Stormy night in Victoria
Heavy rain and storms lashed Victoria overnight, as a squall line crossed the state just after dark. We wrote an explainer story yesterday on squall lines, and it’s well worth reading so that you can understand exactly what’s going...
Sydney ends near-record run below 30 degrees
Sydney has just reached 30ºC for the first time in 11 months, ending its second longest run of days below 30ºC on record. The temperature at Sydney’s Observatory Hill weather station, located near the southern end of the Harbour...
What is a squall line?
While there are many types of thunderstorms, squall-line thunderstorms are one of the largest types and impact the highest number of people when they roll through. Squall lines are a special and organised version of a traditional thunderstorm. These...
Queensland deluge approaching the one metre mark
Queensland’s central and northern coasts have been hammered with over 700mm of rain falling over the past 5 days, and the deluge is still not done yet. So far, Proserpine has been one of the wettest locations, notching up...
Flooding rain, severe storms and intense heat in Australia this week
Australia is in for a dynamic mix of summer weather this week, with flooding rain continuing in Queensland, dangerous thunderstorms to replace intense heat in the south, and an increasing risk of tropical cyclone development in the Coral Sea....
Build-up returns to the Pilbara
After narrowly avoiding the monsoon and ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie, heat and thunderstorms are returning to the Pilbara. The build-up refers to the time between monsoon onsets, and features building heat, humidity and thunderstorms, particularly in the afternoon. The...
Heatwave warnings for five states, including Tas
Summer is heating up, with heatwaves declared in five states, as well as the ACT, as a large high pressure directs a northerly airflow over the southern half of the country. The heat will not be too extreme by...
Heavy outback and coastal Qld rain
Parts of outback Queensland have received a really good soaking in the past 24 hours, with numerous falls in the range of around 50-80 mm recorded to 9 am Wednesday in the vicinity of the outback towns of Cloncurry,...
