Wild weather hits southeast QLD, northeast NSW
Parts of southeast QLD and northeast NSW are being hit with heavy rain, powerful winds and huge waves this morning as a low pressure system deepens off Australia’s east coast. The sequence of satellite and radar images below...
Rain, wind and surf to lash QLD, NSW
More than a month’s worth of rain could fall over parts of western QLD today, before a burst of heavy rain, damaging winds and dangerous surf develops along parts of the state’s east coast. An upper-level trough passing...
Negative IOD imminent as third La Nina looms
Australia could soon be stuck between two wet-phase climate drivers, with a negative Indian Ocean Dipole imminent and new model data increasing the likelihood of La Niña later this year. Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) The IOD is an...
Melbourne’s coldest morning in four years
Melbourne and other parts of Victoria just endured their coldest morning since 2018, with more than half of the state registering temperatures below zero degrees. A high pressure system passing over southeastern Australia on Tuesday night, in the...
Could the UK see its first 40-degree day this week?
An intense heatwave lasting at least two days is about to strike the UK, with large parts of the country likely to see temperatures in the mid-to-high 30s, and the potential for the first day on record when...
Bitterly cold day in southeastern Australia
A frigid airmass is causing temperatures to plummet this week across southeastern Australia, with temperatures likely to peak to around 3-5ºC below average in several capital cities. The cold airmass has moved across southeastern Australia in the wake of...
Odds increasing for La Niña’s return
New data released overnight by the U.S. Climate Prediction Centre has increased the likelihood of a third consecutive La Niña later this year. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the Pacific Ocean has just come out of two...
Sydney’s wettest July on record
Sydney is already having its wettest July on record, despite only being halfway through the month. As of 9am on Thursday, July 14, Sydney’s Observatory Hill weather station had received 342.2 mm of rain since the beginning of...
