Another dangerous thunderstorm outbreak is on the cards for eastern and southeastern Australia from this weekend into next week, with parts of NSW and Vic also forecast to see large daily rainfall totals. It has been a stormy week for eastern Australia with areas of northeast NSW and southeast Qld accumulating more than 200mm of rain, […]
Extreme fire danger is expected in four states this weekend – including one area with catastrophic fire danger – as a brief burst of heat affects South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. The heat will impact SA and Vic first, with temps soaring on Saturday. Adelaide is heading for 37°C on Saturday and […]
The eruption of Indonesia’s Mt Lewotobi Laki-laki has reportedly killed at least nine people, caused widespread evacuations, and wreaked havoc with aviation. Many Australians are among those whose travel plans to Bali and nearby locations have been disrupted, and this video clearly shows how airborne ash has drifted westwards towards Bali all week in persistent […]
The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) has shifted into a positive phase and Australia is already feeling its wet and stormy influence. With this positive SAM expected to linger into the back half of November, enhanced rain and thunderstorm activity is likely to remain a prominent feature over Australia in the coming weeks. What is the […]
Southeast Queensland and northern NSW will be hit by a flurry of severe thunderstorms on Wednesday as a widespread storm outbreak erupts over eastern Australia. Humid air feeding into a broad low pressure trough will produce showers and thunderstorms over parts of Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas and the ACT on Wednesday. Another region of low […]
Thunderstorms will develop over large areas of Australia every day this week and likely continue into next week as the country becomes locked into a relentless stormy weather pattern through the middle of November. Thunderstorms require three key ingredients to form: Moisture in the atmosphere An unstable atmosphere A lifting mechanism that causes air to […]
Spring is in full swing in Australia, with a warm and humid environment set to bring thunderstorms to several states and territories in the next week. A series of low pressure troughs and low pressure systems interacting with abundant atmospheric moisture will trigger daily showers and thunderstorms over Australia in the coming week. This persistent […]
Australia’s climate is changing, with shifts in temperature, rainfall, wind, extreme fire weather and tropical cyclone activity being observed across the continent, according to the new State of the Climate report published this week. The State of the Climate 2024 report was issued by the Bureau of meteorology and the CSIRO, which communicates the […]
Thunderstorms will hit parts of Qld and NSW on Monday afternoon as a low pressure trough lingers over eastern Australia. Sunday night saw a flurry of thunderstorms develop along a 2000km corridor stretching from Qld’s northwest to southeast. These storms, which formed along the low pressure trough, produced more than 160,000 lightning strikes in 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 […]
