Destructive winds, hundreds of millimitres of rain to impact Tas
It’s going to be a wild week in Tasmania, with the potential for 180km/h winds, more than 200mm of rain and snow in the west, thunderstorms, hail and freezing temperatures. Damaging winds have already begun across elevated areas on Monday,...
300 thousand lightning strikes as winter storms hit southeastern Australia
Australia’s southeastern states experienced an early glimpse of spring-like thunderstorms on the weekend, with destructive winds, huge hail and more than a quarter of a million lightning strikes. The interaction between two contrasting cold and warm air masses created...
A great week for Tassie Hydro
Hundreds of millimetres of rainfall are forecast for western Tasmania in the next week, which will help replenish hydroelectric lakes in the region after some of the lowest rainfall on record. Hydropower is Tasmania’s main source of electricity, with frequent...
2024 likely to be Earth’s warmest year on record, new data shows
New data from Berkeley Earth reveals that Earth’s hottest July on record makes it virtually certain that 2024 will become our planet’s hottest year in recorded history. According to the data from Berkeley Earth, the global average temperature in...
Wild winds to hit Australia from deep Southern Ocean low
A prolonged period of powerful winds will lash the southern half of Australia from this weekend into next week as a deep low pressure system lingers over the Southern Ocean. A complex and slow-moving low pressure system will pass...
Huge snow melt after overnight ‘hair dryer’
In the mountains, they call it the “hair dryer”. It’s the combination of very strong winds and warm air, and it decimates the snowpack in the Australian alpine region. The snow melt and rain injected a decent amount of...
Warm winter day with more on the horizon
Sydney is basking in spring-like warmth today, with the potential for the mercury to reach the high 20’s early next week. This early spring warmth will also reach several other states and territories this week with the potential for...
Three weeks of record-breaking warmth in Southern Hemisphere
Earth’s Southern Hemisphere just experienced a 23-day run of record-breaking warmth, with air temperatures running about 1°C above average and at levels more typical of mid-spring than the middle of winter. Values from the ECMWF Reanalysis 5 (ERA5) dataset...
