Perth’s record summer heat spills into autumn
Perth is struggling to shake off the shackles of its record-breaking summer with the city enduring another bout of extreme heat this week. A West Coast Trough is drawing air from the interior towards Australia’s west coast this...
Sydney had its cloudiest fortnight in more than 20 years
Over the last fortnight, eastern Australia was hit by major a major rain and flooding event which stretched thick cloud across 1000 km of the eastern seaboard. The relentless cloud reduced solar output across NSW as the event...
How do gale force winds and damaging surf impact port operations?
A powerful blast of gale force winds moved up the southern and central NSW coastline on Tuesday night and early Wednesday, impacting NSW port operations. The wild weather during the last 48 hours has been driven by an...
How has heavy rainfall impacted the aviation industry?
It has been a challenging week across NSW airports with heavy rain, thunderstorms, strong winds and low cloud all impacting the aviation industry. This week’s heavy rainfall has been caused by another East Coast Low which developed...
Sydney’s wettest start to a year on record as flooding rain continues over eastern NSW
Thick clouds, relentless rain and flooding are plaguing eastern NSW this morning, with Sydney now having its wettest start to a year on record. The composite satellite and radar animation below shows bands of rain lashing the central and...
How rare was this rain and flooding event?
Over the last fortnight, eastern Australia was hit by a major rain and flooding event that affected around 1000 km of the eastern seaboard, stretching from southeast Qld down to southern NSW. This historic rain event was fuelled...
Wet and wild 48 hours ahead for eastern NSW
More heavy rain, thunderstorms, damaging winds and dangerous surf will lash eastern NSW over the next 48 hours. After two weeks of relentless rain and widespread flooding, mother nature isn’t ready to turn the tap off over eastern NSW...
Were these floods caused by climate change?
A key question many have asked all week, as floods inundated southeast Queensland, then northeast NSW, then more parts of the NSW coast and nearby ranges, including the Sydney region, is this: Is climate change to blame? The...
