Soaking rain and severe storms in QLD this week
Rain and thunderstorms will soak a large area of northern and eastern QLD this week, with potential for heavy falls, severe storms and flooding. A near-stationary low pressure trough and one or two low pressure systems will produce a...
How does a 15-degree day compare in spring vs winter?
In Australia, a 15-degree day can be a little chilly, but have you ever wondered why it feels colder in winter compared to the same temperature in spring? The simple answer comes down how long the day is. A...
Is El Nino on the horizon?
Some computer models suggest that El Niño could return next year, bringing an abrupt shift in one of our planet’s major climate drives following three consecutive years of La Niña. The graph below shows the most recent computer-based El...
Why is Sydney warmer after a cold front?
A cold front swept through Sydney in the early hours of Sunday morning, but the temperature is four degrees warmer than on Saturday. So why is it warmer after the front? The cold front did indeed bring in colder...
Build-up reaching its crescendo in the tropics
Severe storms are flaring up in Kimberley and Top End as the build-up to the monsoon ramps up. The build-up season is an unofficial season that generally runs between September and December in northern Australia. It is characterised...
Strong polar vortex could influence Australia’s weather this summer
Over the past few months, the stratosphere around Antarctica has been cooling, and that cooling is now starting to influence our weather in the lower atmosphere. What is the stratosphere? All the weather we experience on the surface...
One of Earth’s warmest Octobers on record, despite La Nina
Unusually cool temperatures in Australia and the tropical Pacific Ocean weren’t enough to stop last month from being one of our planet’s warmest Octobers on record, according to new data released by Berkely Earth. The map below shows the...
Rain returning to the Pilbara
Rain and a few storms are on their way to the Pilbara as the official start to the wet season looms for some. A northwest cloudband is starting to develop over the Pilbara region as moisture is drawn...
