Huge rainfall totals in Victoria
Extremely heavy rain has fallen in parts of Victoria overnight, with a top fall of a mind-boggling 198.8 mm at Mt Hotham to 9 am Wednesday, and numerous flood warnings already in place. This was Mt Hotham’s wettest...
Heavy and chaotic swell building off NSW
A powerful northeasterly surf will build off NSW on Wednesday, followed almost immediately by a strong southerly swell, as an unusually strong transient low develops over the state. A cold front and trough crossing western NSW on Tuesday afternoon...
Rain drenching Vic after driest Melbourne September on record
It’s set to be a huge few days of wild spring weather across southeastern Australia, and Victoria is already copping it this Tuesday morning. After Melbourne registered its driest September in 168 years of records with just 10.8 mm...
Australia’s driest September on record, one of the hottest too
Australia has had its driest September on record, led by huge rainfall deficiencies in the Murray-Darling Basin. Most of the country was well above average for maximums too, with NSW, Victoria and WA setting new records. Rainfall Australia as...
Will wind cause delays at Sydney Airport this season?
Sydney Airport is the busiest international airport in Australia, but flights can be significantly disrupted by crosswinds. So, how much will crosswinds slow down flight operations during spring and summer? More than 300,000 aircraft movements a year and...
Severe thunderstorms hitting eastern Australia
Thunderstorms have developed in southeast Qld and northeast NSW on Thursday, bringing a risk of heavy rainfall to the region. The storms are being triggered on a southerly change which is moving up the Qld coast on Thursday afternoon....
Record-challenging Sydney heat this weekend
Another burst of record-challenging early-season heat will sweep through Sydney in the opening days of October, with temperatures tipped to reach the high thirties in some suburbs on Sunday. A large mass of hot air that is currently...
Geraldton’s hottest September day in more than a century of records
It was Geraldton’s hottest September day in more than a century. Temperature records are being broken in WA today as a searing air mass spreads across the state’s north and west. A high pressure system centred over the Great...
