Australia

Perth has not recorded any rainfall so far this month.  The city is coming to the end of what is likely to be their first completely dry April in 35 years and only the fourth rainless April on record.

Heavy rain has fallen over Queensland's far north and there is more tropical activity on the cards this week. 

Weather forecasters are predicting a tropical low currently building strength in the Gulf of Papua will bring the Top End yet another burst of wet weather ahead of the start of the dry season.

In what is shaping up to become the second wettest wet season on record, Darwin has so far exceeded the normal rainfall levels in every month since October.

A number of locations in New South Wales had their coldest April morning in several years, including parts of Sydney. 

Places like Armidale, Mudgee, Lithgow and Scone had their coldest morning for the month since 28 April 2015.

Both Sydney and Brisbane haven't had a dry Easter since 2014 with falls over 30mm occurring in Sydney the previous two Easter long weekends.

Australia's late-season cyclone surge continues this week and Darwin may be impacted in the coming days.

As Cyclone Ernie wanders off into the Indian Ocean without having impacted Australia's mainland, another system is brewing to the north of the country.

Brisbane has continued its run of sultry weather by notching up its warmest March on record.

Queensland's capital city had its warmest summer on record in terms of average temperature (combined minimum and maximum) and has followed suit at the start of autumn.

It's going to snow in Australia this weekend.  A pool of cold air that originated over the Southern Ocean will spread across the nation's southeast on Sunday in the wake of a cold front. 

Australia has just doubled last season's number of tropical cyclones after Ernie joined the tally overnight.

Tropical Cyclone Ernie became Australia's sixth cyclone of the season when it formed around 900km to the northwest of WA during the early hours of Friday morning.

Check out the weekend forecast as ex-cyclone Debbie starts to move away from New Zealand during Friday and a large high starts to roll in.

While it will be cold at night to begin with for many areas, the daytime weather looks pretty settled and dry apart from one or two showers.