Rain, thunderstorms and a wintry airmass are impacting WA today, with signs that a low pressure system could generate severe weather next week. A low pressure system in the Bight is extending a cold front across southern WA on Friday morning with another low pressure trough in the Kimberley bringing rain and thunderstorms to northern […]
A burst of heavy rain and blustery winds will continue to batter eastern NSW over the next three days, with the state’s northeast coast set to see a particularly dangerous mix of rain, wind and surf on Friday and Saturday. An upper-level trough interacting with a feed of tropical moisture caused rain to spread across […]
Thursday is going to be a wild day for Sydneysiders, with an uncomfortable mix of gale force winds, the wettest day since June 2024, and a feels-like temperature as low as 6°C all on the forecast. The combination of a strong and icy southerly change and a thick rainband is behind the wintry weather […]
There are growing signs that heavy rain and potentially damaging winds will impact parts of eastern NSW later this week, while some other parts of the state could see unexpected low-level snow on Thursday. An upper-level cut-off low pressure system is expected to drift over NSW from Thursday and linger over eastern Australia for several […]
More than 80% of Australia could see rain this week as a surge of tropical moisture spreads across the country, causing wet weather from the Kimberley to Tasmania. A slow-moving upper-level trough will cause clouds, rain and thunderstorms to gradually spread across Australia from northwest to southeast this week. This system will deliver rain to […]
Rain is coming from Wednesday and Thursday to virtually all of New South Wales, most of which has been parched during the first three weeks of September. But before the welcome soaking, a burst of early spring heat with strong winds will bring elevated fire danger. This is the chart showing accumulated rainfall totals in […]
The heaviest September rain in half a century has fallen over the Pilbara region of Western Australia overnight, with heavy rain still to come for a majority of Australia’s desert areas. Widespread falls of 20-50mm fell over the Pilbara and Kimberley on Saturday night and is continuing on Sunday. Some of the standouts in the […]
Sydney and the Illawarra will experience an early-season spike in fire danger ratings on Wednesday and Thursday as a burst of warm, dry and windy weather hits eastern NSW. While the start of this week was abnormally cold in Sydney and surrounding areas, temperatures will climb quickly over the next couple of days as warmer […]
This spring is shaping up to be an unusually warm and stormy season for Australia, with some parts of the country also likely to see an increased risk of fires. Australia has entered spring off the back of its warmest August and second warmest winter on record. The end of winter was also very dry […]
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 […]
