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Long period swell impacts NSW
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A series of very long period swells will bring deceptively powerful waves to NSW's coastline. A very active period with powerful low pressure systems crossing well to the south of Australia over the past weekend and early week have generated very large waves thousands of kilometres south of the continent. Image: Satellite loop of powerful lows well to the south of Australia on Monday, March 17. As seen in the figures below, significant wave heights exceeding 10 metres were generated on ... Read more ›
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Heaviest rain in 27 years inundates Townsville Wed 19 Mar 2025
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A night of relentless rainfall has left parts of Townsville underwater, with 24-hour rainfall totals which were the highest in 27 years. In the 24 h... Read more ›
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Tropical cyclone potential increasing near Australia Tue 18 Mar 2025
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Australia's tropics will be invigorated by a pulse of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) this week, increasing the risk of tropical cyclone activity ... Read more ›
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Yet another North Queensland deluge Tue 18 Mar 2025
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Extremely heavy rain has fallen in parts of northern Queensland, with plenty more to come. In the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday, rainfall totals approachi... Read more ›
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Sunday Gusty Sunday - weather extremes ahead for southeast Australia Tue 18 Mar 2025
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A vigorous cold front crossing the nation's southeast is set to deliver a day of extremes on Sunday as gusty winds drive heavy rain over Tasmania whil... Read more ›
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How cold winds in Hong Kong spawn monsoonal rain and tropical cyclones around Australia Mon 17 Mar 2025
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East Asia experienced significant drops in temperatures this weekend, which could lead to flooding rainfall over Indonesia and tropical cyclones in th... Read more ›
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Temperature yo-yo for southeast Australia Mon 17 Mar 2025
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Wildly fluctuating temperatures will continue this week in the most populated corner of the country, after a burst of extreme weekend heat was followe... Read more ›
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Sydney's hottest March night in 110 years Sun 16 Mar 2025
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Sydney has sweated through its hottest March night in 110 years, after the mercury stayed above 25.9°C during the night. Sydney Observatory Hi... Read more ›
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Sunday Gusty Sunday - weather extremes ahead for southeast Australia Sat 15 Mar 2025
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A vigorous cold front crossing the nation's southeast is set to deliver a day of extremes on Sunday as gusty winds drive heavy rain over Tasmania whil... Read more ›
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No significant rain relief for parched SA Fri 14 Mar 2025
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There's no shortage of images showing how desperately dry southern and eastern parts of South Australia have been lately. For example, here’s ... Read more ›
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Heaviest rain in years soaks southern WA as storms slam Perth Fri 14 Mar 2025
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A cut off low pressure system has delivered the heaviest rain in more than a decade in parts of southwestern Australia and unleashed severe thundersto... Read more ›
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Intense burst of autumn heat to scorch NSW, Victoria and SA Fri 14 Mar 2025
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A sweltering inland air mass will filter across southeastern Australia on Sunday, bringing scorching autumn heat. This heat will be drawn from... Read more ›
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Australia registers 5 months of record-breaking ocean temperatures Thu 13 Mar 2025
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The Australian region has set new sea surface temperature records on each of the past five months, with the oceans around Australia expected to stay a... Read more ›
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Temperatures to plummet in autumn cold snap Thu 13 Mar 2025
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The coming weekend heat will seem like a distant memory by early next week across Tasmania and the southeast mainland, as a cold front ushers in autum... Read more ›
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Scorching autumn weekend in four capital cities Wed 12 Mar 2025
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Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra will all reach the mid-thirties this weekend, with temperatures nudging 40°C in the suburbs of Sydney, Me... Read more ›
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Rain and storms to increase over northern Australia Tue 11 Mar 2025
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A late-season surge of tropical moisture will cause an increase in rain and thunderstorms over northern Australia in mid-to-late March, along with an ... Read more ›
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Dry lightning outbreak sparks multiple fires Tue 11 Mar 2025
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A trough crossing southern SA has sparked as many as 40 bushfires due to a combination of dry lightning and parched countryside experiencing ongoing s... Read more ›
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Alfred delivers one metre of rain in five days Mon 10 Mar 2025
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Rainfall observations from the past five days have revealed that parts of southeast Queensland received more than one metre of rain during Tropical Cy... Read more ›
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Brisbane's wettest day in half a century Mon 10 Mar 2025
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Tropical Cyclone Alfred was downgraded to a tropical low on Saturday morning, but extremely heavy rain associated with the system has continued to las... Read more ›
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Torrential rain as Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred marches inland Sun 09 Mar 2025
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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred made landfall at about 8pm AEST on Saturday evening, and is now pushing inland, producing relentless heavy rain as it ... Read more ›
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