The wild wet spring weather continues. Heavy overnight rain has again fallen across a broad stretch of southeastern Australia, with the heaviest falls in central and western Victoria, southern NSW and northern Tasmania. The latest burst of rain and storms occurred as an approaching cold front tapped into abundant tropical moisture which had already […]
It happened. The year 2022 is now officially Sydney’s wettest since records were first kept at the Observatory Hill weather station near the southern pylon of the Harbour Bridge in 1858. Just two days ago, we told you that Sydney only needed another 82 mm to surpass the total of 2194 mm which fell in […]
This week, we have already seen significant rainfall across large parts of the country. Now a cold front will be added to the mix, leading to another round of rain, severe storms and gusty winds. This week’s rain was caused by a series of low-pressure troughs that brought about a month’s worth of rain to […]
A massive band of cloud and rain is extending from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Bass Strait and beyond, which has produced some of the heaviest October falls in years in parts of NSW and SA. We wrote yesterday that another exceptionally wet week of weather was on its way to Australia, and especially […]
As most people know, it’s been a super wet year in Sydney, but this could be the week when our largest city officially surpasses its highest rainfall total in 164 years of records dating back to 1858. 2022 is already Sydney’s 2nd-wettest year on record, with 2129.6 mm in the gauge at the city’s […]
Australia is in for yet another wet week with heavy rainfall, severe storms and gusty winds set to impact most of the country. A series of low pressure troughs will drag down moist tropical air from the Indian Ocean over the coming week, bringing days of flooding rain to the already sodden landscape. […]
Australia’s severe weather season runs from October to April, during which time thunderstorms, bushfires, heatwaves, flooding and tropical cyclones become more likely. But not two severe weather seasons are the same, so what does this one have in store for Australia? Australia’s climate drivers Australia will enter the severe weather season under the […]
The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) is an index that has a significant influence in Australia’s weather throughout the year. So, what is the SAM and how does it affect Australia? What is the Southern Annular Mode (SAM)? The SAM is simply an index that is used to monitor the position of a belt of […]
Heavy rain, thunderstorms and flooding will spread across Australia during the next 10 days, soaking part of every state and territory in the process. Over the past few days, an upper-level cut-off low has caused showers and severe thunderstorms over parts of southeastern Australia, even spawning a funnel cloud near Deniliquin in southern […]
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 […]
