In a landscape covered with frost as far as the eye can see, how can a ring of grass remain completely frost-free? The photo below shows an unusual phenomenon that occurred in Exeter, NSW on a cold morning in the middle of this month. Image: A frosty morning in Exeter, NSW on July 15. 2022. […]
The peak of three meteor showers will coincide with a new moon later this week, offering Australian sky-watchers a chance to catch a glimpse of meteors streaking across a dark sky. But will the sky be clear enough to witness the spectacle from your place? The Southern delta Aquariids, alpha Capricornids and Piscis Austrinids meteor […]
A pair of cold fronts will cause two bouts of cold, wet and windy weather in WA over the coming week, with severe weather possible in the state’s west and southwest. The first in the pair of cold fronts will cause showers, cold air and blustery winds to spread across western, central and southern districts […]
Cloud seeding is used in parts of Australia to enhance rain, snowfall and water security. So, what is cloud seeding, how does it work and where is it used in Australia? What is cloud seeding? Clouds form when form when water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses to form tiny water droplets […]
Brisbane is on track to register its coldest July in more than 30 years based on daytime temperatures, as southern QLD braces for another cold snap in the coming days. Southeast QLD has been unusually cold this month thanks to frequent burst of cold air travelling up from the Southern Ocean, and a few […]
Sydney is having one of its rainiest years on record based on the number of rain days in the city since the start of 2022. In an average year, Sydney would register rain on 88 days between January and July and around 162 days over the entire. So far in 2022, the city has […]
Parts of southeast QLD and northeast NSW are being hit with heavy rain, powerful winds and huge waves this morning as a low pressure system deepens off Australia’s east coast. The sequence of satellite and radar images below shows thick clouds and rain being driven over southeast QLD on Thursday night into Friday morning, […]
More than a month’s worth of rain could fall over parts of western QLD today, before a burst of heavy rain, damaging winds and dangerous surf develops along parts of the state’s east coast. An upper-level trough passing eastern Australia on Thursday will cause widespread rain from northern inland NSW up to the central […]
Australia could soon be stuck between two wet-phase climate drivers, with a negative Indian Ocean Dipole imminent and new model data increasing the likelihood of La Niña later this year. Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) The IOD is an index that measures the difference in sea surface temperatures on either side of the tropical Indian […]
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 […]
