More record heat in Perth
Perth is eyeing off another summer heat record with temperatures set to reach the high-thirties in the city every day this week. Western Australia’s Lower West Coast has been no stranger to extreme heat this season. Perth has registered 13...
Fire and lightning plague WA, with extreme heat on the horizon
Western Australia is being hit by all kinds of weather this week, with severe thunderstorms, elevated fire danger and extreme heat all in the mix. The satellite image below shows a band of cloud draped across WA shortly after...
Ideal wind power week for the NEM
A series of low-pressure troughs and cold fronts will sweep across southern Australia this week, increasing wind power output in multiple states for several days. The map below shows a low-pressure trough stretching between SA, VIC and TAS...
Significant heat returning to southern Australia
Heat is set to return to parts of southern Australia on the weekend, as another hot airmass sweeps across the region. Strengthening northerly winds will drag warm air across parts of SA, TAS, VIC, NSW, the ACT...
Weatherzone’s WzBob offers you the complete solution for your lightning alerts
Lightning is one of the most dangerous weather phenomena and awareness of its location or distance from your workplace is paramount to safety. Fortunately, Weatherzone’s lightning detection and lightning alerting systems can reduce incidents in the field,...
Rain and storms returning to WA
A burst of tropical moisture will cause rain and thunderstorms to spread across Western Australia during the next four days. The satellite image below shows cloud surrounding a small low pressure system to the northwest of Australia (south of...
Australia’s warmest La Niña-only year on record
While Australia just had its coolest year in nine years, it was also the country’s warmest La Niña-only year on record. The national mean temperature in 2021 was 0.56ºC above the 1961-1990 average. This was the 19th warmest...
Temperatures see-saw in southeastern Australia
The late-summer temperature see-saw will be in full swing across southern and southeastern Australia this week as we start to edge closer to the start of autumn. A pair of cold fronts passing over southern Australia during the...
