The Indian Ocean Dipole plunges into negative IOD territory
The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) index has dropped below -0.4°C – the critical threshold for a negative IOD event if sustained. Could Australia see its first negative IOD event since 2022? What is the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD)? The...
Cold week ahead for Australia with rain looming for east coast businesses
A cold Southern Ocean air mass will spread across Australia this week, causing a run of wintry days and nights for much of the country before possibly culminating in heavy rain along the east coast. The image below shows...
Perth’s wettest day in over a year
Significant rain has fallen across the southwest of WA, with Perth recording 41mm in the 24 hours to 9am Monday, making it the city’s wettest day in just over a year. This latest soaking means that Perth has now...
Cloudband brings unseasonable rain to northern WA mining hub
A strong cold front crossing WA is drawing a deep feed of tropical moisture and rainfall across nearly the whole state, impacting mining hubs. Well before dawn on Thursday, a quick but intense burst of rain crossed over Port...
Widespread rainband starting to soak Australia
A massive northwest cloudband is starting to spread rain across about 80 percent of Australia, including much-needed falls in drought-affected areas of southern Australia. A cut-off low pressure system will interact with a stream of tropical moisture over the...
Series of cold fronts bring coldest day of the year yet for southwest WA driving high energy demand
Parts of southwestern Australia endured their coldest day in 3-6 years on Monday following the passage of a cold front, with another burst of cold air on the way this Thursday. A cold front crossed southwestern WA on Sunday...
Deepest July Australian snowpack in four years feeds healthy hydro generation
Australia’s alpine regions have seen a number of cold fronts during June and July delivering the best July snow depth in four years, maintaining steady levels of hydro electrical power. The depth at Spencers Creek (elevation 1830m, roughly halfway...
Typhoon Wipha sideswipes Hong Kong and southern China disrupting hundreds of flights and bringing flooding
Intense flooding rainfall, powerful winds and large waves impacted Hong Kong and southern China on Sunday as Typhoon Wipha crossed the region cancelling hundreds of flights and resulting in local closures of businesses. The sixth tropical storm of the...
