July 2024, the windiest month in a year
After a prolonged wind drought in Autumn, July 2024 was the windiest month in just under a year for the National Electricity Market (NEM). The slack winds in autumn were caused by blocking high pressure systems sitting over southern...
Darwin’s ‘wettest’ July in 23 years
Darwin just registered its wettest July in 23 years, although it’s unlikely a single umbrella was raised throughout the month. July marks the middle of the NT’s dry season, which runs from May to September and typically includes periods...
Drenching and wild light show for WA
Rain, and plenty of it, has again soaked the southwest corner of Western Australia, with solid falls of around 10 to 30 mm from Geraldton, down through the wheatbelt, all the way to the South Coastal and Great Southern...
Five days of rain for parts of northwestern WA and SA
Parts of the Pilbara, Kimberley, WA’s interior, and inland SA are about to see a prolonged period of wet weather, as an upper-level trough moves over the region. The image below shows the upper-level trough over the Pilbara region...
Negative Southern Annular Mode strengthening in Southern Hemisphere
Ongoing stratospheric warming above Antarctica looks set to influence weather patterns across the Southern Hemisphere into August as a strong negative Southern Annular Mode (SAM) takes shape. The atmosphere above East Antarctica started to warm abruptly during the middle...
Coldest Queensland night of 2024
Queenslanders had the chance to thaw out this Tuesday under skies which were sunny across virtually the entire state, after Tuesday morning brought the Sunshine State’s coldest temps to date in 2024, with widespread inland frosts. Some of the...
Severe storms and ferocious winds to impact WA
A dangerous mix of severe thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, powerful winds, small hail and cold wintry weather is on its way to southwestern WA. This weather will be generated by a strong cold front sweeping across southern WA later Wednesday...
Cold snap sending shivers across southeastern Australia
A wintry chill will grip parts of eastern and southeastern Australia this week as dry and cold air combines with blustery winds to cause the type of cold that cuts straight through a cardigan. A cold air mass associated...
