Warmest February night in decades for parts of NSW, Vic
Parts of eastern Australia just sweltered through one of the warmest nights in years, with temperatures in some towns failing to drop below 30ºC. The infrared satellite image below shows thick cloud encompassing the southeast in the...
Australia has never seen a January like it
Australia just had its third-warmest and ninth-wettest January on record, which is a remarkable combination. Ordinarily, you would not expect both above-average temperatures and above-average rainfall to go hand in hand. Simply put, that’s because clouds block direct sunlight,...
Is another tropical cyclone coming to Qld?
Some weather models are hinting at the possibility of yet another tropical cyclone, after Jasper and Kirrily, to develop in the Coral Sea and make landfall over the Queensland coast. But how likely is this to happen at this...
Powerful waves to impact port operations
Deceptively powerful surf is forecast this weekend, as heavy waves originating from the Southern Ocean hit the coastline. The heavy surf will be whipped up by a low-pressure system sweeping across the south of the continent later this...
Another day, another Perth sizzler
Be grateful if you’re lucky enough to be working indoors in air conditioning for the rest of the working week in Perth, as temps are set to keep sizzling until the weekend. This Wednesday is day two of a...
Victoria set for Sunday scorcher
Was it really only yesterday that we were wondering where summer had gone in Melbourne? On Monday morning, we published a story about Melbourne’s relatively mild summer of 2023/2034 to date, in which we noted that: Average Melbourne maximums...
Record moisture levels over Brisbane
A weather balloon has uncovered the record water vapour levels over Brisbane, as heavy rain pours over southeast Qld. The balloon was released on Monday night, measuring the atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind speed at different heights...
Intense rainfall to hit Southeast Qld
Heavy and intense rainfall is forecast across southeast Qld in the next 72 hours, bringing hundreds of millimetres to the region. The satellite image below shows thick cloud over Qld and northeast NSW on Monday afternoon. Image:...
