Warm Aussie July despite deep freeze
It got seriously cold at times in Australia in July, with Tasmania experiencing a deep freeze in the first week of July as the tiny town of Liawenee dipped to –13.5°C. Other parts of the country also saw extremes...
Wet week for Tas and southwest WA
Several cold fronts will batter southern parts of Australia this week, bringing much needed rain to areas that have seen record low rainfall this year. During the last year, stubborn high pressure systems sitting over southern Australia have...
Snow season cracks the magic metre
Approximately halfway through the Australian hydropower season, the good news is that we’ve got a decent season on our hands after heavy snowfalls on each of the last two weekends. In raw statistical terms, season 2024 is still short...
Sydney recovering from coldest, windiest spell in 13 years
Sydney just shivered through one of the windiest and coldest 5-day streaks in more than a decade, as freezing southerly winds lashed the NSW coast for days. The cold and ferocious winds were directed over the NSW coast...
July 2024, the windiest month in a year
After a prolonged wind drought in Autumn, July 2024 was the windiest month in just under a year for the National Electricity Market (NEM). The slack winds in autumn were caused by blocking high pressure systems sitting over southern...
Darwin’s ‘wettest’ July in 23 years
Darwin just registered its wettest July in 23 years, although it’s unlikely a single umbrella was raised throughout the month. July marks the middle of the NT’s dry season, which runs from May to September and typically includes periods...
Drenching and wild light show for WA
Rain, and plenty of it, has again soaked the southwest corner of Western Australia, with solid falls of around 10 to 30 mm from Geraldton, down through the wheatbelt, all the way to the South Coastal and Great Southern...
Five days of rain for parts of northwestern WA and SA
Parts of the Pilbara, Kimberley, WA’s interior, and inland SA are about to see a prolonged period of wet weather, as an upper-level trough moves over the region. The image below shows the upper-level trough over the Pilbara region...
