Australian East Coast Lows are powerful low pressure systems that can cause multiple types of severe weather for several days. This video details why they are so dangerous as well as when and why they occur.
Australian East Coast Lows are powerful low pressure systems that can cause multiple types of severe weather for several days. This video details why they are so dangerous as well as when and why they occur.
A prolonged rainfall event is set to bring large totals to parts of NSW and Qld from Saturday, with possible heavy falls and flooding. A low-pressure system in the Coral Sea, a deepening coastal trough and persistent easterlies will bring moisture-laden air into southeast Qld and northeast NSW will bring days of rainfall to the […]
It’s a chilly and showery end to the working week across southeastern Australia, after a strong surge of south to southeasterly winds pushed cool air across the region overnight. Melburnians awoke to some welcome rain with 6 mm in the gauge in the 24 hours to 9 am, most of it falling around dawn. After […]
A weeklong stretch of low wind power was broken on Wednesday evening, as a weak cold front marched across southern Australia. The chart below shows that the National Electricity Market (NEM) has endured a weeklong stretch of low wind generation, with wind power providing around 6% of the NEM’s electricity, down from last year’s average […]
The Bureau of Meteorology has officially declared El Niño over and the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is now inactive for the first time since 2021, meaning there is no immediate sign of either an El Niño or a La Niña event. “El Niño has ended and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has returned to neutral. Climate models […]
