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Today, 12:49AM UTC
Sydney cops heaviest rain so far this summer, more on the way
Close to half a month’s rain has soaked Sydney over the last 24 hours and more is on the way, with wet and stormy weather to linger over a broad area of eastern Australia in the coming week. The rain gauge at Sydney’s Observatory Hill received 45 mm of rain in the 24 hours to 9am on Thursday. This was the city’s heaviest rain since late-November and nearly half of its monthly average for this time of year. The composite satellite and radar images below show showers and storms over eastern NSW and southeast Qld on Thursday morning. Image: Observed cloud and rain over eastern Australia on Thursday morning. This showery weather was caused by moisture-laden air interacting with a low pressure trough and embedded low pressure system. You can see the low spinning off the coast near Newcastle in the animation above. A series of slow-moving upper-level troughs will maintain this wet and stormy weather pattern during the rest of this week before another upper-trough delivers another burst of rain and storms mid-to-late next week. This ongoing pattern of instability over eastern Australia will result in consecutive days of rain and thunderstorms over parts of NSW, Qld and the ACT, while also extending into parts of Vic and Tas. Forecast models are predicting accumulated falls of 50 to 80 mm over large areas of eastern NSW and Qld during the next seven days, with isolated falls of 100 to 200 mm. Accumulated totals of about 30 to 60 mm are also likely in central and eastern Vic and in Tas. Image: Forecast accumulated rain during the seven days ending on Wednesday, January 15. Any thunderstorms that develop over eastern Australia in the coming week will have an increased risk of producing flooding due to the abundance of atmospheric moisture. Be sure to check the latest warnings for the most up-to-date information in your area.
08 Jan 2025, 1:59AM UTC
Big week of global weather kicks off 2025
Searing heatwaves, icy snowstorms, thunderstorms and auroras were some of the weather events that hit different parts of the world in a big opening week of 2025. Australia is no stranger to extreme heat in January as mid-summer sunshine sends temperatures soaring over the country’s vast interior. The first week of this year was particularly hot due to the absence of any monsoon cloud cover in the tropics. Temperatures climbed as high as 45.8°C in Australia during the first week of 2025, at both Bedourie in Queensland and Oodnadatta in South Australia. Image: Modelled maximum air temperatures over Australia on January 5, 2025. Parts of Africa have also been sweating through the first week of 2025, with daytime temperatures hitting the mid-forties and nights also featuring oppressive warmth. Some places in Madagascar and Mozambique broke national records for high minimum temperatures in the past week as overnight lows stayed close to 30°C. While parts of the southern hemisphere were endured intense heat in the past week, some places in the northern hemisphere have been absolutely freezing. Temperatures in eastern Russia dropped below -55°C in the opening days of 2025 as a large pool of bitterly cold air caused temperatures to plummet across the Yana-Oymyakon Highlands. This new year cold snap caused temperatures to reach -56°C at Oymyakon and -59°C at Tegyulte. Image: Modelled 2-metre air temperature on January 2, 2025, showing a blob of very cold air over eastern Russia. Source: ClimateReanalyzer.org Bitterly cold weather also hit parts of Europe and the US at the start of 2025. Cold air surging across the US caused temperatures to drop below -30°C in the past week, reaching as low as -34.4°C (-30°F) at Lake Metigoshe in North Dakota. This cold outbreak produced widespread snow, ice and freezing rain across central and eastern parts of the US. Across the North Atlantic, the Met Office were also kept busy throughout the first week of the year as rain and snow prompted a slew of yellow and amber weather warnings across the UK. The wintry system dumped more than 10 cm of snow in parts of England. Skies were also alight during the first week of 2025 as nature showed that you don’t need fireworks to usher in a new year. A geomagnetic storm impacting Earth caused auroras to become visible at high latitudes. The images below were captured from Victoria in southern Australia on the first night of 2025. While not technically weather, auroral displays rely on gases in Earth’s atmosphere to create the vivid colours seen in these photos. Image: Aurora Australis visible over Bright, Vic on January 1, 2025. Source: @jamesofbright / Instagram Image: Aurora Australis visible over Bright, Vic on January 1, 2025. Source: @jamesofbright / Instagram Another spectacular display of light occurred in northern Australia early in the morning of January 6 as thunderstorms roared over the NT’s Top End. The image below captured lightning near Darwin in the early hours of the morning. Image: Lightning near Darwin, NT on January 6, 2025. Source: @mmphotosaustralia / Instagram The first week of 2025 has already produced a dynamic mix of extreme weather around the world. With a developing La Niña in the Pacific Ocean and record-breaking global ocean temperatures influencing weather patterns, we can expect to see more wild weather in the year ahead.
07 Jan 2025, 5:52AM UTC
Stormy weather setting in for eastern, northern Australia
Wet and stormy weather will linger over eastern and northern Australia for at least the next week, impacting six of Australia’s state capital cities. A series of low pressure troughs being fed by moisture flowing off warmer than average oceans near Australia will fuel the prolonged period of rain and thunderstorms. Image: Modelled precipitable water and mean sea level pressure over Australia on Friday afternoon, showing areas of low pressure and abundant atmospheric moisture across the country’s north and east. While this type of weather pattern is not uncommon in summer, the influence of abnormally warm ocean temperatures near Australia will add extra fuel to the atmosphere, increasing the likelihood of heavy rain. The map below shows how much rain one forecast model is predicting over the next seven days. Eastern NSW, southeast Qld and WA’s Kimberley region stand out as areas that should be the focus of the heaviest rain in the coming week. Image: Forecast accumulated rain during the 7 days ending on Monday, January 13, 2025, according to the ECMWF-HRES model. Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart and Darwin will all see some rain during the next week and thunderstorms are also a risk in each of these cities at some stage. Forecast rainfall amounts and thunderstorm risks are likely to flip around over the coming week due to the dynamic nature of this weather event. So, be sure to check the latest forecasts and warnings in your area and remember that it’s not safe to drive through floodwater.