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The snow cams at Australia’s mainland ski resorts are looking good for now, but within a week or two, they could be telling a very different story. Australia has seen no significant snowfalls since the last week of July,...

Heavy and persistent rainfall is set to impact parts of eastern Qld and northeast NSW from early to mid-next week, as moisture laden easterly winds stream onto the coast.   The moist easterly winds will extend up to around...

Stretching high above Earth’s North and South Poles are two swirling columns of extremely cold air encircled by powerful winds. These whirlpools of frigid air and wind are each called the polar vortex, and they can have a big...

If you’re sick of the winter chill, how does a temperature approaching 20°C in Melbourne sound for the first two days of next week? How about 22°C in Adelaide, 18°C for Canberra, and even the strong possibility of 20°C...

The heaviest August rain in almost half a century has fallen in a town to the north of Perth on Wednesday morning, as a very unstable airmass moved across the region.  A coastal trough extending from offshore Two Rocks...

It got seriously cold at times in Australia in July, with Tasmania experiencing a deep freeze in the first week of July as the tiny town of Liawenee dipped to –13.5°C. Other parts of the country also saw extremes...

Several cold fronts will batter southern parts of Australia this week, bringing much needed rain to areas that have seen record low rainfall this year.   During the last year, stubborn high pressure systems sitting over southern Australia have...

Approximately halfway through the Australian hydropower season, the good news is that we’ve got a decent season on our hands after heavy snowfalls on each of the last two weekends. In raw statistical terms, season 2024 is still short...