Northwest cloudband dumps heavy rainfall on the Pilbara
Unseasonably heavy rainfall is set to continue across parts of the Pilbara and Kimberley during the next 48 hours as a low pressure system sits off the northwest coast of WA. The map below shows a thick northwest...
It arrives! Severe wintry weather strikes the southeast
It’s here. The wild, wintry weather system that has been looming on the charts for the best part of a week has well and truly arrived in South Australia, and is also currently barreling its way through large...
Significant hydro and wind power on the horizon
Expect strong winds, expect cold temperatures, expect mountain snow with lighter snowfalls at lower levels below 1000 metres, expect small hail – and generally expect a very strong taste of winter in the last couple of days of...
Winter outlook 2022
Large areas of Australia are likely to endure a cold and wet winter, with elevated potential for snowfall, frequent flooding and dangerous east coast lows. Wet lead-up to winter Much of Australia had a very wet start to...
Wet winter looms as negative IOD emerges
A negative Indian Ocean Dipole pattern has started to emerge to the northwest of Australia in the past fortnight, increasing the likelihood of a wet and cloudy winter for much of the country. What is a negative Indian...
Southwest WA bracing for one of year’s strongest low pressure systems
A dangerous burst of wild weather will strike the southwest of WA on Monday and Tuesday as a deep low pressure system rolls in from the Indian Ocean. Satellite imagery captured the deep mid-latitude low pressure system hovering about...
La Niña pattern to persist
New model data confirms that a La Niña-like pattern could persist in the coming months, increasing the likelihood of above-average rain in parts of Australia in winter and spring. The Pacific Ocean has been in a distinctive La...
Wet, cold and cloudy weather looms for QLD
Heavy rain is about to soak parts of central and southeast QLD, with some areas also expected to have their coldest days in about 10 months. A slow-moving high pressure system passing over southeastern Australia during the coming week will direct...
