Damaging winds lashing five states and territories
Fierce winds are moving across parts of WA, SA, Vic, NSW and the ACT on Friday as two intense cold fronts sweep across southern Australia. The satellite image below shows the first cold front moving over SA and the other...
Jetstream behind this week’s severe weather
The coming weeks’ weather will be a mixed bag of severe weather and mild wintry weather, in response to a shift in the jetstream. Our planet’s jetstreams are bands of fast-moving air that sit about 10km above the...
Wettest Perth day in over a year
Perth has enjoyed its wettest 24-hour period in over a year, after 43.8 mm fell in the 24 hours to 9 am Thursday. Weatherzone meteorologist Ashleigh Madden wrote on Wednesday afternoon that a cold, wet change was heading the...
WA warmth to end abruptly
While much of WA is basking in autumnal warmth today, a cold airmass, heavy rain, small hail and blusterous winds are on their way. The video below shows a cold front and an associated thick cloudband quickly approaching WA...
Snow in Queensland, unusually warm in Tas
As far as we know, Australia did not mysteriously flip upside down on Tuesday, although you could be excused for thinking that as snow fell in Queensland while Tasmania recorded some unusually warm midwinter temperatures. Let’s start with the...
Ferocious winds lash the southeast
Blustery winds are impacting parts of southeastern Australia on Tuesday, bringing some of the strongest winds some locations have seen in a year. Damaging winds lashed parts of Tas, NSW, Vic on Tuesday, July 16 at the following locations: ...
Victoria flood risk after 100 mm of rain
Heavy rain has fallen in parts of Victoria overnight, with 100 mm recorded at two weather stations, and flood watches in places for several forecast districts. Several other locations across the state recorded falls in excess of 50 mm...
A cool week and possible snow for Qld
A cold airmass has reached as far north as Qld on Monday, with below average temperatures forecast this week and possibly snow. But light snow flurries are absolutely possible on Tuesday July 16, Wednesday July 17, and Thursday July...
