Yet another cold front will bring renewed potential for moderate flooding in Tas and damaging winds, high fire danger and well above average temperatures to southeastern states in the next 48 hours. The satellite image below shows the cold front and associated rain and cloud approaching SA, Vic and Tas on Friday morning. Image: […]
Another surge of powerful winds will spread across Australia’s southeastern states over the next two days, prompting warnings for damaging wind gusts in parts of Victoria, NSW and the ACT. A vigorous northwesterly airstream and embedded cold fronts will cause damaging winds, rain and thunderstorms over southeastern Australia on Thursday and Friday. While this system […]
Australia’s warmest August on record has laid the foundations for an increased risk of fires in multiple states and territories this spring. According to the latest Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook, which was released on Wednesday, large areas of Australia will have an increased risk of fires this spring. The red shading on the map below […]
After weeks of howling winds across southeastern Australia, many places on the mainland are enjoying a brief break this Tuesday. It won’t be totally still out there with smoke rising vertically. But put it this way: it should be possible to walk down the street without getting dust in your eyes, not to mention having […]
Ferocious winds with gusts equivalent to a category two tropical cyclone have caused widespread damage across Victoria in the last 24 hours, along with huge waves and flooding along the coast. A powerful cold front embedded in an unusually strong pressure gradient caused a burst of damaging to destructive winds in Victoria on Sunday night […]
A series of strong cold fronts have brought a dangerous mix of damaging to destructive winds, heavy rain, record flooding and huge snowfalls to Tas on the weekend. The severe weather caused widespread power outages across the state, with thousands of homes and businesses still without power on Monday, with no restoration time announced. […]
Damaging winds will continue to affect multiple states and territories across southern and southeastern Australia during the next five days. A large and slow-moving low pressure system passing between Australia and Antarctica will cause a vigorous stream of westerly winds across Australia’s southern states in the coming days. Image: Forecast wind speed and direction on […]
Gale force west to northwesterly winds are creating havoc at Sydney airport on Wednesday afternoon, with all six landing and takeoff options impacted by very strong cross winds. Sydney airport saw gale force west to northwesterly mean wind speeds of 65km/h at 12:30pm, while the site has been gusting up to 82km/h. These […]
One of the strongest cold fronts of 2024 will sweep across southeastern Australia during the next two days, causing damaging winds in parts of Tas, SA, Vic, NSW and WA. Some places are even likely to see destructive wind gusts from this powerful and dangerous weather system. A very steep pressure gradient is becoming established […]
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 […]
