Great snowmaking weather, natural snow still low
Freezing cold temperatures this week in Australia’s alpine areas created ideal conditions for snowmaking – the process by which a mixture of water and compressed air is pumped out into the chilly mountain air to form ice crystals that...
Unusual wind direction to elevate wind power
After a lull in the winds this week, wind power is set to pick up from rock bottom as a rare easterly wind surge impacts Qld, NSW and SA. Wind power has been slack this week across the National...
Heavy outback rain about to soak Australia
An entire season’s worth of rain could soak parts of the Australian outback during the next few days as a cut-off low causes heavy rain over several states and territories. An unusually strong high pressure system centred to the...
Tasmania’s lowest July temperature on record
A weather station at Liawenee just registered the lowest July temperature ever reliably recorded in Tasmania as high pressure continues to build over the state. A very cold and dry air mass, combined with clear skies and calm...
Coldest morning on record for SA town
SA has woken up to one of the coldest mornings in years, as temperatures plunged below freezing in some areas. The freezing cold morning was caused by a stubborn high pressure system sitting over SA and promoting clear skies...
June cold in some spots, warmer than usual overall
Australia was 0.71°C above the long-term average nationwide in June 2024. That made it the fifth of six months to date in 2024 in which average temps across the continent temps were much warmer than usual. The monthly nationwide...
Could Melbourne see its coldest week in 11 years?
Melbourne is shivering through its first extremely cold morning of the week, with the potential to see one of the coldest weeks in 11 years on the horizon. The temperature at Olympic Park in Melbourne dropped to 3.8°C early Tuesday...
Rare ‘northeast cloudband’ to soak Australia this week
Rain will drench a large area of central, southern and eastern Australia this week as an unusual weather pattern causes Coral Sea moisture to clash with a cut-off low directly above Australia. A large high pressure system will deepen...
