Several days of heavy rain, blustery winds and dangerous surf are about to hit eastern Australia, with flooding a risk in parts of QLD and NSW during the opening days of July. Tropical moisture feeding into a broad and slow-moving upper-level trough will produce a prolonged period of wet weather in eastern over the […]
Observations of atmospheric humidity, pressure, temperature, wind speed, wind direction, cloud cover, precipitation, visibility, and other weather phenomena are vital for accurate weather forecasting. DTN APAC, a DTN company, offers the ObsConnect weather station. This provides exact, real-time monitoring of local weather and environmental data to inform your on-site operational decisions. […]
Australia has now entered its darkest four-week period of the year as the Southern Hemisphere edges closer to the winter solstice. Earth’s tilt relative to the sun changes throughout the year. For one half of the year, the Southern Hemisphere is tilted more towards the sun and for the other half, it tilts away […]
Ex-tropical cyclone Anika is crossing the Pilbara coast below tropical cyclone strength, despite spending time over water during the last 24 hours. After moving off the Dampier Peninsula on Tuesday, Anika was expected to intensify on Wednesday and cross the east Pilbara or west Kimberley coast on Wednesday night or Thursday morning as a […]
A deepening low-pressure system is set to bring a burst of dangerous weather to parts of eastern NSW as it moves towards the coast in the next 48 hours. Rainfall has already begun to increase across parts of central eastern NSW early on Wednesday morning. While Sydney Observatory Hill only received 4.6mm between 12am and 9am on Tuesday, […]
Perth just had its driest summer in eight years while Brisbane had one of its wettest summers on record, as La Niña helped cause a huge rainfall contrast across Australia. The map below shows the observed rainfall during summer. The pink shading along parts of the north and east coasts are areas that picked up more […]
Ex-tropical cyclone Anika is starting to move off Western Australia’s Dampier Peninsula and will soon redevelop into a tropical cyclone near Broome. The satellite image below shows a mass of cloud encircling ex-tropical cyclone Anika, which is currently located over the Dampier Peninsula. Image: Visible satellite image showing Ex-Tropical Cyclone Anika over the […]
As rain finally eases over floodwaters in northern NSW and southeast Qld, the focus of this dangerous weather system now shifts to central and southern NSW. The animation below shows the sun rising over eastern Australia on Tuesday morning. This composite satellite and radar animation shows that while there is still come cloud cover […]
There are signs that the tropics will reawaken over the coming week, with potential for two tropical low pressure systems or cyclones forming in the Australian region. Despite La Niña, Australia has been having a relatively quiet tropical cyclone season so far. Since the start of November, there have only been four cyclones named […]
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 […]
