Heatwave warnings for five states, including Tas
Summer is heating up, with heatwaves declared in five states, as well as the ACT, as a large high pressure directs a northerly airflow over the southern half of the country. The heat will not be too extreme by...
Heavy outback and coastal Qld rain
Parts of outback Queensland have received a really good soaking in the past 24 hours, with numerous falls in the range of around 50-80 mm recorded to 9 am Wednesday in the vicinity of the outback towns of Cloncurry,...
Sydney closing in on record streak between 30-degree days
February 21, 2022, was unlike any day the city of Sydney has seen since. That’s because it was the last time the city reached a temperature of 30°C or higher. As of today (Wednesday, January 11) it is 323...
Heat, wind and storms building in southwest WA
Southwestern parts of Western Australia are in for a wild 48 hours as extreme heat, strong winds, extreme fire danger and thunderstorms are all expected to hit the region. A trough over the southeast is drawing heat in from...
How heat affects rail networks
Hot temperatures are unpleasant, and occasionally dangerous to work in for the average human, but extreme temperatures also have an important impact on rail networks. The basic danger that extreme temperatures pose to rails is thermal expansion. Put simply:...
Will 2023 be an El Nino year?
La Niña appears to be on its last legs and some long-range forecast models are hinting at the return of El Niño later this year. The Pacific Ocean is currently in a La Niña pattern that has been in...
One million lightning strikes in a day over NSW and Vic
Over one million lightning strikes have been recorded within 700km of Wagga Wagga as widespread storms spread through Victoria and NSW on Monday. Widespread thunderstorms broke out on Monday 2nd along a cold front stretching from the northwest of...
How is NYE shaping up across Australia?
New Year’s Eve is looking pretty good across most of Australia, but how likely are showers and strong winds where you live? Overall, the introduction into 2023 will be fairly typical of an Australian summer night. Image: 3-hour rainfall...
