Severe thunderstorms, dry lightning and damaging winds spark fires over NSW
Fires were triggered in central NSW by dry lightning on Wednesday as high-based severe thunderstorms tracked over the region which also produced damaging winds. The satellite loop below shows a cloudband moving over NSW on Wednesday afternoon and evening....
Rain remains elusive for many Australian agricultural and forestry industries despite expectations of a wet spring
Australian agricultural, forestry and fire emergency agencies and industries that were hoping for a wetter than average spring have been left disappointed by a lacklustre start to the season, despite the emergence of a strong negative Indian Ocean Dipole...
Vast northwest cloudband brings record rain to WA gold mining centre
A huge northwest cloudband stretching from Indonesia to waters east of New Zealand has delivered the heaviest October rainfall on record to the WA gold mining city of Kalgoorlie. Extending at least 8000km, the cloudband has brought rain over...
Healthy elevated alpine snow base promises plentiful hydropower production
A healthy 2025 Australian snow season will provide hydropower for the National Electricity Market (NEM) through the coming months. As the lifts stopped turning across the Australian alps, the 2025 Australian snow season has proven to be a good...
Severe thunderstorms and giant hail smash southeast Queensland – impacting businesses and insurance
Severe thunderstorms brought large hail and heavy rain to southeast Queensland’s Wide Bay and Burnett on Thursday, October 2, 2025 – impacting businesses and insurance claims. Clear skies at midday It’s 12pm on an early October Thursday and it’s...
Australia’s 2025-26 tropical cyclone names released
Australia’s 2025-26 tropical cyclone season is almost here and the names that will be used for cyclones throughout the season have been locked in. The Australian tropical cyclone season runs from the beginning of November to the end of...
Sydney’s 2nd-hottest September on record driven by rare stratospheric warming
Despite a brief cool spell early in the month which included Sydney’s wettest September day in 146 years, the harbour city has recorded its second-warmest September since records were first kept in 1858. In September 2025: Sydney’s average maximum...
Brisbane’s driest September in 38 years drives elevated bushfire risk into October
Parts of southeast Queensland just had a remarkably dry start to spring, with Brisbane registering its driest September since 1987, increasing the risk of elevated bushfire danger into October. Rainfall was variable across Queensland in September as cloudbands and...
