Satellites have captured a rare sight of three tropical cyclones spinning simultaneously over the South Pacific Ocean this week, with several Pacific islands facing heavy rainfall this week. The images below show three separate tropical cyclones spiralling over the South Pacific on Tuesday, creating a vast band of clouds stretching around 5000km in length. Video: […]
Tropical Cyclone Alfred and Bianca formed near Australia on Sunday, with businesses across northern Australia on high alert. The video below shows Bianca over the Indian Ocean to the west of Australia and Alfred in the Coral Sea to the east of Qld. Video: Himawari-9 infrared satellite image at 10am AEDT on Monday February […]
Two tropical cyclones could form in the Australian region by the start of next week, one in the Coral Sea and the other off the north coast of WA. Our team of meteorologists have been helping our clients assess the potential risks to their businesses in the coming week. It has been one week since […]
Destructive winds, the heaviest rain in decades forced major port, rail, and mining operations to shut down in the Pilbara, though many have resumed despite ongoing major flooding and highway closures. Severe Tropical Cyclone Zelia made landfall as a category four system near the De Grey River mouth last Friday afternoon. Despite Port Hedland missing […]
A massive line of dangerous thunderstorms is bearing down on Sydney this Monday morning, having already impacted parts of central NSW transport operations. Heavy rainfall will develop from this afternoon along the NSW South Coast, however the immediate weather flashpoint is the entire Sydney region, with the BoM declaring a storm in southwest Sydney as […]
Dangerous thunderstorms are developing across parts of NSW this Wednesday afternoon, including the Hunter valley a busy mining hub in NSW. A severe thunderstorm warning for heavy rainfall, damaging winds and large has been issued for parts of the Blue Mountains, Hunter and Southern Tablelands as of 1pm on Wednesday. This included a warning for […]
Two tropical cyclones have formed over the Indian Ocean to the northwest of Australia in the past 48 hours, with 75% of Australia’s cyclones so far this season becoming severe. The satellite image below shows that an eye has developed in both cyclones, with cloud swirling around it in a clockwise direction as the sun rises […]
A low pressure system offshore Far North Qld has already dumped half a metre of rain in 48 hours, with more to come this week as the low potentially deepens into a tropical cyclone. The images below show cloud and rain circling clockwise around the low, with the heaviest rain occurring between Cairns and Innisfail […]
Tropical Cyclone Sean has intensified into a severe Category 3 storm, with record-breaking rainfall and damaging winds likely impacting mining, rail and port operations in the Pilbara region. Overnight, it lashed Western Australia’s Pilbara coastline with extremely heavy rain and damaging winds, however the good news is that it is now predicted to track out […]
Bushfire risk doesn’t usually make headlines in June, but AFAC’s winter seasonal outlook is putting mining and resources operators on alert from the Kimberley to the NSW. Australia’s official seasonal bushfire outlook for winter 2026 was released by AFAC on Thursday, May 28. The outlook predicts increased fire risk across the northern parts of the Great Sandy Desert and surrounds […]
In mid-May 2026, DTN APAC meteorologists flagged a strengthening Southern Ocean pattern in model guidance, signalling an extended run of record-challenging wind conditions across the NEM. Nearly three weeks later, NEM wind generation climbed from around 1.5GW to more than 9GW, supplying roughly one-third of the grid and coming within 1GW of the all-time generation record. The event highlighted […]
The Indian Southwest Monsoon will reach India in the next two weeks, but a developing El Niño could signal a drier than normal monsoon for businesses and major industries across the country. Southwest monsoon onset over southern India in the next two weeks The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) is responsible for tracking the advance and […]
El Niño–favourable conditions are gathering pace across the tropical Pacific, with key ocean indicators approaching threshold levels and early atmospheric responses emerging. While uncertainty remains around final El Niño strength, historical analogues show that even weak events can generate widespread impacts, including reduced rainfall, warmer daytime temperatures, increased frost risk, elevated fire danger, reduced tropical cyclone activity, and more. Industries including […]
