An intense heatwave lasting at least two days is about to strike the UK, with large parts of the country likely to see temperatures in the mid-to-high 30s, and the potential for the first day on record when the mercury tops 40°C. The previous highest reading in the UK was 38.7°C at Cambridge in […]
New data released overnight by the U.S. Climate Prediction Centre has increased the likelihood of a third consecutive La Niña later this year. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the Pacific Ocean has just come out of two back-to-back La Niña episodes, which ran from September 2020 to March 2021 and November 2021 to June […]
Sydney is already having its wettest July on record, despite only being halfway through the month. As of 9am on Thursday, July 14, Sydney’s Observatory Hill weather station had received 342.2 mm of rain since the beginning of the month. This is about 3.5 times its long-term July monthly average, and makes this already […]
A spectacular display of cloud streets formed over the Coral Sea on Thursday morning as cold air drained off Queensland’s east coast. A large high pressure system centered over southern Australia this week has been driving cold southwesterly winds across NSW and Queensland. On Wednesday, maximum temperatures were around 1 to 6ºC below average […]
Adelaide was trapped beneath a thick layer of fog and low clouds this morning, reducing visibility and delaying transport across the city. A combination from moisture evaporating after yesterday’s rain and light winds allowing the temperature to cool last night provided the ideal conditions for fog to spread over Adelaide. Image: Tuesday morning’s fog […]
The Indian Ocean Dipole index has just reached its most negative value since at least 2017, increasing the likelihood of wet weather over southeastern Australia in the coming months. The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is an index that measures the difference in sea surface temperatures on either side of the tropical Indian Ocean. This […]
Sydney is now having its 8th wettest July and 9th wettest year in more than 160 years of records after picking up close to four months’ worth of rain in the opening week of July. Sydney’s Observatory Hill weather station registered 281.4 mm of rain during the seven days ending at 9am on Thursday, […]
Parts of Australia’s east coast just endured their wettest first half of a year on record, which has this week culminated in the third major flood event of the year in central eastern NSW. But what has made 2022 so much wetter than every other year in recorded history for parts of eastern Australia? Back-to-back La Niña […]
The rain-bearing low pressure trough that drenched central eastern NSW over the last four days will move further north during the next 24 to 48 hours with more flooding possible. A near-stationary trough of low pressure near central NSW coast produced a lengthy spell of heavy rain in the Illawarra, Sydney and Hunter regions over […]
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 […]
