El Nino outlook gaining confidence
A blob of warm water lurking beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean is increasing the likelihood that El Niño will develop later this year. The prospect of El Niño in 2023 is not new news. International forecast models...
Cyclone Ilsa unleashes 235 km/h winds
Tropical Cyclone Ilsa continues to intensify on Thursday morning, with a wind gust of 235 km/h recorded at 7am Rowley Shoals, a trio of tiny coral atolls located 300 km west of Broome. This is the strongest wind gust...
WA: wintry chill down south, tropical cyclone up north
It’s all happening in West Australian weather right now, with Severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa bearing down on the Kimberley and Pilbara while a strong cold front lurks southwest of Perth as WA sees a wintry chill down south. We’ve...
Tropical Cyclone Ilsa expected to intensify rapidly
Tropical Cyclone Ilsa has officially been declared, and is expected to intensify rapidly in coming hours and days, Just after 2 pm AWST, the BoM issued official notice that the tropical low it had been watching with interest for...
Growing tropical cyclone threat for WA next week
A tropical cyclone is expected to develop near Australia this weekend and may make landfall along the north coast of WA mid-to-late next week. A tropical low formed on Wednesday night about 550km NNE of Darwin, above the warm...
Severe storms to hit QLD, NSW, VIC, ACT on Good Friday
An outbreak of severe thunderstorms will affect parts of Qld, NSW, the ACT and Vic on Good Friday, with a chance of very dangerous supercells as people hit the roads for the long weekend. This Friday marks the start...
Australia’s equal 10th warmest March on record
Australia just had one of its warmest Marches on record as La Niña’s end brought drier and warmer weather to large parts of the country. Australia’s mean temperature last month was 1.11ºC above the 1961-1990 average, making it the...
The rise and fall of TC Herman
Severe Tropical Cyclone Herman developed, reached a category 5 system and weakened all within the space of five days. The Bureau of Meteorology named Tropical Cyclone Herman at 8pm WST on Wednesday 29th. Within 36 hours of forming, it...
