Southerly surges across the southeast
It’s a chilly and showery end to the working week across southeastern Australia, after a strong surge of south to southeasterly winds pushed cool air across the region overnight. Melburnians awoke to some welcome rain with 6 mm in...
Generation gone with the wind
A weeklong stretch of low wind power was broken on Wednesday evening, as a weak cold front marched across southern Australia. The chart below shows that the National Electricity Market (NEM) has endured a weeklong stretch of low wind...
BoM declares El Niño over
The Bureau of Meteorology has officially declared El Niño over and the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is now inactive for the first time since 2021, meaning there is no immediate sign of either an El Niño or a La Niña event....
Fog blanketed Kalgoorlie on Sunday
A rare sight of fog graced Kalgoorlie in the early hours of Sunday morning, starting from around 5am, peaking just after 6am as the sun rose, and lifting by 7am as winds started to pick up. Images (west-facing)...
Great week for solar
Solar output across large areas of Australia should peak this week, with many areas not expected to receive a drop of rain. The dry week across WA, parts of the NT, SA and Vic this week comes as blocking...
Growing signs of La Niña returning in 2024
New data released overnight gives La Niña nearly a 90% chance of returning this spring, as the ocean continues to cool in the tropical eastern Pacific. The Pacific Ocean has been in an El Niño phase since September 2023,...
Disruptive weather event for transport in NSW
Major NSW train lines have reopened this week, after repair crews working tirelessly to clean up the damage following last week’s severe weather. Hundreds of millimetres fell in a day late last week causing localised flooding and landslips...
Tropical Cyclone Paul forms in Australian region
Tropical Cyclone Paul has formed over the northeast Coral Sea and could reach category three intensity by Thursday afternoon. Paul formed in the early hours of Thursday morning, becoming the 8th tropical cyclone in the Australian region so far...
