Decent snow for Tassie Hydro
Snow is already on the ground on Tasmania’s highest parts, ahead of two-to-three days of pretty decent late autumn snowfalls which should reach as low as 700 metres above sea level at times. Up to 20 cm of...
Indian Ocean cloudband soaking the Pilbara
A month’s worth of rain has fallen in parts of the west Pilbara during the last 24 hours as a rainband from the Indian Ocean sweeps over northwestern Australia. Moisture from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Karim interacting with a strong...
Major flooding as heavy rain continues over southeast QLD
A relentless band of heavy rain is falling over already flooded area in southeast QLD this morning, cutting roads, inundating homes, and forcing some residents to flee to higher ground. A slow-moving upper-level trough interacting with a sustained...
Warnings issued for floods and fires in WA
Western Australia is copping a bit of everything today, with warnings in place for damaging winds, flash flooding and fires. A stream of moisture being carried south from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Karim is interacting with a cold front passing...
Clouds and rain blanketing eastern Australia
Thick clouds and heavy rain have continued to spread across Australia’s eastern states today after inundating parts of QLD with five months’ worth of rain over the last few days. Large areas of western, northern and central QLD have experienced...
Perth to see the coolest temperature in at least 6 months
Perth is about to get its first taste of winter, with cool, wet and windy weather set to impact southwestern Australia during the next 48 hours. A strong cold will sweep across the southwest of WA on...
Outback roads closed as QLD deluge continues
Unseasonably heavy rain will spread across northern and central QLD during the next 48 hours, after the heaviest May rain in a decade inundated roads in the state’s west. Almost all of QLD is hidden beneath a thick layer...
La Nina not letting go
New data from the U.S. Climate Prediction Centre shows that La Niña is persisting in the Pacific Ocean at a strength not seen during May for more than two decades. The temperature of the central equatorial Pacific Ocean...
