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Weather Discussion => International => Topic started by: Mark on January 03, 2021, 10:05:24 PM
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After coming through a tough phase marked by drought and bushfires, some inland Australian bird species are now thriving after a plentiful amount of rain.
Birdlife Australia's NSW woodland bird program manager Mick Roderick said it was hugely encouraging.
"A remarkable boon, it's just been incredible," he said.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/budgies-buttonquails-and-other-inland-birds-booming-after-drought-and-fire-left-them-barely-hanging-on/533215
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https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/deluge-continues-in-north-queensland-with-towns-on-flood-watch-after-tropical-cyclone-imogen-downgraded/533228
Deluge continues in north Queensland with towns on flood watch after Tropical Cyclone Imogen downgraded
By Kate McKenna, Kelly Butterworth and staff, Tuesday January 5, 2021 - 13:10 EDT
ABC image
Black Gully Creek Crossing at Giru floods after rain from Tropical Cyclone Imogen. - ABC
Ex-tropical cyclone Imogen is continuing to dump heavy rain on Queensland's north, with "intense" falls, flash flooding and "damaging to destructive winds" possible as the system hovers over the region.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) predicts potential isolated daily rainfall totals of more than 350 millimetres in some parts.
Forecaster Peter Markworth said the region would see falls today between 150mm and 200mm, with heavier falls between Tully and Townsville predicted over the next six hours before extending down to Ayr for the rest of Tuesday.
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Summer has finally arrived in Australia’s southeast, after an exceptionally cool and cloudy start to the season caused by classic La Nina conditions.
La Nina typically makes summers cooler and wetter. As we told you on the weekend:
Melbourne had its coolest December since 2001 (based on daily maximum temps)
Western Sydney and Canberra had their coolest December in a decade.
Adelaide and coastal parts of Sydney had their coolest December since 2014.
But this week, it's finally warming up in eastern Australia. The relentless moist easterlies typical of La Nina have eased for the time being, replaced by hotter, drier winds from the north and west.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/revealed-what-temperature-makes-a-perfect-summers-day/533258
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https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/australias-2nd-tropical-cyclone-of-the-season-could-form-this-week/533271
A low pressure system located over the eastern Indian Ocean could soon become the second tropical cyclone to form in Australia's area of responsibility so far this season.
As the sun rose on Thursday morning, a tropical low was passing close to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. While the system hasn't been strong enough to cause damaging winds on the island, a weather station at Cocos Island Airport received around 100mm of rain during the 24 hours to 9am on Thursday.
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Tropical Cyclone Kimi has intensified to a category two as it moves south, with a Cyclone Watch now declared to Bowen.
Towns from Innisfail to Ayr, in Far North Queensland, including Lucinda, Palm Island and Townsville are in the warning zone.
The cyclone is currently moving south-southeast and is likely to continue in the same direction throughout the night, bringing with it destructive winds with gusts of up to 150 kilometres per hour, and heavy rainfall.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/tropical-cyclone-kimi-intensifies-to-category-two-with-warnings-extended-to-bowen/533319
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Canberra, like much of southeast Australia, is in the middle of a very hot spell. Saturday saw temperatures rear up, with severe-to-extreme heatwave conditions expected to continue through to Wednesday for much of NSW.
A low pressure trough is responsible for dragging this very hot airmass into the southeast. A high pressure system over the Tasman is also helping to prevent the heat from escaping.
Canberra Airport reached 36 degrees on Saturday, it's hottest day since February last year. However, it has been a relatively cool start to the year in Canberra. The running average maximum temperature this January is more than two degrees lower than normal. This was helped by a string of nine days below average at the start of the year. In comparison, January 2020 only had 11 below average maximums for the whole month.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/australias-capital-suffering-sizzling-conditions/533363
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Anthony Sharwood, Friday January 29, 2021 - 12:56 EDT
As today's early forecasts predicted, it's absolutely pelting down in Melbourne this Friday.
Rain began falling in the city just before 8 am on Friday morning, with 3.6 mm in the gauge by 9 am.
Rain gauges "reset" at 9 am, because daily observations are taken in the 24-hour period from 9 am. Between 9 am and 12:30 pm, a further 39 mm of rain had fallen in the city, with at least another hour or so of rain expected before skies clear temporarily.
Why such heavy rain in the middle of summer?
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/melbourne-deluge-makes-it-citys-wettest-day-in-10-months/533397
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Ben Domensino, Friday January 29, 2021 - 13:46 EDT
Western Australia will be hit by a severe heatwave and flooding rain during the coming days, with Perth in line for a sweaty start to February.
A persistent high pressure ridge to the south of Western Australia will interact with a tropical low near the state's north during the next several days. This synoptic pattern will cause hot easterly winds to flow towards the state's western coastline, while heavy rain falls in the north, near the tropical low.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/wa-to-face-heatwave-and-flooding-at-the-same-time/533399
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A low pressure system off the southwestern coast of Western Australia has delivered gusty winds and heavy rain, with some places having their highest daily February rainfall in decades.
The low has been sitting offshore in recent days, slowly making its way south. Heavy rain to the south of the system has been impacting parts of the Central West, Lower West and South West districts. Between 9am AWST Saturday and 6am AWST Sunday the highest falls were in the Central West where Hill River Springs picked up 80mm, Moora 74mm and Lancelin East 71mm.
Further south, Cape Naturaliste recorded 39mm in the 22 hours to 9am AWST Sunday which is already the highest daily February total in over 100 years. Elsewhere, Bunbury's 40mm and Wandering's 28mm is the highest daily total of any month in nearly 20 months.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/low-pressure-system-lashes-southwest-wa/533451
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Conservationists have blamed a summer cold snap for the widespread deaths of a small native bird in Western Australia's South West.
A low pressure system brought unseasonal cold temperatures and heavy rainfall to southern WA for several days from the weekend.
Parks and Wildlife conservation officer Ben Lullfitz said after the cold weather people had found dead tree martin birds from Augusta to Bunbury.
"It's a small bird which looks a bit like a swallow, basically they are insect feeders which don't like cold weather in the summer ... which has caused them to get into quite a bit of distress," he said.
Mr Lullfitz said the birds were unable to feed or regulate their body temperature during the cool conditions.
https://www.sott.net/article/448477-Cold-weather-blamed-for-mass-deaths-of-tree-martin-birds-in-Western-Australia
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Severe thunderstorms were dumping heavy rain over parts of eastern NSW as the sun rose on Friday, with more rain and storms on the way later in the day.
A deep layer of onshore winds feeding into a low pressure trough caused a few early-morning storms between the Hunter and Northern Rivers districts of NSW on Friday.
One of these storms delivered 52mm of rain in two hours at Dungog, while one-hour rain rates of 40-50mm were recorded at a couple of gauges in the state's far northeast.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/severe-storms-and-heavy-rain-in-nsw/533517
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La Niña has lived up to its name this past summer for much of eastern Australia, with the NSW Mid North Coast copping a drenching.
The lead up to summer was relatively dry for the Mid North Coast, with all mainland weather stations recording less than half the monthly average for November. Things radically changed in December, the start of a very wet three months.
Dorrigo went from 32mm of rain in November to a whopping 772mm in December. That was Dorrigo's wettest December on record. Combining the 311mm in January and 425mm in February, Dorrigo just had its wettest summer on record.
Coffs Harbour also just had its wettest summer on record, albeit with a short history. The weather station at the airport just recorded its first summer with over 1000mm of rain, with 1225mm in the gauge. Next best was last summer with 925mm.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/a-very-wet-summer-for-the-nsw-mid-north-coast/533566
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https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/tropical-cyclone-niran-gaining-strength-over-coral-sea/533605
Severe Tropical Cyclone Niran is deepening as it barrels across the Coral Sea towards New Caledonia, where it's likely to cause severe weather this weekend.
At 10am AEST on Friday, Niran was a category four severe tropical cyclone with wind speeds estimated to be averaging 165 km/h, and gusting to 230 km/h, near its core.
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https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/ten-years-ago-la-nina-drenched-this-property-this-year-nothing-but-dust/533616
en years ago, La Nina drenched this property. This year, nothing but dust
Anthony Sharwood, Monday March 8, 2021 - 10:47 EDT
When outback cattle farmer Gillian Fennell heard that the summer of 2020/21 would be a La Niña summer, she allowed herself to dream.
Not too much, of course. Outback farming life soon breaks the hearts of anyone who puts too much faith in soaking rains. But just a little.
"We were quietly confident we might get a better season," Fennell told Weatherzone. We thought, it's been 10 years, it's our time to get some decent rainfall.”
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A band of heavy rain and severe thunderstorms inundated southern suburbs of Brisbane on Thursday amid an outbreak of severe storms in eastern Australia.
A near-stationary band of rain and storms developed over southeast Queensland late on Thursday morning, targeting areas to the south of the Brisbane River.
A rain gauge at Leslie Harrison Dam recorded 55mm of rain during the hour up to 12:35pm AEST. There were also falls exceeding 30mm per hour at Rochedale and Burbank.
The severe storms are part of a broader outbreak of unsettled weather that's affecting NSW and southern QLD on Thursday.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/50-mm-per-hour-as-severe-storm-hits-southern-brisbane/533632
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Heavy rain has prompted the closure of part of the Kimberley's main highway, while the deluge has thrilled pastoralists and built excitement for the tourism season ahead.
Since 9am Sunday, widespread rainfall totals of 20 millimetres to 100mm have been recorded, with isolated falls of up to 178mm at Mistake Creek Homestead.
At Flora Valley Station, about 100 kilometres east of Halls Creek near the Western Australia?Northern Territory border, 177mm was recorded in the 24 hours to 9am Monday.
Station manager Gary Faulks said the downpour was equivalent to almost their entire 2019 wet season in one night.
"We've had a really good start ? that's given us 924mm for this wet," he said.
Mr Faulks said the property was experiencing its best wet in almost a decade, which was a relief after two poor seasons in a row.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/bumper-wet-season-brings-joy-to-kimberley-tourism-operators-pastoralists/533670
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Rivers burst their banks after days of torrential rain with forecasters warning of more rain to come in the Australian city.
Australian authorities were preparing to evacuate thousands of more people on Monday from flood-affected suburbs on the western fringes of Sydney, the country’s biggest city, with another day of heavy rain triggering the worst floods in 60 years.
Rivers across the state of New South Wales (NSW) have burst their banks amid three days of unrelenting rain.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/22/thousands-more-evacuate-as-sydney-faces-deluge
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It could snow in parts of Australia's southern states this weekend, as a cold blast sweeps in.
Forecasters say the first snow of winter could fall on higher ground in a signal the warm summer weather is finally over.
Snow is forecast below 700m in Tasmania, and 900m in Victoria, NSW while the ACT is heading for sub zero temperatures by Monday.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-forecast-australia-victoria-south-australia-tasmania/d432585d-a9b7-4790-b715-e6a07277e11d
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Ben Domensino, Wednesday April 14, 2021 - 16:57 EST
The first proper cold snap of the season sent shivers across southeastern Australia last weekend and another bout of cold air is on its way up from the Southern Ocean.
But how does this cold weather compare with some of Australia's biggest wintry outbreaks of the past?
The lowest temperature in the country so far this month was minus 5.5ºC at Perisher Valley on Tuesday morning.
That's cold, but it's far from a record for April. Back in 2009, a weather station at Charlotte Pass cooled to minus 13ºC.
Of course the Aussie Alps get much colder in winter and the lowest temperature on record was a bone-numbing minus 23ºC, also at Charlotte Pass, in late June 1994.
In fact, Charlotte Pass has registered Australia's seven lowest temperatures on record.
Thankfully the next round of cold air heading towards southeastern Australia won't challenge any records, but it will bring some more snow to Tasmania and Victoria.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/how-cold-can-it-get-in-australia-/533914
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Melbourne is experiencing a spell of 'upside-down' weather with temperatures surprisingly warmer at midnight than midday.
The city, notorious for bizarre and unpredictable weather, reached 19.4 degrees at midnight after recording a temperature of just 15.8 degrees at midday yesterday.
According to Weatherzone, Melbourne was 3.6 degrees warmer in the middle of the night than in the middle of the previous day.
The strange temperature was due to warm air being pushed from the north across the city ahead of a cold front.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-melbourne-city-warmer-at-midnight-than-midday-high-temperatures/112d6da1-9b54-4a7c-bb81-b6d153c03199
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ou're lucky there's no volume on this video because Barron Falls, about 40 minutes inland from Cairns on the Atherton Tableland, would give your eardrums a serious pounding.
The falls, which drop a total of 125 metres on the Barron River, are absolutely pumping this week after a deluge of rain in Far North Queensland.
Video: wrgftgh. Source: @aaron_hill85 on Instagram.
Here is a still image of the falls this week.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/the-thunderous-roar-of-half-a-metre-of-far-north-queensland-rain/533968
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https://www.sott.net/article/452326-Triple-waterspout-action-off-New-South-Wales-Australia
WATER spouts off the coast at Old Bar, near Taree on NSW's North Coast, were matched by a brief but intense storm with hail, as the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) predicts a cold snap and widespread rain for the remainder of the week across the east coast of NSW.
The weather event was short and sharp this afternoon (May 4) with Jason Fitzgerald of Port Macquarie capturing some of the triple water spout action off Old Bar beach.
At one point, five water spouts had formed and were seen offshore as far north as Harrington.
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A cold snap is headed for Queensland after parts of the coast were smashed by severe overnight storms.
A massive clean-up operation is underway after the state was pummeled by powerful thunderstorms, hail and damaging winds.
The intense weather system saw a millimetre of rain dumped almost every minute in some parts of the state's southeast.
https://www.9news.com.au/wild-weather/weather-news-cold-snap-headed-for-queensland-after-sever-thunderstorms-smash-sunshine-state/5b1d7e2f-4e5d-4d80-a27d-946dac8c7314
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Parts of Australia are experiencing an early taste of winter this weekend, with temperatures plunging and snow falling in parts of the country.
Cold fronts are bringing brisk winds, showers, small hail and highland snow to Tasmania, southern South Australia, Victoria and southern New South Wales.
It's the coldest day of the year so far for many parts, with the mercury only climbing to 12.8C and 12.1C in Melbourne and Canberra.
READ MORE: Early taste of winter for Australia's southeast
https://www.9news.com.au/national/new-south-wales-weather-snow-in-perisher-while-cold-temperatures-forecast-for-parts-of-the-state/237e7ef8-81d8-4c5b-8b77-d6c9eacb85f1
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Icy weather sweeping across Australia's southeast has broken records this morning, with Sydney experiencing the chilliest run of days in a decades.
Sydneysiders woke to another day of temperatures below 9C, making it the longest stretch of cold days in May in 54 years.
"It is chilly out there. We saw a cold front move through southern eastern parts of the country early this week and that brought cold air from a long way south," Bureau of Meteorology's Dean Narramore told Today.
READ MORE: More icy, brisk conditions for southeast coast
https://www.9news.com.au/national/record-cold-weather-for-may-in-sydney-as-southeast-australia-continues-to-shiver/69ced3d8-2087-41c8-9f70-0d7babcac7a3
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Ben Domensino, Monday May 24, 2021 - 09:35 EST
Hail has blanketed parts of Western Australia's Great Southern District amid a surge of icy weather on Monday morning.
A cold air mass moving up from the Southern Ocean is today spreading over southwestern districts of Western Australia.
Image: A cold air mass (blue) spreading over the southwest corner of Western Australia on Monday morning.
While showers, thunderstorms, blustery winds and cold air have been affecting the state's southwest since the weekend, the coldest part of this air mass is arriving this morning (Monday).
Streets in Albany were covered in a coating of small hail in the early hours of Monday morning as showers pushed ashore within the frigid parcel of air.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/hail-in-wa-with-snow-a-chance-this-morning-/534165
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Most Australian's are in for a wetter than average winter with experts warning the extra rainfall could increase the danger during upcoming bushfire season.
The latest seasonal outlook released today by the Bureau of Meteorology BOM) shows warmer and wetter conditions in northern Australia, while parts of southern Australia could be drier than average.
"Our climate drivers are currently neutral, meaning we're not getting El Niño or La Niña bringing particularly dry nor particularly wet conditions to the continent," BOM Climatologist Dr Lynette Bettio said.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-winter-outlook-wetter-than-average-season-sparks-bushfire-warnings/bcf3953f-1276-45da-95ad-8a4c158cb347
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It has been the coldest May morning in more than half a century as widespread frost and sub-zero temperatures grip southeastern Australia.
Melbourne shivered through its coldest May morning in 72 years on Sunday, reaching a frost-inducing 1.7°C. It was also its coldest morning in 3 years and coldest outside of winter since 1970.
Records tumbled in Horsham as the mercury fell to a mind-numbing -4.3°C, its coldest May morning in 64 years of records. It was also the coldest May morning on record for Yarram (-3.3°C) and Kanagulk (-4.0°C), although these observation sites have only been around for 13 and 17 years respectively.
Temperatures also plummeted outside of Victoria, with Adelaide having its equal coldest May morning in 15 years, dropping to 3.5°C. However, if only considering the current West Terrace site (that was offline from 1979 to 2016), it was the coldest May morning in 101 years. Adelaide Airport was even colder despite being near the coast, reaching 2.2°C, its coldest May morning in 36 years.
Even locations a long distance away from the mainland felt the chill. Norfolk Island fell to a seemingly mild 12.5°C, but this was its coldest May morning in 42 years.
Dozens of locations throughout Victoria, eastern parts of South Australia, and southern New South Wales, had their coldest May morning in at least 15 years, and falling between 6 and 12 degrees below average for this time of year.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/record-breaking-freeze-in-the-southeast/534217
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A prolonged outbreak of windy, cold, wet and stormy weather could impact eastern Australia next week.
A large upper-level cut-off low pressure system will move over southern and southeastern Australia next week, most likely between Tuesday and Friday. This simply refers to a broad, isolated pool of cold air several kilometres above the ground that has moved up towards Australia from the Southern Ocean.
The image below shows where the cut-off low is expected to be located on Thursday June 10, according to three different forecast models.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/winters-first-cut-off-low-to-deliver-dangerous-weather-next-week/534236
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As reported last week, the icy front forecast to bring snow to the central and northern tablelands of New South Wales (NSW) is still on course to hit this Wednesday and Thursday.
Temperatures are expected to tumble some 16C below the June average for central and eastern parts of the state. While practically ALL of the Aussie continent should brace for an extreme chill by Wednesday:
https://electroverse.net/heavy-snowfall-on-course-for-nsw-as-antarctic-blast-stretches-to-queensland/
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Sydney just shivered through its coldest day in 37 years as icy winds blew across NSW.
Clouds, rain and a freezing air mass wrapping around a large and slow-moving cut-off low pressure system prevented the temperature from getting any higher than 10.3ºC at Sydney's Observatory Hill weather station on Thursday, as of 5pm AEST.
Image: Enhanced water vapour satellite image showing the upper-level cut-off low over NSW on Thursday.
If this temperature isn't exceeded by 9am on Friday, this will officially be Sydney's coldest day in 37 years.
Based on the running maximum temperatures at 5pm, it was also the coldest day in 37 years at Inverell (6.1ºC), 29 years at Mudgee (5.9ºC) and 25 years at Sydney Airport (11.4ºC).
What makes today's cold weather in Sydney even more remarkable is that it occurred under predominantly northerly winds.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/sydneys-coldest-day-in-decades-/534322
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Blizzards are the latest phenomenon to hit the Land Down Under, which have dumped up to a metre (3.3 feet) of early-season snow across vast swathes of New South Wales (NWS) as the state shivers through historic low temperatures.
According to 9News, NWS has suffered “a record-breaking start to winter … Sydney’s coldest day in 37 years.”
Sydney Observatory registered a Tmax of 10.3C on Thursday — the lowest since 1984; while the city’s Airport logged 11.4C — a reading just 0.1C off its lowest June Tmax on record, in books dating back to 1939.
“It [Thursday] is definitely one of the coldest days in Sydney for a really, really long time,” said the Bureau of Meteorology’s Gabrielle Woodhouse.
A 9News headline reads: “NSW records coldest June day in 122 years.”
Other chilly locales include:
Bankstown, which woke to a low of 2.2C on Thursday morning and a windchill of zero.
And Campbelltown, which saw a low of 0.0C and a feels-like of -3.1C.
https://electroverse.net/sydney-coldest-day-in-37-years-nsw-coldest-june-day-in-122-years/
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A strong cold front is crossing southwest Western Australia, bringing gales, rain, storms, and the potential for snow on the Stirling Ranges tonight.
While the southeast endured an unusually prolonged cold outbreak during the second week of June, the southwest has largely been warmer than average—the exception a brief cool spell Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th. A strong cold front is now crossing the southwest, bringing gales, rain, and much cooler temperatures.
Cape Leeuwin has been gusting over 90 km/h this morning, peaking at 102 km/h around dawn, and around 15mm of rain has fallen over South West, South Coastal and southern parts of Great Southern. Temperatures will remain in the low-to-mid teens for Monday, about 4 degrees below previous days. As cold post-frontal air sweeps over the region, Monday night will see the freezing level drop to around 1200m, bringing the potential for a few snow flakes about the Stirling Ranges.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/winter-arrives-in-western-australia/534355
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Storm victims fear they will be tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket despite hardship payments from the government as in some cases insurance only covers a small portion of the massive clean-up bills.
Thousands of Victorians are still without power and over $222,000 worth of personal hardship payments have been issued to almost 200 households since last week's violent storm.
Dean Chapman said he's been crushed to learn insurance only covers 10 per cent of the bill for the damage done to his berry farm in Wandin East, which has been in the family for three generations.
Eyewatering damage as thousands still without power in Victoria
https://www.9news.com.au/national/eyewatering-damage-as-thousands-still-without-power-in-victoria/19a52ba6-7ae9-4a95-8839-24c6bd7c9697
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There are growing signs that much of Australia will experience unusually cold and wet weather this winter and spring, with a negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) emerging in recent weeks.
Climatologists have been keeping a close eye on the Indian Ocean during the last couple of months. In May, there were early signs that a negative IOD could develop this winter. This now looks more likely, and we are already starting to feel its impacts.
What is the Indian Ocean Dipole?
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/negative-indian-ocean-dipole-developing-heres-what-that-means-for-australia-/534429
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Anthony Sharwood, Friday July 2, 2021 - 14:29 EST
It's the 2nd of July this Friday, the coldest month of the year in virtually every town, city or locality in southern Australian, and a large chunk of the country is going to feel it.
It's all thanks to a cold front which moved through Adelaide this morning and is which is now steadily tracking east, as you can clearly see on the synoptic chart below.
As you can see on the Adelaide observations page, the SA capital was 10.1°C at 8 am this morning, but just 8.4°C at 9 am immediately after the passage of the front.
Adelaide has stayed cool all day, with a temp of just 12.3°C at 2 pm as the city heads towards a forecast top of 13°C. Its coldest day of the year to date was the 12.6°C maximum on June 8.
Meanwhile the front should reach Melbourne on Friday evening, and the VIC capital will likely peak at just 12°C on Saturday.
There's not too much moisture associated with this front, but expect a few showers on Friday evening, as well as a shower or two on Saturday with possible small hail, along with some very chilly winds.
There could even be snow to relatively low levels in the hills and ranges around Melbourne.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/here-it-comes-get-ready-for-a-wintry-weekend/534496
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Swathes of Australia have registered an unusually cold month of June, particularly Western Australia.
Perth –capital and largest city of the state of Western Australia— is shivering through one its coldest starts to winter on record following the invasion of a string of polar cold fronts tossed-up from Antarctica.
Data from the warm-mongering Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) show the mean temperature for June –a combination of maximums and minimums– was just 12.9C (55.2F) — a reading which makes this the second coldest June ever recorded, and the coldest for 26 years–since 1995 (solar minimum of cycle 22).
Bureau climatologist Yanhui Blockley said the anomalously-low mean was driven by a powerful cold air mass in late June that was dragged up from the Antarctic.
“[It] brought a period of not just cold nights,” said Blockley, “but daytime temperatures in the mid-teens.”
The mass of cold polar air led to a string of record-breaking nights where the registered lows were among the coldest on record for the city — Perth Airport, for example, dropped to 0.5C (32.9F) on June 21, its lowest mark since 2015.
https://electroverse.net/western-australia-shivers-through-one-of-its-coldest-starts-to-winter/
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Major rainfall and possible storms are on the way for parts of Queensland and NSW with residents waking to icy temperatures this morning.
A low pressure trough interacting with moisture-laden air will cause rain and a few thunderstorms to spread over a broad area of eastern Australia between this afternoon and tomorrow.
This rain will affect areas from central Queensland down to southern NSW, with widespread falls of about 5-20mm and isolated totals over 30mm likely.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/national-weather-forecast-heavy-rain-on-the-way-for-queensland-nsw-icy-temperatures-canberra-western-australia-south-australia/760c688f-24d0-4659-999b-f82c688a226f
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Sydney, Australia has just shivered through its coldest July day in a decade after maximum temperatures struggled to just 12.1C (53.8F) on Friday afternoon.
That Friday high of 12.1C (53.8F) was Sydney’s coldest July maximum since 2011 (solar minimum of cycle 24).
Another cold day is expected Saturday as strong southerly winds whipped-up from Antarctica hold temperatures at similar lows; however, showers will start to break up by Saturday afternoon as the trough moves offshore, and readings around 12C are unlikely to be repeated in the New South Wales (NSW) capital.
Sydney’s record cold comes after a particularly icy week for the state of NSW, as well as for the entire Australian continent as whole — every state and territory managed to register temperatures cold enough for frost, and all but one saw the mercury plunge below -2C (28.4F), reports 9news.com.au.
https://electroverse.net/record-lows-in-sydney-as-up-suffers-summer-freeze-2-flares-2-blackouts/
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Here it comes: the snow dump that should really get the season rocking and rolling at all mainland Aussie ski resorts.
From this coming Friday into the weekend, Weatherzone meteorologists are expecting a total of 30 to 60 centimetes of fresh snow to fall across the skifields of New South Wales and Victoria, as a classic southwesterly cold front crosses the Australian Alps.
ONE STOP SNOW SHOP (EXCEPT FOR SKI HIRE!) - THE WEATHERZONE SNOW FORECAST PAGE
Ahead of the main front and the cold air it ushers in, a series of troughs embedded in a northwestlery airstream should deliver a few centimetres here and there midweek at higher elevations.
There's the chance of 10-20 cm on Wednesday above 1300 metres, before the snow level rises significantly on Thursday to around 1600m with a surge of warmer air ahead of the main front due later on Friday or early Saturday.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/biggest-snowfall-of-2021-snow-season-due-later-this-week/534560
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WINTER BITES HARD IN AUSTRALIA
A surge of polar air is set to barrel across multiple Aussies states this weekend, driving temperatures well-below winter norms.
Senior BOM meteorologist Philip Perkins said a severe weather warning will be issued across South Australia, with damaging winds, heavy rain/snow, and anomalous-cold set to blast the state as a series of cold fronts pummel the south/southeast:
“A system moving through South Australia on Friday is bringing a burst of cold polar air with it,” said Sky News Weather meteorologist Alison Osborne.
“It’s going to be a very chilly end to the week, with low-level snow forecast.”
According to the latest GFS run (shown below), that snow looks substantial.
The higher elevations of Victoria and New South Wales are on for something of a burial, with accumulations over a meter possible by the end of next week; while 70% of Tasmania is on course to be buried, too.
Even the southern stretches of Western Australia could see a few flurries, around July 24.
https://electroverse.net/winter-bites-australia-u-s-wheat-crops-in-trouble-more-record-gains-on-greenland/
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Followers of Federal politics have seen some pretty flaky stuff come out of Canberra over the years, but Saturday morning brought flakes of the snowy variety to the capital.
The heaviest snow flurries occurred in the city's north around mid-morning on Saturday while the temperature was just a tick under 4°C.
While temps weren't quite freezing, as Weatherzone meteorologist Esteban Abellan explains, the "apparent temperature" (as in, what the temperature feels like taking into account wind and humidity) was as low as -5°C just before lunchtime.
So if it was above zero, how did it snow?
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/heavy-snow-flurries-as-canberra-becomes-canbrrrrrrr/534596
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Temperatures have once again plunged across southeast Australia with reports of snow falling in sub-tropical Queensland. Looking ahead, the BOM expects the cold to intensify as the week progresses, with all-time cold-records tumbling on Thursday.
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has said a large high moving across southeast Australia, combining with a low in the southern Tasman, was leading to strong winds and intense cold across vast swathes of the country.
Snow has already fallen in the remote Queensland town of Eukey, south of Stanthorpe on July 21 — a rare event.
Weather chaser Ken Kato, who traveled to Eukey from Brisbane, described the wind as “brutal”.
“The windchill was probably next level even for this area’s standards,” he said.
“I was outside for a few minutes at a time, and my hands basically lost all sensation after a few minutes.”
https://electroverse.net/australians-brace-for-coldest-ever-july-temps-as-polar-front-brings-snow-to-queensland/
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he cold front brought a frigid airmass with it that has already brought snow to low levels including in Tasmania (300 metres), Victoria (600 meters) and New South Wales (700 metres in the south). Snow is even a chance above 1200 metres in northern New South Wales on Sunday. The front also delivered plenty of fresh snow to the snow resorts, with New South Wales resorts reporting 45cm on Sunday morning and 20-30cm over the Victorian peaks.
Winds gusted above 100km/h in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania this weekend. The highest gust was in South Australia were Neptune Island recorded a gust of 135km/h on Saturday afternoon. Not far behind was Maatsuyker Island off Tasmania, reaching 130km/h.
The front responsible for the wild weather is now moving away from the mainland however winds will continue to be gusty today. Showers will persist but will be more isolated.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/cold-front-dumps-snow-and-rain-across-the-southeast-/534649
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It was a cold start to Sunday across much of Queensland, especially in southern parts of the Sunshine State where some locations plummeted below zero degrees.
Minimum temperatures on Sunday morning were mostly three to five degrees below the August average, though there were some spots where it dropped even lower. In the Darling Downs, Oakey dropped six below the average to a frosty –2.3 degrees, making it the third day in a row of sub-zero temperatures - a first for this year. Applethorpe (-1.7), Warick (-1.3) and Dalby (-1.1) also dropped below freezing.
Some other notable temperatures include:
Roma Airport: -1.1 (5.8 degrees below average)
Kingaroy: -1.8 (5.8 degrees below average)
Gatton: 1.5 (5.4 degrees below average)
Beaudesert: 1.1 (5 degrees below average)
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/southern-qld-shivers-/534736
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Tasmania is shivering today as a blast of polar air drops snow to low levels across the state.
The satellite image below shows a large area of speckled clouds to the south of southeastern Australia on Monday morning.
Image: Visible satellite image captured by the Himawari-8 satellite at 10am AEST on Monday.
These clouds formed in a broad pool of very cold air, which reached Tasmania on Sunday and is today spreading across the Tasman Sea towards New Zealand.
Temperatures across Tasmania today have been feeling particularly icy thanks to the combination of cold air and blustery winds.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/beach-walk-with-snow-views-in-hobart-/534790
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A negative Indian Ocean dipole, the state of sea surface temperatures across the tropical Indian Ocean, will underpin the predicted wet spring.
According to Weatherzone, there are also signs a weak La Niña-like pattern may further enhance rainfall across Australia in spring.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-weather-forecast-news-august-18-wet-spring-predicted-for-parts-of-australia/3c353e07-ba69-439f-b1c4-a29ee7055bf1
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New South Wales residents have been warned that more destructive weather is on the way, after a day of damaging winds and heavy rain across the state.
Weatherzone has forecast another cold and wet day for Sydney, with a forecast maximum of 16C, a few degrees higher than today's maximum of 10.2C.
Tonight, the Bureau of Meteorology said, the heavy winds in parts of NSW and the ACT were set to get stronger, while rain would also stick around.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-nsw-victoria-act-rain-wind-storms-forecast/946f97e1-b607-4e6e-bc2b-5aaa71144a03
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en Domensino, Tuesday August 24, 2021 - 17:27 EST
Sydney may have just had its coldest day since 1984 and its coldest August day since 1962.
A thick blanket of clouds, persistent rain and a cold air mass saw temperatures struggling to reach double digits across much of the Sydney Basin on Tuesday.
Image: Composite satellite and radar over Sydney at 3pm AEST on Tuesday.
Sydney's main weather station at Observatory Hill, located next to the Harbour Bridge, had only reached a post-9am maximum temperature of 10.2ºC by 5pm, based on the day’s one-minute temperature observations.
If this temperature isn't exceeded by 9am on Wednesday, then Tuesday will officially be Sydney's coldest day since 1984 and the coldest for August since 1962.
The last time Sydney had a day this cold, Neville Wran was the Premier of NSW and Bob Hawke was in his second year as Prime Minister.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/did-sydney-just-have-its-coldest-day-in-37-years/534838
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SPRING IN AUSTRALIA BEGINS WITH INTENSE POLAR COLD
Exceptional low temperatures, large hail, and heavy snow — the first week of spring is set to break a myriad of cold records across the Aussie continent.
Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) forecaster Bob Tarr said the cold front would bring a sharp shift to the cold, with temperatures plunging on Thursday.
And if the forecast holds true, continued Tarr, then a host of all-time September low temperature records are expected to fall–particularly in locales within that band of ‘pink’ & ‘purple’ streaking through central and southeastern regions, on Sept 4:
https://electroverse.net/australia-sees-intense-polar-cold-as-greenland-ends-season-above-1981-2010-avg/
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The strongest winds in two years blasted southern Tasmania last night as a powerful cold front barrelled over the state.
The front crossed Tasmania under the cover of darkness, causing a surge of dangerous winds across the state's south, west and central highlands.
Video: Satellite images showing the cold front crossing Tasmania during Monday night, before moving out into the Tasman Sea on Tuesday morning.
The strongest wind gust of the night was 148 km/h at the top of kunanyi / Mount Wellington shortly before 4:30am. This was the mountain's strongest wind in two years and the kind of gust you would typically find in the eyewall of a category two tropical cyclone.
Hobart's strongest gust of the night was 109 km/h at 4am, which was also the city's strongest wind gust in two years.
Other notable gusts from the night included 139 km/h at Maatsuyker Island shortly before 2am, 117km/h at Cape Bruny at 2:30 am and 87 km/h at Sheffield (strongest in two years).
The wind was strong enough to cause damage, with reports of at least one house losing its roof and power cuts affecting thousands of properties. The cold front is now moving out into the Tasman Sea, allowing conditions to gradually ease in Tasmania.
While there will still be some fresh winds around on Tuesday, damaging gusts are no longer likely and the severe weather warning that was in place overnight has been cancelled.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/tasmania-buffeted-by-winds-as-strong-as-cat-2-tropical-cyclone/534941
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https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-national-forecast-australia-monday-september-13-temperatures-drop-10-degrees-in-sydney-snow-predicted/4d73952f-a8c8-43b1-aad3-2f62998802dd
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Alice Springs on Monday night, bringing a Tuesday maximum temperature of only 20 degrees, around 10 degrees colder than the previous day. This will be the 5th such sub-21 degree day so far this September, one of only two Septembers in the last decade to have such a high number of cool days (the last time was in 2016).
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/a-hot-and-cold-heart/535012
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After a run of relatively dry and at times showery weather in recent weeks, a more substantial outbreak of rain and thunderstorms will sweep across Australia eastern and southeastern states next week.
Forecast models are all agreeing that a low pressure trough will interact with moisture-laden air and an unstable atmosphere to produce several days of rain and storms next week.
Models also agree that parts of Queensland, NSW, the ACT, Victoria and SA and Tasmania should be affected by this system.
However, it is too early to know exactly how the rain and storms will play out just yet.
Broadly speaking, clouds and showers will start to increase over eastern and southeastern Australia on Tuesday next week. Rain and storms look to become more widespread from Wednesday and continue until at least Friday and possibly into the weekend.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/rain-and-storms-returning-to-eastern-southeastern-australia/535044
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Nearly all of Australia's capital cities are in for a drenching this week as days of rain and thunderstorms are forecast, with the east and south eastern coast bearing the brunt.
The first major storm of the season is likely and residents in the firing line are being warned to be prepared. They include Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart and Perth.
From tomorrow a series of cold fronts will bring rain, storms and blustery winds to southwestern Australia lasting until at least Friday.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/national-weather-forecast-tuesday-september-28-severe-damaging-thunderstorms-to-hit-australia-east-coast/c9a65d5e-ce72-4733-bea0-e39c5bf0d187
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Victoria and southern NSW are copping a mid-spring wintry blast which looks set to ease off later today before flaring up again briefly midweek.
Many of you would have seen images of the heavy hail showers that coated Melbourne in a layer of snow-like white on Sunday afternoon. This was "small hail" of the type you typically see with cold fronts down south – as opposed to the larger hailstones that often fall in thunderstorms associated with tropical airmasses.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/hail-and-snow-in-parts-of-vic-nsw-as-wintry-weather-returns-with-a-vengeance/535121
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https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/outback-queensland-cops-major-drenching-as-bom-signals-early-wet-season/535158
Residents in rural and regional Queensland are celebrating a second night of heavy rain, and hopes are high for an early start to the wet season.
Severe storms brought three times the monthly average of rainfall to some towns in the state's north-west, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).
Overnight, a super cell triggered warnings for towns in the North West, Central West and Channel Country, including Cloncurry, Mount Isa, Winton and Windorah.
The Monument, in the Shire of Cloncurry, received the lion's share of the deluge, recording 31mm since 9.00am Monday.
Birdsville received 23mm, well above the average of 8mm for October.
"Lots of places are sitting around that 20mm mark," BOM meteorologist Helen Reid said.
The downpour is set to continue over the weekend before dry weather returns, Ms Reid said.
Wet season likely to 'arrive earlier'
Long-time Birdsville resident David Brook said the drenching was a welcome weather change for the town, which he said had recorded about 50mm for the year.
"We had about 8mms in 10 minutes. We've probably only received around 50 mm for the entire year and then today we've had at least 20mm," he said.
The widespread rain comes after the BOM released its annual Severe Weather Outlook report this week, signalling an early start to the wet season.
"It is also likely that the first rains of the northern wet season will arrive earlier than normal for much of northern Australia," BOM senior climatologist Greg Browning said in the report.
"Warm waters to the north of the continent, and the sea surface temperature patterns across the tropical Pacific and Indian oceans, are driving our outlook towards more rainfall for eastern and northern Australia," he said.
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA LOGS FIFTH SNOWFALL OF THE YEAR (SECOND-HIGHEST ON RECORD)
Western Australia logged its fifth snowfall of the year on Tuesday — the second-highest on record.
As reported by abc.net.au, a small snow flurry was captured on video at the summit of Bluff Knoll just after dawn on Tuesday as the remnants of a powerful cold front moved across the south coast:
Snow has now been recorded on the Stirling Range peak –the highest in southern WA at 1,099m (3,600ft)– in the months of May, July, August, September and October.
The highest-ever number of WA snow flurries ever in a single year was six, in 2016 — all on Bluff Knoll. Five has been recorded on just one previous occasion — back in 1968, and at different locations across the state. This is confirmed by a Bureau of Meteorology spokesperson, who said: “The last time we had five recorded snow events was over half a century ago in 1968.”
https://electroverse.net/w-australia-logs-fifth-snowfall-of-the-year-foot-of-spring-snow-hits-nz-record-cold-sweeps-seattle-half-of-kashmir-is-white/
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Ben Domensino, Wednesday October 20, 2021 - 14:33 EDT
One day after record-breaking hail fell near Mackay, more supercell thunderstorms are again assaulting parts of central Queensland and northern NSW today.
An outbreak of intense thunderstorms over central Queensland on Tuesday afternoon saw 16-centimeter hailstones smashing into the ground at Yalboroo, to the north of Mackay.
The image below shows some of the monstrous hail that fell from one of Tuesday's thunderstorms.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/warning-for-giant-hail-in-qld-and-nsw-on-wednesday/535218
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Temperatures are set to surge beyond 40C in parts of South Australia today as their neighbours just over the border to the west battle an unseasonal chill.
The topsy-turvy weather is the result of two different systems passing across Australia's southern coastline this week.
The South Australian town of Oodnadatta is set to reach 41C today, which will be the hottest temperature of the spring season so far, Weatherzone said.
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The town, with a population of 200, became famous after recording the country's highest temperature in 1960 of 50.7C.
Temperatures won't be as high in Adelaide, but will still reach around 30C.
The hot weather is the result of northerly winds that are dragging down hot dry air, according to Weatherzone.
And while temperatures are expected to climb in the morning, South Australians are also bracing for a potential storm that could hit the region in the afternoon or on Thursday.
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November records have been smashed in parts of Queensland as a rain band sweeps the state.
The flood threat has eased, but we're on standby for storms.
https://youtu.be/n8o6nqnKckM
https://www.sott.net/article/460732-November-rain-records-smashed-as-rain-band-sweeps-Queensland-Australia
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Warragamba Dam in Sydney's south west has hit 100 per cent capacity overnight following the wet weather during the week.
As a result of the rainfall the dam commenced spilling shortly before midnight.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-warragamba-dam-hits-100-per-cent-commence-spill-rain-weather/9ad6df24-d67e-44e9-9b06-abd3c98a9fb5
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Record-breaking late-season cold spell hits southeastern Australia.
This is the first time in 167 years of records that Melbourne has had four days below 15.5ºC this late in spring.
This is the first time in 99 years of records that Canberra has had three days at or below 14.0ºC, this late in spring.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/record-breaking-late-season-cold-spell-hits-southeastern-australia/535458?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=20211115_news_record-breaking-late-season-cold-spell-hits-southeastern-australia
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For the second time in eight months, Clive Nesbitt has lost everything.
Several emergency alerts for flash flooding were issued at The Gemfields in Queensland's Central Highlands between 8pm and midnight last night.
In the past 48 hours, an average of 150 millimetres fell throughout the catchment, but falls of up to 270mm were recorded near Theresa Creek.
Some residents in Rubyvale and Sapphire evacuated before alerts were issued, but Mr Nesbitt only managed to flee his place as it was inundated.
https://www.sott.net/article/461219-Central-Queensland-residents-in-Australia-flee-rising-floodwaters-for-the-2nd-time-in-8-months-up-to-10-6-inches-of-rain-in-48-hours
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AUSTRALIA’S NSW SUFFERS COLDEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD
Australia’s New South Wales has just recorded its coldest November ever. It was also the state’s wettest November on record, with rainfall records spanning more than a century tumbling (so from the Centennial Minimum).
https://electroverse.net/records-fall-in-europe-nsw-coldest-nov-pinatubo/
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A plethora of November rainfall records have just been broken in central and eastern Australia, including several locations that have been collecting observations for more than 150 years.
The official monthly rainfall totals for November are calculated by combining all of the rain that fell during the 30 days ending at 9am on the final day of the month.
This 30-day period was exceptionally wet in some parts of Australia this year, with many locations setting new records for the month.
The lists below show which locations set new preliminary November rainfall records in 2021. The lists state the location, followed by how much rain was recorded in the month, and how many years ago the location started reporting rainfall observations (Location / New Record / Years of Records).
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/november-rain-records-topple-as-la-nina-kicks-in/535590
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Australia is bracing for a heatwave after weeks of rain in the east, with temperatures set to soar across multiple states.
Dean Narramore from the Bureau of Meteorology said the weather had flipped back into "a proper summer pattern".
"The rain has eased and the heat built across much of northern and western Australia," he said.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/heatwave-weather-forecast-temperatures-soar-australia/d12a6b96-608b-4637-bf9d-47a0f9027d2e
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A timely reminder is in place for families not to leave kids or pets locked in cars as Sydney experiences its first major heatwave of the summer.
NRMA has urged motorists not to leave kids or pets inadvertently locked in cars as the city finally experiences hot weather this summer, after a wet few months due to La Niña.
In the last 12 months, NRMA Roadside assistance has rescued more than 1400 children or pets stuck in cars across NSW.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-forecast-warning-to-not-leave-kids-or-pets-locked-in-cars-as-sydney-experiences-heatwave/c84e0e3d-8113-40a8-8a24-349233e28f1a
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Perth has recorded its hottest Christmas Day on record, with parts of the Western Australia reaching almost 50C.
The state capital's previous Christmas Day record was 42C in 1968, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
At 7am thermometers were already at 24C and by 9am the mercury hit 30C.
READ MORE: What the weather is like on Christmas Day
Perth recorded its hottest Christmas Day on record.
Perth recorded its hottest Christmas Day on record. (9News)
The temperature kept rising and by midday was at 38C.
"We've seen hot temperatures across the Pilbara, around 46C to 48C, and all that heat has been dragged down by north easterly winds into the Perth region," weather burea _____ said.
Just before 4pm, temperatures peaked at 42.8C in Perth.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/western-australia-weather-hottest-christmas-day-in-50-years-recorded/e2bba1d0-ef7b-447c-9de0-491fe57b4d0d
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Australia has broken records for the coldest year in almost a decade after the La Niña phenomenon caused wetter and cooler conditions across the country, however experts have said the year was still unusually warm.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said 2021 was the coolest year since 2012 and the wettest year since 2016.
At the end of 2021, no large parts of the country were experiencing drought conditions for the first time in five years.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-climate-news-2021-breaks-records-for-the-coolest-and-wettest-year-in-australia-in-years/05c81743-4c73-45ba-9ca8-0e3537bfcfe6