An active tropical cyclone season was promised, but has this been delivered?
Coming into the 2020/21 tropical cyclone seasons, all signs were pointing towards an above-average number of cyclones in the Australian region. So far this season, this hasn’t eventuated. So what happened? The tropics have actually been very active this...
A cloudy and rainy year thus far for Sydney
It has been a cloudy and rainy year thus far for Sydney, with 28 of the 55 calendar days recording rainfall. This unusual summer has seen more days of rainfall than not. The wet weather is set to continue,...
Increased tropical activity is forecast across northern Australia
After a well sought after monsoon break, northern Australia may see an increase in rain and thunderstorm activity, as well as an elevated risk of tropical cyclone development. There are three systems that we are keeping a close eye...
What does a monsoonal break mean for Australia’s weather for the rest of summer?
The tropics across northern Australia have certainly been active in the past month due to a vigorous monsoon period. Numerous low pressure systems have developed within the monsoon trough over Northern Australia, bringing widespread heavy rainfall to the tropics....
Tropical cyclone in WA to generate heatwave for National Electricity Market (NEM)
Heatwaves in the National Electricity Market (NEM) are often generated by slow moving high pressure systems, which drag warm and dry air from the interior of the country into the NEM. Tropical cyclones off the northwest shelf of Australia...
A very cloudy week over New years for eastern Australia
Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne experienced their cloudiest week in at least four years (week ending the 4th of January 2021). Last week saw the first cyclone of the season Imogen developing in the Gulf of Carpentaria, feeding moisture into...
Summer heatwave forecast
Are more or less heatwaves on the cards, with La Niña affecting our summer?
Thunderstorms and damaging winds
Thunderstorms are one of the most interesting but damaging weather phenomena. This video will discuss how they can produce damaging winds and the thunderstorm forecast for this summer.
