The low pressure system just east of Tasmania has delivered the heaviest rain of the year to many parts of Tasmania as well as wild winds exceeding 100 km/h. This is a strong, intense low pressure system and it’s drawing in plenty of moisture from the Tasman Sea to the east. That’s why the chart […]
A rare sudden stratospheric warming event is beginning to occur above Antarctica, and it may influence Australia’s weather in the coming weeks. The term sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) refers to an abrupt increase in air temperature high above either of Earth’s polar regions, typically on the magnitude of tens of degrees Celsius in a few […]
A major polar outbreak in southeastern Australia next week will produce a powerful low pressure system that is likely to bring severe weather to several states. A large pool of cold air that originated over waters near Antarctica will spread across southeastern Australia from this weekend into next week. This polar air mass will cause […]
One thing we haven’t seen so far this winter in Australia – and which we barely saw through the whole of last winter – is snow in areas beyond the alpine regions of NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. But snow looks highly possible over a period of several days beginning early next week in places like: […]
A thick fog developed over southeast Queensland last night, with visibility reduced to less than 200 m at Brisbane Airport early this morning. A combination of light winds and plentiful atmospheric moisture created ideal conditions for fog to develop across a broad area of southeast Qld on Tuesday night. As the sun rose on Wednesday, […]
Monday was another wet day for inland parts of eastern Australia, with several towns recording their largest rain totals in 14 years. This comes after parts of eastern Australia saw heavy rainfall over the weekend, with Menindee in far western NSW recording its wettest July day in 138 years in the 24 hours to […]
Parts of outback SA, NSW and Queensland have received heavy rain over the weekend, with the town of Menindee in far western NSW recording its wettest July day in 138 years. The weekends downpour has closed multiple roads in NSW, SA, Vic and Qld, due to water over roads. Take a look at the map […]
An entire season’s worth of rain could soak parts of the Australian outback during the next few days as a cut-off low causes heavy rain over several states and territories. An unusually strong high pressure system centred to the south of Australia will cause moisture-laden air to flow over Australia from the east in the […]
Rain will drench a large area of central, southern and eastern Australia this week as an unusual weather pattern causes Coral Sea moisture to clash with a cut-off low directly above Australia. A large high pressure system will deepen to the south of Australia later this week, causing a pool of cold upper-level air to […]
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 […]
