A roll cloud has been spotted following the East Australia Current (EAC) down the NSW coast this morning, making use of near–record high ocean temperatures. The EAC is one of the world’s major warm water ocean currents that transports water from the equator to the Southern Ocean. Made famous by the movie “Finding Nemo”, […]
Norfolk Island just endured a direct hit from a category 2 tropical cyclone but barely had winds reach the strength of a category 1 system. So how did they escape the worst and how lucky was it? What weather did they receive? Norfolk Island recorded a maximum wind gust of 102km/h, typical of a category […]
Australia saw its warmest sea surface temperatures on record in 2022, with an annual average sea surface temp that was 0.80°C above the long-term (1961 to 1990) average. What’s remarkable about the 2022 sea surface temperatures (SSTs) is that: They were very much higher than average around almost the entire Australian coastline for the year […]
The Madden-Julian Oscillation and the monsoon are starting their second approach of the season towards Australia, along with their elevated risk of tropical cyclone development. The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is an eastward moving pulse of tropical activity that travels the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It affects Australia the greatest between November and April, but […]
A tropical cyclone looks to form during the week and should make landfall over the Western Australian coast this weekend. A weak tropical low is currently just north of the Top End and is tracking to the west. While it will remain weak over the next few days, the monsoon is bringing rain and […]
Australia’s offshore oil and gas industry is underpinned by staff who work and live on offshore platforms. Like the mining industry these employees work on FIFO roster. Transport to and from the offshore facility can be achieved via scheduled transport on Offshore Support Vessels, however these present challenges for scheduling and can be expensive. Therefore, most of the personnel transport to […]
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 […]
