Phenomenal overnight snowfalls for Australian hydro
Bill Barker, head ski patroller at Mt Hotham, has seen it all in 35 years at the Victorian ski resort, and is known for his straight-shooting when it comes to on-mountain conditions. So when his morning snow report...
Cold snap to drive higher energy demand next week
Another prolonged spell of cold, wet and windy weather will spread over a large area of southern, central and eastern Australia next week. The final days of May and first few days of winter saw a powerful burst of cold...
Mountains of snow for Australian hydro
It delivered. The Antarctic airmass which has held southeastern Australia in its icy grip for the past two days has brought a serious dump of snow to the mountains and beyond. It has been a cracking start to the...
Who had Australia’s coldest start to winter?
Today is the first day of winter in the Southern Hemisphere and for much of Australia, the season has arrived with a timely polar blast. So, who endured the lowest temperatures in Australia on the first morning of...
Powerful winds whipping southeastern Australia
Fierce winds will impact a large area of southeastern and eastern Australia during the next 48 hours as a wintry blast continues over the region. This wild and dangerous weather is being caused by a deep low...
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...
