Huge 24-hour rainfall totals have again been recorded in and around Sydney region, with over 200 mm of rain recorded at some spots to 9 am Friday. The rain was heaviest in the Illawarra region just south of Sydney, with extremely heavy falls also recorded in the Southern Highlands, most of which lies in the […]
The Illawarra has endured heavy rainfall overnight and this morning, with the deluge set to continue and spread north into the Warragamba catchment on Thursday. The persistent rainfall is being caused by an upper low pressure system over NSW, which has caused a surface trough and low to deepen over the Tasman Sea. A continuous stream […]
Rain, and plenty of it, is forecast to drench areas south and west of Sydney on Thursday, with isolated accumulations of up to 250 mm possible within 24 hours in some spots. Weatherzone meteorologist Ashleigh Madden wrote on Tuesday about the eastward-moving upper level low pressure system that could deliver a deluge to parts […]
Rain is set to increase on Wednesday, with hundreds of millimetres in just two days possible for the Illawarra and South Coast regions. An upper-level low will cause rain to spread over eastern Australia in the next three days, with the possibility of heavy falls in NSW and Vic. The satellite image below shows […]
Sydney endured its second wettest June day on record on the weekend as a bombing low pressure system rapidly intensified off the NSW coast. The radar animation below shows heavy and persistent rain hammering central eastern NSW on the weekend. #Sydney‘s 142.6mm during the last 24 hours was the city’s heaviest daily rain in […]
Rain, thunderstorms, powerful winds and dangerous surf will affect parts of eastern and southeastern Australia over the next few days under the influence of a northwest cloudband and two low pressure systems. The images below show a northwest cloudband traversing Australia over the past three days. This massive band of cloud, which was caused by […]
An East Coast Low is expected to form off the NSW coast this weekend, with heavy rainfall, powerful winds, erosive surf and cold temperatures forecast. An East Coast Low (ECL) is a type of low pressure system that forms close to the east coast of Australia and stays close to shore for at least 24 […]
There’s a feature on this week’s weather charts which we haven’t seen for many months in Australia and which is a sign that winter is almost upon us: a northwest cloudband. Northwest cloudbands are vast layers of cloud that flow over Australia from the northwest. Once fully developed, the cloudband stretches across the country like […]
The sunspot region that produced last week’s mesmerising aurora displays has just unleashed another strong solar flare, this one even more powerful than anything else seen during the current solar cycle. In case you missed it, large areas of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres were treated to vivid aurora displays late last week. Image: Aurora […]
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 […]
