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...
Tropical Cyclone Freddy possible over Coral Sea
The low pressure system that caused flooding in central QLD earlier this week could soon become a tropical cyclone over the Coral Sea. The sequence of satellite images below shows a tropical low located around 500 km to the...
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...
