Next front will see high gas demand
The next cold front to impact southeastern Australia late this week will see gas demand increase as cloud and cool winds put on the chill. Over the next few days, a cold front crossing southwest WA will interact with...
The winds of Australia
If you know the difference between a Brickfielder, a Fremantle Doctor and a southerly buster, chances are you have a healthy interest in Australian weather. Either that, or you just really love the wind. Like many other parts of...
Record warm start to winter for parts of Australia
Large areas of Australia have just experienced one of their warmest starts to winter on record as global air and ocean temperatures surge to unprecedented levels for this time of year. The first fortnight of winter 2023 has featured...
Winter thunderstorms throwing everything at NSW
Rare outbreaks of thundersnow, inversion lightning, and even a squall line have all hit NSW in the past 24 hours, as an unusually active winter storm system sweeps over the state. Thundersnow A rare outbreak of thundersnow has developed...
Australia officially on El Nino alert
El Niño and the typically drier-than-usual weather it brings across much of Australia is now officially one step closer after the BoM issued an El Niño Alert this Tuesday, June 6. “The Bureau’s *ENSO Outlook...
Wettest Perth day in five-and-a-half years
Rain, and plenty of it, has drenched Perth overnight, in a welcome soaking for the WA capital. A total of 71.2 mm rain fell in the 24 hours to 9 am (AWST) Monday, most of it in a series...
Australia’s Winter 2023 outlook
El Niño and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole could combine forces to cause abnormally warm and dry weather over large areas of Australia this winter. The meteorological winter in Australia runs from June 1 until August 31. These are...
Brisbane, Sydney endure coldest May nights in decades
The final month of autumn has been exceptionally cold in eastern Australia, with parts of Sydney and Brisbane just registering one of their coldest Mays on record based on minimum temperatures. May is typically a time of cooling in...
