Quarter million lightning strike and heavy downpours smash southwest WA businesses
The southwestern tip of Western Australia is the latest corner of the country to see exceptionally heavy winter rainfall, with 24-hour totals topping 100mm at some locations, and over 250,000 lightning strikes causing costly shutdown procedures. Storms and heavy...
East Coast Low brings intense night of wind, rain and surf to NSW businesses
The East Coast Low lashed large parts of the NSW coastline in the 24 hours to Wednesday morning as damaging to destructive winds, intense rainfall and large waves disrupted industries from aviation to ports, and transport to power utilities....
East Coast Low deepening near NSW coast disrupting aviation, transport and utility industries
Heavy rain, destructive winds and damaging surf will batter eastern NSW in the coming days following the explosive development of an East Coast Low leading to significant disruptions to transport, aviation and utilities. A coastal trough located off the...
Coldest June nights in decades for Canberra, inland NSW driving high energy demand
June nights were absolutely frigid in Canberra and parts of inland New South Wales, with average monthly minimums the coldest in decades in several locations driving high energy demand. Let’s start with the national capital, which shivered through a...
East Coast Low to bring flooding rain, gales, huge waves to eastern NSW
Warnings for strong to gale force winds, hazardous surf and flooding are in place across eastern NSW and southeast Queensland as an East Coast Low develops. A deepening coastal trough over southeast Queensland and northeast NSW has already brought...
East Coast Low brewing for coastal NSW next week
Heavy rain, intense winds and large surf could impact eastern NSW next week as a significant low pressure system develops off the coast, with potential for an East Coast Low. East Coast Lows (ECL) are a type of low...
Possible negative IOD could impact mining industry
Signals of a negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) developing in the coming months could bring increased risk of heavy rainfall, severe thunderstorms and tropical cyclones for the mining sector. Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) The IOD is a measure of...
Polar blast brings high energy demand to southeast Australia
A cold front sweeping over southeastern Australia is bringing an icy polar blast and chilly nights. The animation below shows the forecast temperatures at 850 hPa (approximately 1,500 metres up) easily dropping between –2°C to -4°C above the capital cities,...
