Thunderstorms were rumbling across six Australian states on Thursday morning following a barrage of nighttime lighting that produced more than 200,000 strikes across the country. The video below shows the lightning that was detected over Australia during the 24 hours ending at 11am AEDT on Thursday. Video: Lightning strikes over Australia during the 24 hours […]
An outbreak of severe thunderstorms and damaging winds will affect Australia during the next three days, impacting at least five states and territories. A series of upper-level troughs interacting with an unstable atmosphere, copious moisture and numerous surface-based low pressure systems and troughs will provide an ideal environment for prolific storm activity across the southern […]
Australia will endure a dynamic mix of extreme weather this week, with intense thunderstorms generating destructive winds in multiple states and record-challenging heat in the outback. Thunderstorms Thunderstorms will occur over part of Australia every day this week as a series of troughs and low pressure systems pass over the country, with a particularly nasty […]
A quintessentially spring-like week is upon Australia, with a contrasting mix of thunderstorms in Queensland and Western Australia, cold and snow in Tasmania, heat in the Northern Territory and rain possibly developing in the southeast. Storms in Queensland and NSW A thunderstorm outbreak will be ramping up over eastern Qld and northeast NSW, with a […]
The system that triggered over 600 thousand lightning strikes and damaging winds across WA yesterday is moving east across SA on Thursday morning. A low pressure system and associated low pressure trough and cold front brought a dangerous storm day to WA yesterday. Total Lightning Network detected 605,166 lightning strikes on Wednesday, October 2, as […]
A negative phase of the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) has developed in the Southern Hemisphere and it’s going to influence weather patterns in the Southern Hemisphere, including the Australian region, in the opening week of October. What is the Southern Annular Mode? The SAM is an index that monitors the position of the westerly winds […]
A clear La Niña signal is starting to emerge in the central Pacific Ocean, however the declaration of La Niña depends on a few factors that are still a coin flip chance of occurring. What is La Niña? La Niña is the cool phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) that occurs when cooler […]
An outbreak of severe thunderstorms will develop across much of WA during the middle of this week, with the potential for damaging winds and unseasonably cold and wet conditions following it. This dynamic thunderstorm period will be generated by a low pressure trough sitting across western WA and a deep low pressure system which will increase activity […]
Rain, wind and waves are intensifying along the north coast of NSW as a low pressure system starts to form off the coast. An upper-level trough passing over NSW has caused widespread rain over eastern Australia during last couple of days. The heaviest rain during the 24 hours to 9am on Friday fell along the […]
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 […]
