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...
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...
