Weatherzone is Australia’s dedicated private weather provider, conveying accurate, reliable forecasts to 4.8 million Australians a month. If a sector is impacted by the weather, we have a progressive, tailored business solution to identify potential risk – keeping your people safe and protecting profits and assets. The shifting climate is bringing increased complexity and […]
Parts of Western Australia have seen their heaviest day of August rainfall in over 100 years, as a deep stream of tropical moisture interacted with a cold front from Monday night into Tuesday. This was the scene in a beachside car park at Geraldton, the large town with a population of 32,000 about 420 […]
The Bureau of Meteorology has today issued a La Niña Alert, increasing the likelihood that they will officially declare a third consecutive La Niña event later this year. After two back-to-back La Niña events between September 2020 and June 2022, the Pacific Ocean has been a neutral state, albeit close to La Niña thresholds, for the […]
New data reveals that a negative IOD is gaining strength in the Indian Ocean and La Niña is re-emerging in the Pacific Ocean, boosting the likelihood of heavy rain and flooding across Australia during the months ahead. The weather in Australia, and many other parts of the world, is strongly influenced by sea surface […]
Heavy rain and thunderstorms will sweep over WA during the next 24 to 48 hours, with some areas likely to see enough rain to cause flooding. A deep stream of tropical moisture interacting with a cold front will cause a rainband to move over the southwestern half of WA from late Monday and on Tuesday. […]
Flooding rain, thunderstorms and dangerous winds will spread over southern and southeastern Australia during the next two days, with warnings in place for several states. A series of cold fronts and low pressure troughs are sweeping across southern and southeastern Australia this week as a large and complex low pressure system passes to the south […]
A wet spring could be on the cards for large parts of Australia with a negative Indian Ocean Dipole now officially underway in the Indian Ocean. A negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) refers to a pattern of sea surface temperatures in the tropical Indian Ocean that causes more moisture-laden air to flow towards Australia. These negative […]
Powerful winds, squally showers and thunderstorms will spread across South Australia, Victoria, southern New South Wales and Tasmania today and tomorrow after walloping Western Australia during the last 24 hours. A strong cold front is making its way across Australia’s southern states during the first half of this week, moving from west to east. […]
A long-lasting rain, wind and storm event will impact southwestern WA during the next 76 hours as a series of strong cold fronts sweep across the region. These fronts will produce the kind of weather you only see in WA about once a year, with strong winds expected to last several days across the […]
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 […]
