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:...
When will Melbourne have ‘real’ summer?
It hasn’t really felt like summer in Melbourne so far in the summer of 2023/24. The December average maximum temperature was 23.8°C, which is almost a degree below the long-term monthly average of 24.7°C The January average maximum to...
Queensland’s 2nd-hottest recorded temperature
With Cyclone Kirrily set to make landfall around 11 pm just north of Townsville, and with a heatwave in the diagonally opposite corner of the state, there’s no shortage of dangerous weather in and around Queensland this Thursday....
Tropical Cyclone Kirrily declared, will cross Qld coast Thursday evening
Tropical Cyclone Kirrily was declared on Wednesday evening and will cross the Queensland coast on Thursday evening. The most likely time of landfall is around 8 pm AEST, although it could occur anytime between about 6 pm and midnight....
Tropical Cyclone Kirrily struggling to develop over Coral Sea
Despite the unexpectedly sluggish development of a tropical low over the Coral Sea, a tropical cyclone named Kirrily is still expected to hit the east coast of Qld tomorrow night. A tropical low has been spinning over the central...
Oppressive heat returning to Sydney as eastern Australia swelters
A sweltering air mass will spread over eastern Australia during the next few days, causing another burst of stifling heat in Sydney and possibly challenging Queensland’s maximum temperature record. Earlier this week, a very hot air mass delivered...
