200 thousand lightning strikes with lots more to come
Thunderstorms were rumbling across six Australian states on Thursday morning following a barrage of nighttime lighting that produced more than 200,000 strikes across the country. The video below shows the lightning that was detected over Australia during the 24...
Three days of severe thunderstorms hitting Australia
An outbreak of severe thunderstorms and damaging winds will affect Australia during the next three days, impacting at least five states and territories. A series of upper-level troughs interacting with an unstable atmosphere, copious moisture and numerous surface-based low...
Negative IOD signal emerging in Indian Ocean
Sea surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean suggest that a negative phase of the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) may be emerging, which could influence Australian weather patterns in the coming months. What is the Indian Ocean Dipole? The IOD...
Destructive storms and record-challenging heat in Australia this week
Australia will endure a dynamic mix of extreme weather this week, with intense thunderstorms generating destructive winds in multiple states and record-challenging heat in the outback. Thunderstorms Thunderstorms will occur over part of Australia every day this week as...
Spring heat on the horizon
An unseasonably hot airmass will linger across parts of southern Australia next week, with temperatures set to reach the 40s across Australia’s interior and the low 30s in some capital cities. Heat has been building over northern Australia during the...
Another round of storms impacting WA
Spring has been a stormy season for large areas of WA, with another few big storm days ahead in the Pilbara and Kimberley region. Merely a week ago, widespread thunderstorms lashed the interior of WA, with Total Lightning Network...
Giant hail and intense rain lash Qld, NSW
Severe thunderstorms have formed over parts of Qld and NSW this afternoon, with reports of hail around 7cm in diameter, intense rainfall and flooding and damaging winds. The combination of a surface and upper-level trough and moisture-laden easterly winds are...
2024/25 tropical cyclone season outlook and names
The number of tropical cyclones in the Australian region is expected to be close to the long-term average in the official season which runs from the start of November to the end of April, according to the Bureau of...
