Albury’s heaviest rain in 160 years
Relentless rain has fallen along parts of the NSW-Vic border during the past 24 hours, with Albury registering its wettest day since 1863. A near-stationary band of heavy rainfall developed along a convergence line in the Albury-Wodonga region...
Deluge at Port Hedland
Port Hedland received a quick deluge on Sunday afternoon after a pair of thunderstorms converged over the region. Port Hedland picked up 45mm in the rain gauge, including 11mm in 10 minutes at about 2:30pm WST on Sunday...
No cyclone but plenty more storms for the Pilbara
A tropical cyclone is no longer forecast to hit the region, but tropical moisture will still lead to another thunderstorm outbreak over the coming week in the Pilbara. After a slow and slightly delayed start to the wet...
Hot and stormy Australia Day around Sydney
Potentially severe thunderstorms could interrupt a warm Australia Day in Sydney and surrounding areas of central NSW this Thursday. A warm and mostly sunny morning will entice millions of people to head outdoors across the Greater Sydney region...
Parched Red Centre turns lush green
Take a look at that satellite image showing an unusual green blob in the Red Centre of Australia. That, right there, is grass. Beautiful green, green grass and other vegetation. Now take a squiz at the same region about...
Wet week ahead for Australia as tropics awaken
Rain and thunderstorms will affect large areas of Australia this week as increasing tropical moisture feeds into several low pressure troughs across the country. The map below shows how much accumulated rain one computer model is predicting across Australia...
Tropical Cyclone heading towards WA
A tropical cyclone looks to form during the week and should make landfall over the Western Australian coast this weekend. A weak tropical low is currently just north of the Top End and is tracking to the west....
Cheeky taste of winter for the southeast
It’s a chilly one in southeast Australia this Thursday, after a couple of days of serious summer heat. Temperatures plummeted to -1.8°C overnight at Mt Hotham in the Victorian High Country, which was the coldest reading of 2023 to...
