July 2023 air and sea temps the hottest on record
After a month in which the record for the Earth’s hottest day was shattered more than once, then the record for the Earth’s hottest week melted away, is it any surprise that July 2023 turned out to be...
Hair dryer, then warm bath to engorge hydro lakes early this season
Locals call it the “hair dryer”. It’s a strong, warm northwesterly wind that erodes the Aussie snowpack like a bushfire burns through forest. Normally you expect the hair dryer to show up in September, or if you’re unlucky, around...
Snow in WA as Antarctic air reaches Australia
Snow settled on the Stirling Range in WA on Thursday morning after a frigid polar air mass travelled from Antarctica to Australia. A long fetch of southerly winds has been blowing across the Southern Ocean during the past...
Strong cold front crossing southern Aus
A massive cold that slammed into WA on Wednesday will bring a burst of wind and rain to other areas of southern and southeastern Australia during the next 48 hours. Wind gusts exceeding 100km/h were recorded in parts...
Severe winter weather lashing WA
A wintry blast, with severe storms, potentially flooding rains, and bitterly cold temperatures are on its way to southwest WA, abruptly ending the region’s taste of spring on Tuesday. On Tuesday, the mercury was five to eight degrees above the...
Warmest July on record for parts of Australia
Tasmania and a few places on the Australian mainland just had their warmest July on record, while mid-winter rainfall was below average in much of southern Australia. The national mean temperature in July 2023 was 1.19ºC above the...
Wet July sending Tas hydropower into overdrive
Tasmania has seen a wet and windy July, with cold front after cold front marching over the region filling hydropower dams in the region. The image below shows the last week of July was particularly wet for northwestern Tasmania,...
Powerful waves battering Sydney Coast
Unusually forceful waves are assaulting the Sydney coastline today. However, these waves have a peculiar quirk: they are not that big. So how can they be considered ‘powerful’? Waves this morning have been measured peaking at 4.5m off the...
