Australia on La Nina Alert
The likelihood of La Niña occurring this summer has increased to 70 percent, prompting the Bureau of Meteorology to issue a La Niña Alert on Tuesday. Over the past few months, sea surface temperatures in the central and...
Severe Weather Season Outlook 2021/22
Australia’s severe weather season runs from October to April and typically features a mix of heavy rain, thunderstorms, heatwaves, bushfires and tropical cyclones. When predicting how the 2021/22 severe weather season will unfold, we look at the broad-scale...
Northwest cloud band to reduce solar output later this week
Australia’s wet October will continue over the next four days as a northwest cloud band delivers widespread rain and thunderstorms in parts of six states and territories. The map below shows how much rain one computer model is predicting between today (Friday) and Tuesday next week. ...
Where is the stormiest place in Australia?
The severe storm season started off with a bang last week, with damaging winds, tornadoes, heavy rainfall, and hail all seen in parts of southeastern Australia. The severe start to the season has many businesses planning for the summer ahead. While severe storms...
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,...
