El Niño firms as BOM points to a dry, hot spring
BOM's latest update puts the key Pacific index at nearly double the El Niño threshold, and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole is likely to join it.
15 articles by Tom Birch
Alpine wind warning cancelled as front clears
The Bureau of Meteorology cancelled its Snowy Mountains damaging wind warning at 4.40am Tuesday. Minor flood warnings remain on north east rivers as the front clears the south east.
BOM warns of alpine blizzards and abnormal tides
The Bureau of Meteorology has warned of damaging winds and possible blizzards across the NSW and Victorian alps and much of Tasmania, where a 139 km/h gust was recorded before dawn. Coastal hazard warnings are current for Monday evening's high tide in Hobart and eastern Victoria.
Snowy Mountains wind warning cancelled as coastal tide warnings extend into Monday
The Bureau of Meteorology cancelled its Snowy Mountains severe weather warning at 5.59am on Sunday, but coastal hazard warnings for Victoria and Tasmania remain current and have been extended to cover Monday evening's high tide as well as tonight's. Victoria's own alpine wind warning is still running after gusts topped forecast values overnight, including a 119 km/h gust at Mount Hotham.
Coastal flood warnings for Victoria and Tasmania
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued coastal hazard warnings for abnormally high tides from Phillip Island to Hicks Point and around Hobart, with sea water flooding possible on Sunday evening.
Fog and frost grip southeast as big chill nears end
Melbourne woke to a fog road alert and Canberra spent six hours below zero on Thursday, but the Bureau of Meteorology says the week-long freeze breaks this weekend with rain and alpine snow.
Blocking high sets provisional Australian pressure record
A blocking high over Tasmania pushed the air pressure to a provisional Australian record on Monday and drove the coldest morning of the year across the south-east, with five states falling below zero.
Dam fails as Maysak floods force 48,000 from homes
A 66-year-old dam collapsed near Nanning as tropical storm Maysak's rains flooded Guangxi, leaving two dead and about 48,000 evacuated.
Super Typhoon Bavi crosses Rota with 285km/h winds
The eye of Category 5 Super Typhoon Bavi passed over the island of Rota on Monday morning with sustained winds near 285km/h, with typhoon and flash-flood warnings across Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Winter front clears southeast after record July rain, one warning holds
The cold front that battered south-eastern Australia this week is clearing, but the Bureau of Meteorology kept a damaging-wind warning current for the NSW coast on Friday afternoon. The system left record July rainfall in Adelaide and Canberra behind it.
Blizzard and damaging winds hit alps across three states
A cold front brought damaging winds and blizzard conditions to the Victorian and NSW high country on Thursday, with gusts to 117km/h recorded at Mount Hotham overnight. The Bureau of Meteorology held severe weather warnings across Victoria, NSW and the ACT, with alpine gusts above 125km/h possible over the highest peaks.
Winds gust to 122km/h in Victorian alps as flood watch covers the northeast
The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for damaging winds across eastern Victoria on Tuesday morning, with gusts to 122km/h recorded at Mount Hotham. A flood watch covers parts of the state's northeast as cold fronts bring heavy rain to the southeast.
Canberra records its coldest June morning since 1986 as cold snap grips inland Australia
A cold air mass originating from the Southern Ocean pushed across southeastern Australia in mid-June, driving Canberra to -7.2 degrees Celsius, its lowest June reading since 1986, while Goulburn fell to -4 degrees and widespread frost warnings were issued for three states.
Flood watches issued across Queensland and NSW as unseasonal storms dump heavy rain
A series of severe thunderstorm events in late May and early June brought heavy rainfall to southeast Queensland and coastal New South Wales, with flood watches issued for the Hunter River catchment, mid-north coast, and several Queensland river systems.
"Bombing low" brings 135km/h gusts and 8-metre waves to WA coast, flooding Perth CBD
A rapidly deepening low-pressure system struck the southwest coast of Western Australia around June 1, ripping roofs from buildings, flooding sections of the Perth CBD, and cutting power to tens of thousands of homes in what meteorologists said was a once-in-three-to-five-years event.
