacts to their business.  Weather affects the insurance business at all levels of operation, from risk assessment to sales and claim management. For this reason, a sound understanding of short and long-term weather risks is an […]

  A tropical low pressure system near the Cocos Keeling Islands has the potential to develop into a cyclone in the Australian region on Tuesday.   This map below shows cloud encircling the low sitting to the southeast of Cocos Islands on Monday.    Image: Visible satellite image at 8:50am WST on Monday, March 14 […]

  Another relatively settled week is on the cards for parts of northern Australia, but there are signs that heavy rain and thunderstorms could return in the second half of March.  This temporary easing of heavy monsoonal rainfall comes as the monsoon trough moves north away from Australia.  While showers and storms have moved over […]

   The heaviest rain in three to five years has already soaked parts of Queensland’s eastern tropical coast this week and more rain and storms will affect the state in the coming days. An active monsoon is causing copious moisture to flow over northern Queensland this week, resulting in widespread and heavy rain and thunderstorms.     Image: Composite satellite, radar and lightning strikes on […]

  Australia set to see active thunderstorm week Australia is set to see a very active thunderstorm week as the monsoon trough deepens over northern QLD.  During this week’s monsoon, severe thunderstorms are likely to impact parts of NT, northern WA and QLD. These storms have the potential to produce heavy rain, flooding, lightning and damaging wind in these regions.   Visible satellite images and Weatherzone’s total […]