Tropical Cyclone Tiffany made landfall over the eastern Top End on Wednesday morning, with several days of heavy rain now set to inundate parts of the NT and WA. After crossing Cape Yorke Peninsula earlier this week, Tropical Cyclone Tiffany traversed the Gulf of Carpentaria on Tuesday into Wednesday morning. While there were signs that Tiffany could reach the Groote Eylandt as […]
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Tiffany is likely to redevelop over the Gulf of Carpentaria today, before unleashing potentially destructive winds and several days of flooding rain in the NT. Tropical Cyclone Tiffany formed over the Coral Sea on Sunday and made landfall to the south east of Coen, QLD on Monday. The tropical cyclone has since traversed […]
A developing monsoon trough could bring a burst of heavy rain in far north QLD later this week, with the potential for a tropical cyclone also increasing from this weekend. Just days after Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth caused large waves and abnormally high tides in southeast QLD, the state’s northern tropics are now preparing for […]
Tropical cyclones are large rotating masses of cloud, rain, thunderstorms and wind that can cause a lot of damage and loss of life. But what is a tropical cyclone and how are they formed? What is a cyclone? A tropical cyclone is an intense area of low pressure surrounded by a rotation mass of clouds. While the eye of a tropical cyclone is often clear and relatively […]
While lightning is a striking display, it is an extremely dangerous weather phenomenon. But what is lightning and how does it form? Lightning is an electrical discharge that can occur within a cloud, between clouds, and between the cloud and the ground. Lightning is also extremely hot. It can heat the air around it to a temperature of approximately 30 000 °C, which […]
Thunderstorms are one of nature’s most spectacular displays, with lightning and thunder causing a captivating mix of visual and acoustic effects. But what are thunderstorms and how do they form? Thunderstorms are an electrical storm that can produce lightning, thunder, heavy rain, intense winds, and hail. Cumulonimbus clouds, which produce thunderstorms, are tall, dark, and […]
A rapidly developing severe thunderstorm struck Sydney’s Northern Beaches on Sunday afternoon, lashing several suburbs with destructive winds, lightning and heavy rain. The storm initially formed over northwest Sydney shortly before 3pm local time on Sunday. By 3:10 pm it had hit Galston at by 3:30pm it was gaining strength and travelling directly over […]
Australia’s longest day of the year is upon us, with the summer solstice occurring across the Southern Hemisphere last night. Throughout each year, the tilt of our planet’s rotation axis changes relative to the sun. This simply means the north and south poles tilt more towards and away from the sun throughout the year. Between the two equinoxes in late-March and late-September, Earth’s south pole is tilted more towards the sun than […]
Amid our planet’s fourth warmest November in 142 years of records, Antarctica’s sea ice extent dipped to its second smallest November level in the satellite era. Despite the cooling effect of La Niña, the global surface temperature in November 2021 was 0.91ºC warmer than the 20th century average, according to data released by the […]
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 […]
