Are sea fog events near the Pilbara linked to an active tropical cyclone season?
Today is World Maritime Day, which is an opportunity to highlight the importance of shipping and other maritime activities. Sea fog is a weather event that significantly impacts ports, shipping and other maritime businesses. In fact, sea fog has been observed on several occasions off the northwest shelf of Australia this season. Sea fog is a rare phenomenon off the Pilbara...
What makes a thunderstorm severe and how we can help your business prepare?
While all thunderstorms cause lightning and thunder, only a small proportion of the storms we see in Australia are considered severe. So, what makes some storms more dangerous than others? Image: Lightning strikes Sydney in spring 2020. Source: @glanzpunkt...
It could rain in every capital city this week
Several rain-bearing systems aligning over Australia this week could see rain falling in the official gauge of every state and territory capital city. Australia’s eastern and southeastern states will be doused by several days of rain and thunderstorms this...
Biggest storm outbreak of the season to hit this week
The first significant rain and thunderstorm outbreak of spring will affect eastern and southeastern Australia this week. A upper-level low pressure system interacting with moisture-laden air from the tropics will produce widespread rain and storms over parts of Queensland, NSW, the ACT,...
What is the difference between average wind and wind gusts?
Damaging winds are a common feature in Australian severe weather and thunderstorm warnings. But did you know that some types of wind are more dangerous than others? There are three things that can make the wind dangerous: strength, duration...
Earthquake felt across southeastern Australia
Ground shaking was felt across a large area of southeastern Australia on Wednesday morning amid a series of earthquakes centered near Mansfield in eastern Victoria. The largest of this morning’s tremors was a magnitude-5.9 earthquake, which occurred shortly...
Strong and gusty wind alert for NSW
A cold front will cause damaging winds, large swell, thunderstorms and showers in NSW during the next 48 hours. Sydney and Brisbane are both having a warm start to the week as northerly winds flow over eastern Australia ahead of the approaching cold front. ...
How is renewable energy being integrated into the mining sector?
The renewable energy industry has grown dramatically in the past few years and is fast becoming a mainstream energy source. The push towards renewable energy is also driven by companies’ commitment to reducing their emissions and becoming more sustainable. Some...
