Destructive storm outbreak threatening NSW, Vic and ACT
A very dangerous outbreak of severe thunderstorms will continue across southeastern Australia on Friday, with NSW, Vic and the ACT in the crosshairs for potentially destructive storms. A low pressure system and cold front will cross southeastern Australia on...
Decent wind power across the NEM as severe weather hits
A dangerous mix of damaging winds and widespread severe thunderstorms will impact the southeastern states in the next 48 hours, elevating wind power across the region. A deepening low and associated cold fronts and troughs entered SA on Thursday...
200 thousand lightning strikes with lots more to come
Thunderstorms were rumbling across six Australian states on Thursday morning following a barrage of nighttime lighting that produced more than 200,000 strikes across the country. The video below shows the lightning that was detected over Australia during the 24...
Three days of severe thunderstorms hitting Australia
An outbreak of severe thunderstorms and damaging winds will affect Australia during the next three days, impacting at least five states and territories. A series of upper-level troughs interacting with an unstable atmosphere, copious moisture and numerous surface-based low...
Negative IOD signal emerging in Indian Ocean
Sea surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean suggest that a negative phase of the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) may be emerging, which could influence Australian weather patterns in the coming months. What is the Indian Ocean Dipole? The IOD...
Destructive storms and record-challenging heat in Australia this week
Australia will endure a dynamic mix of extreme weather this week, with intense thunderstorms generating destructive winds in multiple states and record-challenging heat in the outback. Thunderstorms Thunderstorms will occur over part of Australia every day this week as...
Spring heat on the horizon
An unseasonably hot airmass will linger across parts of southern Australia next week, with temperatures set to reach the 40s across Australia’s interior and the low 30s in some capital cities. Heat has been building over northern Australia during the...
Another round of storms impacting WA
Spring has been a stormy season for large areas of WA, with another few big storm days ahead in the Pilbara and Kimberley region. Merely a week ago, widespread thunderstorms lashed the interior of WA, with Total Lightning Network...
