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ABC News
2 days ago
- Climate
- ABC News
Queensland braces for cold snap with below-average temperatures and frost
Queensland is set for a cold snap as temperatures are forecast to drop below average this week in a wintry blast. The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast a sunny and cool day across most of the state today, with patchy morning frost in the central interior and Granite Belt. However, senior forecaster Harry Clark said the public should brace for a chilly week. "So, quite a cold blast to come for most of Queensland. The only area to really escape that will be the far north, so Cairns and the peninsula," he said. "For the rest of Queensland, it'll be a proper wintry week." Mr Clark said today temperatures could be as low as 11 degrees in Brisbane, 7 degrees through the southern interior in places like Stanthorpe and about 4 degrees in the central interior. "Up the east coast, probably still in the teens [temperature-wise] for most places in central and northern Queensland, but certainly as we get to Tuesday, when that cold air mass becomes properly established, it will become pretty chilly and cold," he said. The bureau has forecast frost this morning in isolated areas around the Carnarvon Ranges and potentially the Granite Belt. Mr Clark said frost was expected to become more widespread from tomorrow onwards, across the Darling Downs, Maranoa, Warrego, and into the central-west and Central Highlands. "We're expecting those cold temperatures to really hang around and persist through southern and central Queensland, even potentially sending a little further into northern and far-northern Queensland." Mr Clark said people in the south-east could expect to feel even colder because of westerly winds accompanying the chilly weather. "Although it will be sunny, it might feel a few degrees colder than the actual temperature suggests," he said.
Agriland
7 days ago
- Science
- Agriland
Climate scientists gather in Dublin to discuss agriculture
Climate scientists are attending the meeting of the Council of the Global Research Alliance for Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA) which opened today, Tuesday June 3, 2025, at Dublin Castle. The GRA brings together climate scientists from across the world to enhance collaboration and progress climate research in agriculture. Ireland, through the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), officially assumed the chair of the GRA from January 1, 2025, for a period of 18 months. This is the first time that Ireland has chaired the GRA since joining in 2009. Climate scientists Established in 2009, the GRA aims to provide a framework for voluntary action to increase international cooperation and investment in research activities for mitigating agricultural GHG and improving carbon sequestration, as well as improving the measurement of emissions in different agricultural systems. The GRA also helps scientists to gain expertise in mitigation through developing new partnerships and exchanges. A total of 68 countries and 29 partners are now members. The council meeting in Dublin sees delegates from a large number of these countries and partners in attendance. Over the course of the two-day meeting, they will consider among other things, a new Strategic Plan to 2030, as well as hearing updates from the activities of the four research groups. These groups are: livestock; croplands; paddy rice; and integrative cross cutting areas. They will also consider proposals for new flagship projects in areas such as the biological nitrification inhibition of pasture swards to reduce nitrous oxide emissions. They will additionally consider the outcomes of completed flagship projects such as the 'Feed Additives' project that has developed practical tools, protocols and guidelines for the testing and implementation of feed additives. The council meeting will be chaired by officials from DAFM. Many of the delegates will attend the 'Agriculture and Climate Change: Science into Action' conference also taking place in Dublin Castle on Thursday (June 5). They will also visit Teagasc Grange Research Centre and a farm on Friday (June 6), to see first-hand the research taking place on agricultural GHGs in Ireland and how the outputs of this research are being implemented on an Irish farm. Along with Ireland as the chair, the GRA special representative, who is the ambassador for the GRA, is Dr. Harry Clark, chief scientist of the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre. Prof. Tommy Boland, University College Dublin (UCD) School of Agriculture and Food Science, is a co-chair of the livestock research group (one of four research groups) of the GRA.
ABC News
01-06-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
Clear weather forecast for Qld after months of above-average rainfall
Queenslanders may have to persist with another day of rainfall before more typical winter conditions move in over the state. The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts that showers with the potential for thunderstorms are expected across southern Queensland for the second day of winter. "A bit of a wet Monday [could be] on the way," senior meteorologist Harry Clark said. "Generally under 30mm of rainfall is expected." But from Tuesday, a westerly change is expected to lead to clearer weather. Gold Coast resident Will Snape said it would be a welcome change after months of above-average rainfall totals in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. "It's been pretty bad. It's amazing to have some blue sky," he said from Miami Beach on the Gold Coast. "We've had more than enough rain, that's for sure. We're used to those dry sunny days [in winter]." Mr Clark said temperatures could go from feeling warm to dropping off quickly overnight towards the end of the week. "The real change will be throughout the week when the cooler air filters through from the south-west, potentially dropping to the single digits in Ipswich," Mr Clark said. Mr Clark said clear skies allowed temperatures to drop quickly. "That's because they allow for the heat of the surface to radiate quite efficiently back into the atmosphere," he said. Cloud cover could act as a blanket, trapping in the warm air, he said. "Given we have dry winters in Queensland we don't really have that blanket, so heat radiates quite efficiently," Mr Clark said. "[But] that dry weather means we typically have sunny days and nice temperature recovery to go with those cold mornings." He said people fed up with dreary conditions should not be too concerned about the BOM's outlook of potentially higher than average rainfall for winter. "It's important to remember that the averages are quite low, near zero at this time of year, so it doesn't take much to be above average."
ABC News
18-05-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
Clearer skies ahead for Queensland as sunshine returns after wet autumn
Clearer skies are forecast for Queensland as the sunshine starts to return after a wet autumn. The weather bureau predicts scattered showers for the south-east on Monday and Tuesday, before sunny conditions take over for the rest of the week into next weekend. "It really is a fairly benign week of weather across much of Queensland," senior meteorologist Harry Clark said. While northern and inland parts of the state can expect sunshine all week, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba are forecast to receive occasional showers throughout Monday. "It's certainly not a complete dry change just yet on the horizon," Mr Clark said. "For that, we'll probably need to look more towards the weekend or early next week." Forecast maximum temperatures are 25 degrees in Brisbane, 23 on the Gold and Sunshine coasts, 28 in Cairns, and 25 in Mackay and Rockhampton. "The most notable thing will be the cool mornings," Mr Clark said. "We have fairly moderate southerly [air] flow that's established itself. "That's going to start to pump some cooler air into the interior of Queensland, leading to those morning temperatures really starting to drop off as we head towards winter. "We could even see the first frost of the season around the Carnarvon [Ranges] on Tuesday morning. "It's going to be very isolated and patchy if it does occur, but certainly it's a sign that winter is on the way." The bureau said some parts of south-east Queensland had already exceeded their annual average rainfall, less than five months into 2025. Coolangatta has had 1,533 millimetres so far this year, more than the annual average of 1,517. It is a similar story on the Sunshine Coast. "Nambour so far this year has had 1,676 millimetres — the average for January to May is 1,063mm and the annual average is 1,628mm," Mr Clark said. "That really speaks volumes to how persistently wet it has been across most of Queensland. "Rainfall naturally decreases as we head to those [winter] months as it's really dominated by drier westerly winds." Mr Clark said the climate outlook for the next three months was "a fairly neutral signal", meaning a likely return to drier conditions.
Scottish Sun
11-05-2025
- Scottish Sun
Second man, 56, arrested over death of granddad, 60, who died on stag do cruise just hours after leaving UK
Police are appealing to witnesses for more information CRUISE Tragedy Second man, 56, arrested over death of granddad, 60, who died on stag do cruise just hours after leaving UK Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A SECOND man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 60-year-old man on board a cruise ship. James Messham, from Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, died following an "altercation" on the MSC Virtuosa as it was in British waters on Saturday, May 3, during a short trip to Belgium. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 1 Traitors star Harry Clark was also on the cruise A 57-year-old man from Exeter, Devon, was arrested on suspicion of murder and was released pending further inquiries by Hampshire Constabulary. Now the force has confirmed that a second man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. A spokesman said: "A second man has been arrested as part of an investigation into the death of a 60-year-old man on board the MSC Virtuosa, which happened at around 8.30pm on Saturday 3 May. "A 56-year-old man from Richmond, London, has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and remains in custody at this time. "We remain keen to hear from anyone who was aboard the ship, which had departed Southampton around 6pm on Saturday and was still in British waters at the time." Mr Messham, who operated the travelling show Messham's Wall of Death, has been described as a "great showman" by friends posting on Facebook.
