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,...
Sydney closing in on record streak between 30-degree days
February 21, 2022, was unlike any day the city of Sydney has seen since. That’s because it was the last time the city reached a temperature of 30°C or higher. As of today (Wednesday, January 11) it is 323...
Heat, wind and storms building in southwest WA
Southwestern parts of Western Australia are in for a wild 48 hours as extreme heat, strong winds, extreme fire danger and thunderstorms are all expected to hit the region. A trough over the southeast is drawing heat in from...
How heat affects rail networks
Hot temperatures are unpleasant, and occasionally dangerous to work in for the average human, but extreme temperatures also have an important impact on rail networks. The basic danger that extreme temperatures pose to rails is thermal expansion. Put simply:...
Will 2023 be an El Nino year?
La Niña appears to be on its last legs and some long-range forecast models are hinting at the return of El Niño later this year. The Pacific Ocean is currently in a La Niña pattern that has been in...
