Daytime chill across NSW with cloudband impacting solar production
A broad cloudband of tropical origins is stretching across much of NSW, bringing chilly daytime temperatures and low solar energy generation. The satellite imagery below shows a broad area of cloud extending across much of NSW on Tuesday. The...
Tropical Storm Nari threatens Tokyo and northern Japan shipping and transportation industries
Tropical Storm Nari, the fifth tropical cyclone of the western Pacific typhoon season formed over the weekend, and is tracking close to Tokyo and northern Japan on Monday. As seen in the satellite imagery below, Nari tracked north rapidly...
Australia’s warmest financial year on record
The data is in, and Australia just registered its warmest financial year on record with a mean temperature more than 1.5°C above the long-term average. It may seem odd to measure the climate of Australia’s fiscal year, but there...
Australian wind and hydro power prospers through strongest positive SAM event in two years
The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) has reached its most positive value in close to two years – but has impacted Australia’s industries in a different way than usual. What is the Southern Annular Mode? All year round, a belt...
Costly aviation delays, diversions and cancellations at Bali Airport with intense thunderstorms and volcanic ash
Intense and out-of-season thunderstorms, followed by a nearby volcanic eruption led to significant flight delays, diversions and cancellations at Bali’s International Airport this past Sunday and Monday. The satellite loop below shows thick thunderstorm clouds across the Indonesian islands...
How is DTN APAC equipped to service the offshore wind farm industry?
Wind turbines are usually pictured on rolling hills far from cities and people, but what if they were on rolling swells off the coast of populated areas? Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) and WA renewable power network currently harnesses...
Quarter million lightning strike and heavy downpours smash southwest WA businesses
The southwestern tip of Western Australia is the latest corner of the country to see exceptionally heavy winter rainfall, with 24-hour totals topping 100mm at some locations, and over 250,000 lightning strikes causing costly shutdown procedures. Storms and heavy...
East Coast Low brings intense night of wind, rain and surf to NSW businesses
The East Coast Low lashed large parts of the NSW coastline in the 24 hours to Wednesday morning as damaging to destructive winds, intense rainfall and large waves disrupted industries from aviation to ports, and transport to power utilities....
