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24 Dec 2025, 8:02PM UTC
White Christmas in Tasmania as summer snowfalls continue
It's a white Christmas in the heart of summer in Australia's southernmost state, as snow falls in elevated parts of Tasmania this Thursday, December 25, 2025. Snow is falling as low as 700 metres above sea level on Christmas morning, meaning that the summit of 1271m kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart is receiving its fair share of snowflakes. Image: The sun tries to break through snow-bearing clouds early on Christmas morning 2025 on kunanyi/Mt Wellington. Source: Hobartcity.com.au. This Christmas morning snowfalls are a continuation of a Tasmanian cold outbreak that started late on Tuesday and continued through Wednesday. You can see the moisture-laden airmass responsible for the Christmas morning snowfalls surging towards Tasmania and coastal parts of the SE mainland in the loop below. The speckled cloud pattern is typically associated with airmasses with polar origins. Image: Four-hour combined satellite and radar loop over Tasmania on the morning of Thursday, December 25, 2025. Why is it snowing in the Australian summer? Summer snow is far from a rare event in the highest parts of Tasmania and Australia's southeast mainland, and tends to occur at least once each summer. Indeed, Tasmania saw snow a week ago even as bushfires burned in the state’s east, while snow was reported at the mainland ski resorts on December 1. Even in Australia's warmest and driest year on record in 2019, heavy snow fell on the mainland high country in December. Image: A slightly blurred image due to the Christmas Day snowflakes sticking to the screen at the Mt Mawson shelter, Tasmania, on Thursday, December 25, 2025. Source: Mt Mawson. While the cold fronts that circulate the Southern Ocean tend to slip southwards during the Australian summer, the occasional pool of unstable polar air is always a chance to push northwards at this time of year. That’s what has happened this week, and it’s largely thanks to the jet stream – the swift-moving "river" of air high in the atmosphere which generally blows from west to east. The jet stream tends to move in waves in what is known a meridional pattern, sharply dipping to the north and south as it moves east. This week, the meridional pattern has allowed cold air to be dragged up over Tasmania.
24 Dec 2025, 1:45AM UTC
Boxing Day Test weather: English conditions early, Australian conditions later
It won’t be the classic "four seasons in a day" weather, but Melbourne will turn on four seasons worth of weather over the five-day duration of the Boxing Day Ashes Test, as Australia seeks to extend its 3-0 series lead over England from December 26 to December 30 at the MCG. The good news for cricket fans is that while Melbourne's maximum will increase by as much as 15 degrees between Boxing Day (Friday) and the last two days of scheduled play (Monday and Tuesday), almost no rain is likely across the first four days before an approaching trough on day five potentially brings showers and storms. Here's our day-by-day breakdown of weather conditions for the five scheduled days of play in Melbourne: Image: Find the latest 7 day forecast for the MCG on the Weatherzone app. Day 1 will begin with brisk southerly winds in the wake of a cold front which swept across Tasmania over the Christmas period. The coldest air and most of the moisture will stay south of Victoria, but there will still be an unseasonable chill at the MCG with a maximum around 17°C and the slight chance of a shower. Day 2 will also be relatively cool with a maximum around 20°C. Skies will start to clear, with even a light shower appearing highly unlikely. Day 3 will be baby bear's porridge, as in just right for players and spectators alike, with a maximum of 26°C under clear skies. Day 4 is when things start to heat up, with a likely maximum around 32°C under sunny skies as winds start to swing around to the north. Day 5 is when the weather starts to turn, with grey skies and a maximum around 31°C ahead of a fresh burst of cool air pushing through from the south. Melbourne often receives a band of showers and storms ahead of cool changes, with early indications suggesting that any damp weather will arrive in the afternoon/evening rather than the morning. Climate statistics for Melbourne in December Average maximum: 24.2°C Average minimum: 13.0°C Average monthly rainfall: 58.6mm (27.8mm to date as of December 24, 2025) Average number of days reaching 35°C or higher: 2 Average number of days reaching 40°C or higher: 0.2 Hottest December maximum on record: 43.7°C Coldest December maximum on record: 10.4°C Our Melbourne forecast is here.
23 Dec 2025, 9:39PM UTC
Monsoon arrival triggers flood watches in NT, QLD
The monsoon has developed over Australia for the first time this season, prompting flood watches in parts of the Northern Territory and Queensland over the Christmas period. The monsoon refers to a reversal of winds over the Australian tropics, where the dry east or southeasterly winds that prevail for much of the year are replaced with moisture-laden winds from the northwest. These rain-bearing monsoon winds affect northern Australia in periodic bursts throughout the wet season, which runs from November to April. Australia usually sees about two to four active phases of the monsoon each wet season. Image: Typical wind patterns and associated rainfall impacts during an active monsoon phase in northern Australia. Source: Weatherzone. Northwesterly winds have started flowing over northern Australia this week, marking the arrival of the Australian monsoon for the first time this wet season. As a result, some areas of the NT’s Top End received more than 100 mm of rain during the 24 hours ending at 9am on Tuesday, including 135 mm at Murganella Airstrip. The satellite images below show vast areas of cloud flowing over the country’s northern tropics on Tuesday, revealing the monsoon arriving for the first time this wet season. Image: Visible satellite images captured by the Himawari-9 satellite on Tuesday, December 23, 2025. Source: Weatherzone. The average monsoon onset date for Darwin is around December 28 to 29, so the monsoon arriving by the middle of this week is slightly earlier than usual. Rain is likely to become heavier and more widespread over the NT and Qld during the remainder of this week and will likely continue into early January. Flood watches have been issued for parts of the NT and Qld and flood warnings are likely to follow as the rain starts to fill rivers. This rain event may cut off outback roads in the coming one to two weeks, with heavy rain also expected to extend towards eastern Qld between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Be sure to check the latest flood watches and warnings in the coming days and weeks for the most up to date information in your area.