Wild weekend as rain, wind and waves pummel eastern NSW ports, transport and emergency industries
Powerful swell and intense rainfall and snow impacted eastern NSW businesses over the weekend as a vigorous low pressure system moved off the coast. Transport closures, port disruptions and emergency response services led to a busy weekend across NSW...
Intense complex low to bring powerful easterly swell to NSW and southeast Queensland ports
Heavy rain, strong winds and powerful waves are on the cards from this weekend for eastern NSW businesses and industries as an intense complex low rapidly intensifies. Rapidly intensifying low pressure system near northeastern NSW An area of low...
The Indian Ocean Dipole plunges into negative IOD territory
The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) index has dropped below -0.4°C – the critical threshold for a negative IOD event if sustained. Could Australia see its first negative IOD event since 2022? What is the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD)? The...
Cold week ahead for Australia with rain looming for east coast businesses
A cold Southern Ocean air mass will spread across Australia this week, causing a run of wintry days and nights for much of the country before possibly culminating in heavy rain along the east coast. The image below shows...
Perth’s wettest day in over a year
Significant rain has fallen across the southwest of WA, with Perth recording 41mm in the 24 hours to 9am Monday, making it the city’s wettest day in just over a year. This latest soaking means that Perth has now...
Cloudband brings unseasonable rain to northern WA mining hub
A strong cold front crossing WA is drawing a deep feed of tropical moisture and rainfall across nearly the whole state, impacting mining hubs. Well before dawn on Thursday, a quick but intense burst of rain crossed over Port...
Widespread rainband starting to soak Australia
A massive northwest cloudband is starting to spread rain across about 80 percent of Australia, including much-needed falls in drought-affected areas of southern Australia. A cut-off low pressure system will interact with a stream of tropical moisture over the...
Series of cold fronts bring coldest day of the year yet for southwest WA driving high energy demand
Parts of southwestern Australia endured their coldest day in 3-6 years on Monday following the passage of a cold front, with another burst of cold air on the way this Thursday. A cold front crossed southwestern WA on Sunday...
