Wet winter outlook as potential negative IOD looms for Australia
Australia could be in for a wet winter, with new model data suggesting that a negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) could emerge in the next few months. Australia’s weather is influenced by several broad-scale climate drivers. These include: ...
How can Weatherzone help the insurance sector when flooding rain and storms hit?
During this year’s prolific rainfall and catastrophic flooding events, Weatherzone supported the insurance sector and helped minimise the impacts to their business. Weather affects the insurance business at all levels of operation, from risk assessment to sales and...
Perth’s first double-digit rainfall in five months
That gurgling sound in your drains? That glistening lawn? That damp aroma this morning? These unfamiliar sensory experiences are the result of Perth’s first significant rainfall in more than five months. While cities like Brisbane and Sydney on...
Top End’s wet end to wet season
Much of the Northern Territory’s Top End has had a drier than normal wet season so far but is likely to end it in a wet way. Showers and thunderstorms become an increased chance over the next few...
Could this be a foggy season thanks to La Nina?
Australia’s fog season is imminent as the nights begin to cool ahead of winter, but will this year’s La Nina increase the number of foggy days? Fog is a visible aerosol that contains countless tiny water droplets suspended...
Sydney breaks record for fastest annual average rainfall
Sydney has just surpassed its long-term annual average rainfall after copping an overnight deluge, setting a new record for the fastest time to amass a year’s worth of rain in the city. The Sydney Observatory Hill weather station...
Is a rain bomb hitting NSW?
Yet another bout of heavy rain is hitting eastern NSW this week, with flooding and landslides likely over the next 48 hours. But is this burst of dangerously heavy rain called a ‘rain bomb’? The term rain bomb...
When will La Niña end?
As parts of eastern Australia brace for yet another multi-day deluge, many flood-weary communities may be wondering when the La Niña tap will turn off. More heavy rain in NSW March was marked by record breaking rainfall and catastrophic...
