Rain and thunderstorms will soak parts of eastern and southwestern Australia this week, bringing drought relief in WA and a risk of flooding in NSW. A series of upper-level troughs and low pressure systems will trigger multiple days of rain and thunderstorms over Australia this week. In WA, showers and thunderstorms will develop over the […]
A prolonged rainfall event is set to bring large totals to parts of NSW and Qld from Saturday, with possible heavy falls and flooding. A low-pressure system in the Coral Sea, a deepening coastal trough and persistent easterlies will bring moisture-laden air into southeast Qld and northeast NSW will bring days of rainfall to the […]
It’s a chilly and showery end to the working week across southeastern Australia, after a strong surge of south to southeasterly winds pushed cool air across the region overnight. Melburnians awoke to some welcome rain with 6 mm in the gauge in the 24 hours to 9 am, most of it falling around dawn. After […]
Major NSW train lines have reopened this week, after repair crews working tirelessly to clean up the damage following last week’s severe weather. Hundreds of millimetres fell in a day late last week causing localised flooding and landslips across areas of NSW rail networks. The damage across parts of the network led to train […]
A powerful burst of southerly winds is causing massive waves to batter NSW beaches today, with warnings in place for damaging surf in some areas. A deepening low pressure system over the Tasman Sea caused a blustery southerly change to move up the NSW coast on Tuesday. These cool southerly winds have strengthened further on […]
Damaging winds are forecast to impact the central NSW coastline in the next 24 hours, impacting port operations across the state. A strong southerly change is expected to arrive in Sydney around 11:30am-1:30pm local time, with sustained winds exceeding 46 km/h (25 knots) during and after the change. The video below shows the forecast southerly change moving […]
The balmy NSW weather will end abruptly on Tuesday as another low-pressure system brings another bout of fierce winds, thunderstorms, rain and cooler temperatures to the state. The image below shows the remnants of the low-pressure system and cloud mass in the central Tasman Sea which caused the heavy rainfall and flooding event in NSW […]
The deluge continues in Sydney and surrounds with a month’s worth rain falling in just over a day, causing cancellation and delays across the city. The video below shows rain coming from two different directions into Sydney on the radar on Friday afternoon. Image: Radar image 2:35pm on Friday, April 5 This is because the […]
Heavy and remarkably widespread rain has fallen across New South Wales and southern Queensland overnight, with the heaviest falls centred on the Sydney region. The Sydney CBD copped an absolute drenching, with 111 mm in the gauge in the 24 hours to 9 am. That wasn’t too far off the daily record of 191 mm […]
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 […]
