News
-
La Niña declared days out from summer – what does this mean for Australia?
Ben Domensino, 28-NovThe Bureau of Meteorology has declared that La Niña is underway in the Pacific Ocean. So, what does this mean for Australia’s weather this...
-
Australian summer to start with snowfalls
Anthony Sharwood, 27-NovSnow has fallen overnight in Tasmania for at least the fifth time this November, and an even colder, snowier change looks likely to arrive in time for ...
-
Why is the weather so volatile in eastern Australia this week?
Ben Domensino, 26-NovSevere thunderstorms, extreme heat, damaging winds and catastrophic fire danger ratings are affecting eastern Australia this week. So, why is the weath...
-
Catastrophic fire danger in NSW for first time in two years
Anthony Sharwood, 26-NovFor the first time this spring and indeed the first time since September 2023, a warning for catastrophic fire danger has been issued for part of New S...
-
What caused Monday’s giant hailstones over Brisbane?
Anthony Sharwood, 25-NovThousands of residents of southeast Queensland were still without power early on Tuesday morning, with some people waking up to worse damage than that ...
-
Mercury tops 45°C in three states as Victoria hits 40°C for first time this spring
Anthony Sharwood, 24-NovA large portion of Australia’s interior is baking this Monday under near-record-breaking temperatures for November, and the searing heat is direc...
-
Violent thunderstorms to target southeast QLD and northeast NSW on Monday
Ben Domensino, 24-NovThe atmosphere is primed for intense thunderstorms over southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales on Monday, with a risk of supercells bringin...
-
Why category 4 Severe Tropical Cyclone Fina will weaken quickly
Anthony Sharwood, 24-NovSevere Tropical Cyclone Fina intensified to a category 4 storm on Sunday after passing close to Darwin, and is expected to make landfall over the NE co...
-
Fina to pass near Darwin as severe tropical cyclone on Saturday night
Ben Domensino, 22-NovSevere Tropical Cyclone Fina will pass near Darwin on Saturday night into Sunday morning, lashing the city and surrounding areas of the northwest Top E...
-
Tropical Cyclone Fina has made initial landfall
Jess Miskelly, 22-NovTropical Cyclone Fina crossed the Cobourg Peninsula overnight as a Category 2 system and is now over the Van Diemen Gulf, heading southw...
-
How a tropical cyclone near Darwin will cause 47C heat over Australia next week
Ben Domensino, 21-NovThe downstream influence of Tropical Cyclone Fina will cause intense heat to build over central Australia this weekend and early next week, with temper...
-
Fina could be Australia's first November category 3 cyclone in 20 years
Anthony Sharwood, 21-NovTropical Cyclone Fina is set to become the first category 3 cyclone in Australian waters in November since Cyclone Bertie-Alvin in 2005, and it could h...
-
Tropical Cyclone Fina to pass near Darwin this weekend – here's what to expect
Ben Domensino, 20-NovTropical Cyclone Fina has turned towards the NT coast and is expected to make landfall over the Top End on Friday. The system could then regain strengt...
-
Tropical cyclone north of Australia, polar airmass to the south
Anthony Sharwood, 19-NovAustralia is currently sandwiched between a tropical cyclone to the north and a strong polar airmass to the south, with dramatically different conditio...
-
Tropical Cyclone Fina forms north of Darwin, landfall possible this weekend
Ben Domensino, 19-NovAn early-season tropical cyclone has formed to the north of Darwin and is gaining strength, with landfall as a category two system possible on Friday o...
-
