Bushfires thrive in hot and gusty winds, but the weather pattern is changing and there is a period of cooler and wetter weather on the way for southeast QLD and eastern NSW. That should help firefighters in Queensland. 

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We’ve entered peak severe weather season in Australia, and here’s a quick run down of the risks we face over the next seven months...
As I write this on Wednesday morning, parts of Victoria’s eastern ranges have just ticked over 200mm into the rain gauge.
Hot and Dry, Hot and Dry... that's generally what we are looking at over the weeks and months ahead but there is some positive new...
We’ve entered peak severe weather season in Australia, and here’s a quick run down of the risks we face over the next seven months.
While parts of Victoria’s eastern ranges have seen falls just over 200mm into the rain gauge this week, a return to hot and dry is not far away.
Australian farmers can expect a rare rain system next week, then usual hot & dry. Full video update on El Nino & Indian Ocean effects.
Long-range modelling first signalled a switch in the Pacific Ocean late in 2022, that after three years of wet conditions with La Nina, indicated the second half of 2023 was likely to turn dry with El Nino.
With less moisture comes stronger winds. See the areas in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria at risk of damaging gusts this week.
A rather large and strong high pressure system has taken over our weather pattern, and it should be in charge of our weather for the next week.
We are nearing the end of July, firmly half way through the year, and that gives greater insight into whether 2023 will indeed be known as an El Nino year, with effects in Australia over spring and summer.
A rather large and strong high pressure system has taken over our weather pattern, and it should be in charge of our weather for the next week.
A big northwest cloudband is delivering widespread out of season rain, and projections show that the rain should spread eastwards over the next week. We’ve seen large falls already, and there’s still significant rain over the NT, QLD and NSW to come.

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