Brisbane cops 215 times Perth’s summer rain
Perth just had its driest summer in eight years while Brisbane had one of its wettest summers on record, as La Niña helped cause a huge rainfall contrast across Australia. The map below shows the observed rainfall during summer. The...
Wind and rain increasing as ex-tropical cyclone Anika nears Broome
Ex-tropical cyclone Anika is starting to move off Western Australia’s Dampier Peninsula and will soon redevelop into a tropical cyclone near Broome. The satellite image below shows a mass of cloud encircling ex-tropical cyclone Anika, which is currently...
East Coast Low looms for eastern NSW
As rain finally eases over floodwaters in northern NSW and southeast Qld, the focus of this dangerous weather system now shifts to central and southern NSW. The animation below shows the sun rising over eastern Australia on Tuesday...
677 mm in three days breaks Brisbane rainfall record
An extremely dangerous flooding situation has developed in southeast QLD and northeast NSW in response to several days of unrelenting rainfall, which included Brisbane’s wettest three days on record. A dynamic weather pattern involving a sustained stream of moisture-laden...
Tropical Cyclone Anika to redevelop near Broome
Heavy rain and damaging winds are spreading along the Kimberley coast as Ex-Tropical Cyclone Anika gets set to reintensify over the coming days. Tropical Cyclone Anika formed over the Timor Sea on Friday night before drifting south and making...
Tropical Cyclone Vernon forms, Anika looms
Tropical Cyclone Vernon has formed near the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Anika could soon follow, much closer to mainland Australia. The satellite image below shows several blobs of cloud to the northwest of Australia. These clouds show areas of...
Autumn bushfire outlook tells a strong La Nina tale
The autumn bushfire outlook has been released by the National Council for Fire and Emergency Services, and as you’d expect given the wet, La Niña-influenced summer in the east, and the scorching WA summer, the outlook is very different...
Darwin on tropical cyclone watch
A tropical cyclone watch has been issued for Darwin as a low-pressure system gains strength in the Timor Sea. The satellite image below shows clouds building over the Timor Sea on Thursday, associated with a developing Tropical Low. Image:...
