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Archives for December 2018

Is Darwin the lightning capital of the world?

The tropics get some of the biggest, most dramatic storms in the world. And during the wet season, the Top…

Rainwatch – Friday 28th December 2018

An anticyclone covers New Zealand today bringing mainly settled weather, some instability this afternoon / evening about the Bay Of…

Friday’s national forecast

An anticyclone covers New Zealand today bringing mainly settled weather, some instability this afternoon / evening about the Bay Of…

Storm chaser James Taylor hunts cyclones in the Kimberley

While many residents of Australia’s north-west escape the tropical heat over the Christmas holiday season, Broome storm chaser James Taylor…

Rainwatch – Thursday 27th December 2018

Mainly anticyclonic today with a large high centre to the west in the Tasman Sea and another smaller one to…

Thursday’s national forecast

Mainly anticyclonic today with a large high centre to the west in the Tasman Sea and another smaller one to…

BOM warns Australians to expect ‘extreme heatwaves’ after Christmas

Extreme heatwaves are forecast to sweep through parts of Australia over the Christmas and New Year period, with some locations…

Rainwatch – Wednesday 26th December 2018

An anticyclone in the Tasman Sea and a departing low pressure system to the east directs a southwesterly airflow over…

Wednesday’s national forecast

An anticyclone in the Tasman Sea and a departing low pressure system to the east directs a southwesterly airflow over…

Christmas Day Forecast 2018

A low pressure system pushes over the North Island today moving in a west to east fashion bringing mainly unsettled…