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Sky News AU
2 days ago
- Climate
- Sky News AU
‘Proper midwinter stuff': Coldest days of the year so far arriving in Adeliade and Canberra, while Brisbane and Sydney to see chilliest mornings yet
Most Australian capitals will continue to feel the winter blast as temperatures plummet around the country in the days ahead, with Canberra and Adelaide set to experience their coldest conditions so far this year. Meanwhile, mornings in Brisbane and Sydney are forecast to be the chilliest they have been yet in 2025, with lows for Queensland expected to enter single digits. Winter has firmly set in on the east coast this week, with Sky News meteorologist Rob Sharpe explaining Wednesday was Sydney's coldest day of the year so far by a 'considerable margin' with the city seeing a maximum of just 14.1C. Sharpe said the chill in New South Wales' central east was due to southerly winds brining rain and cold air as it rolls through the area, and Sydneysiders are now facing their coldest mornings of 2025 so far as the week progresses. Sydney is set to see daily lows drop to single figures for most of the next seven days and the Bureau of Meteorology has forecast a chilly 6C for Friday morning. 'I'm not sure it's going to be quite that cold on Friday, but we will be feeling the chill and then we'll be having another cold belt, Monday, Tuesday, with daytime tops again back to just 16 degrees,' Sharpe said. Brisbane could drop to 9C on both Thursday and Friday mornings and Sharpe said the forecasted lows are 'easily the coldest we've seen so far this year' for Queensland's capital. Temperatures in Brisbane are looking more mild for Saturday through to Monday, but another cold dip could arrive as early as Wednesday next week. Canberra has been forecast to plummet to a freezing low of –4C on Thursday and Friday morning is also set to be below zero, reaching a low of –3C. Wet weather is looking set to roll into Adelaide from Thursday, with the city also likely to see its coldest 2025 day yet this weekend. 'With temperatures as low as 13C on Sunday, easily the coldest day of the year so far there as well. So, proper midwinter stuff coming through,' Sharpe said. Sharpe said Monday next week could be Canberra's coldest day of the year so far, with a high of just 9C and a low of 0C forecast. Windy and cold conditions are expected for Melbourne and Hobart over the next seven days and the Victorian capital could dip to just 4C on Thursday. It will be a different story in Perth and Darwin, however, with the West Australian capital largely avoiding the nail-biting temperatures sending a shiver down the east coast. 'The cold temperatures have really avoided the region and the showers that we've been seeing constantly, they're going to be gradually clearing. So, an improvement in the weather on the way there,' Sharpe said. Darwin appears set for balmy conditions over the next seven days, with Sharpe saying the northernmost capital 'seems immune' from the cold spell. Daily highs of 31 are expected in Darwin for the next week beginning Thursday, with the city projected to drop to a seven-day low of 20. Rain, strong winds, thunderstorms, and even hail and snow have been forecast in parts of the country's south-east by the BOM, as a strong cold front hits southern SA, NSW, Victoria, and Tasmania from Saturday afternoon into next week.
Sky News AU
3 days ago
- Climate
- Sky News AU
Australia's ski season off to a snowy start
Sky News Weather Meteorologist Rob Sharpe has talked about the snow set to hit Australia ahead of the ski season. The Western Australian system currently drenching the region is on its way to the southeast this week. This comes ahead of the long weekend in many Australian states.
News.com.au
4 days ago
- Climate
- News.com.au
First week of winter brings extreme weather to southern Australia
Heavy rain is expected to smash southwestern WA, as two cold systems bring wintry weather to Tasmania and southeastern mainland Australia after the nation's unseasonably warm autumn. Senior Meteorologist Rob Sharpe revealed on Tuesday Australia as a whole had experienced its fourth warmest autumn on record. 'It was a warmer autumn, particularly for the southwest and southeast, where, as a whole, those two regions were the warmest on record,' Mr Sharpe said. 'For the country as a whole, it was the fourth warmest on record for autumn.' However conditions are now expected to rapidly cool as the country enters the first week of winter. A band of wet and stormy weather is moving toward the west coast and will likely bring rain from the corner of the Pilbara and Gayscoyne down to into the southern districts of WA on Monday. 'One of the primary impacts as this (moves) on to the country today is going to be thunderstorms,' Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Angus Hines said. 'And in particular the risk is there for some severe thunderstorms. 'Severe thunderstorms can be classified as such for a variety of reasons, and today it looks like the most likely impact would be damaging wind gusts.' Mr Hines said the wind could cause damage to trees which could fall onto cars and properties, cause power outages and warned there is also a chance of flash flooding. 'This is all happening on Monday, but it's not just a one day weather event … Tuesday, we'll see something quite similar,' he said. 'Our initial band pushes inland, but that's followed up by this further mix of showers and storms and cold winds onto the southwest coast, which is going to last right through Tuesday in fact, into Wednesday.' Mr Hines said rainfall totals would be heaviest from Perth down the far-south west coast, measuring between 50mm and 100mm from Monday to Wednesday. Despite the incoming deluge, Perth is expected to reach mild maximum temperatures of 21C on Tuesday, and 20C on Wednesday. On the eastern side of the country, two separate cold systems are also expected to roll through Tasmania and southeastern mainland Australia this week. 'The big story here is the winds. They're southerly and they're bringing in that cold,' Mr Sharpe said. 'By tomorrow [Tuesday], Victoria and Tasmania will be much colder. We'll be feeling the chill by Wednesday right across south eastern parts of the country.' The bureau has predicted possible thunderstorms in Victoria on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. A low off northeastern NSW may bring showers to the region, and some of the coldest maximums of the year thus far. The bureau has issued a warning to sheep graziers in parts of the Snowy Mountains on Tuesday, as the conditions may lead to a loss of lamb and sheep. There is also a marine wind warning in place for various locations on the NSW coast on Tuesday. As the weekend approaches, so does a second cold front – a polar air mass which will move towards southeastern Australia. It is expected to bring snow to the highest parts of the mainland region on Saturday. WeatherZone reports later on Sunday into Monday, a more significant cold outbreak will then hit the same part of the country. On Tuesday, Sydney is set to reach a maximum of 16C, with south-westerly winds between 25 to 35 km/h and possible showers in the evening expected. Canberra residents will shiver through the morning, with a minimum of 1C predicted, although they may get the opportunity to thaw out by lunchtime, with maximums of 17C expected. Melbourne is set for a gloomy Tuesday, with a very high chance of showers and cloudy conditions slated. The maximum temperature will be a brisk 14C. It will be even cooler in Hobart, with the temperature set to reach only 12C. There is a medium chance of showers for the city. There is also a slight chance of showers in the morning for Brisbane, but it will likely become a mostly sunny day reaching tops of 25C. Darwin will enjoy a mostly sunny day, with temperatures reaching 31C.
Sky News AU
19-05-2025
- Climate
- Sky News AU
New South Wales residents warned of severe rainfall over the coming days, accompanied by wind and potential flooding
Australians living along a heavily-populated part of the east coast have been warned of severe, persistent rainfall over the coming days, paired with strong winds that bring the risk of flooding and dangerous conditions. Residents living along parts of the New South Wales coast have been warned of the risk of flash flooding as a wet weather deluge lashes the state this week. Sky News meteorologist Rob Sharpe said the severe weather warning, issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for a region stretching from Newcastle to Kempsey on the NSW Mid-North Coast, was implemented as a major flood event could not be ruled out for at least one river system this week. The warning came as 100mm of rain hit that area between 10pm and 3am overnight. 'The rain through tonight and into tomorrow will continue in much the same vein and it will linger through to Wednesday, possibly Thursday or even Friday,' Sharpe said. 'But through that latter stage of the forecast there will be some ebb flow up and down the coast.' Sharpe said he was not sure when the rain would be by Friday but that the severe weather would likely linger along the coast. NSW State Emergency Service (SES) has urged communities across the Hunter and Mid North Coast to be vigilant for flash flooding as heavy rainfall lashes down. In the past 24 hours, the SES were called to almost 350 incidents, which included eight flood rescues. — NSW SES (@NSWSES) May 18, 2025 SES Deputy Incident Controller Superintendent Peter Keegan said one of the emergency calls was due to a driver being caught up in floodwater in the NSW Northern Zone. 'One of those drivers was conveyed to hospital with hypothermia-like symptoms," he said. On Sunday, the Bureau of Meteorology warned residents of eastern NSW of persistent rain and damaging wind across the week. BOM meteorologist Angus Hines said the weather event developed and strengthened in the afternoon and would progress throughout the week, hitting Sydney, the Illawarra and the Hunter region. From Monday, the band of rain will move up to Newcastle, the Hunter, and up to Port Macquarie. 'It will be days of persistent rainfall here, some heavy falls, some moderate falls, it will come and go, but it will be very, very wet over the next several days for that northern part of the NSW coastline,' he said. Sharpe said while the rain was hitting New South Wales, South Australia saw a record breaking frosty morning, with Adelaide experiencing its coldest May morning in 19 years. 'For Melbourne, it was the coldest in four years… but for Latrobe Valley, at minus four this morning, that's a new record and data goes back to 1984,' the Sky News meteorologist said. 'But across this afternoon, temperatures will rise to much the same height that we saw through the weekend down south with a couple of showers for the southwest corner, and for Sydney, not expecting periods of rain. It's more likely a few showers in the region.'
Sky News AU
12-05-2025
- Climate
- Sky News AU
Storm cells set to pummel Australia's east coast as major cities including Sydney brace for cold burst this week
A series of cold fronts is set to hammer Australia's eastern seaboard this week, as large parts of the country brace for a burst of cold weather. Showers will persist for south-east Queensland down to the NSW coast into Tuesday and over the coming days, with the region set to see the bulk of the wet weather on Sunday. Sky News Meteorologist Rob Sharpe said Port Macquarie on the NSW Mid North Coast has endured wet weather for 18 of the last 22 days, copping almost double its May average of rainfall. The coastal city has recorded more than 190mm of rain this month, exceeding its norm of 103mm for this time of the year. Speaking to Sharpe said east coast Australians will feel the first round of below-normal temperatures this week due to two passing cold fronts. A drop in temperatures will be noticeable when the second front moves into south-eastern and central Australia from Tasmania this weekend. "We're going to see a weak cold front cross the south-east on Wednesday, bringing temperatures closer to normal for the month of May," Sharpe said. "Another cold front will cross Tasmania on Friday but this time it will bring southerly winds that will extend across much of the south-east and centre of the country this weekend, bringing temperatures below average for the first time this month for a wide area." Sydney is on track for a rainy weekend with a top of 20C on both Saturday and Sunday, just a nudge higher than the average maximum May temperature of 19.5C. Meanwhile in Tasmania, there is a chance Hobart could shiver through its coldest day this year on Saturday at 12C - more than two degrees lower than its May average of 14.5C. This means Hobart will actually be closer to experiencing its average winter temperature, which is 12C. Sunday is expected to be a touch warmer, with a top of 14C. Sharpe said 25mm of rainfall could fall in regions extending from Bundaberg in Queensland's Wide Bay-Burnet to Wollongong in the Illawarra throughout this week. Rain will continue into Tuesday before a drier patch on Wednesday when the cold front crosses the south-east coast. However, the wet weather is then expected to develop over land and push closer towards the coastline into Thursday. "Thursday is one of the wet weather days for south-east Queensland and then into Friday for the New South Wales Hunter and maybe some surrounding regions looking to be a bit of a target," Sharpe said during his forecast. "Looking into the weekend when that next colder burst of southerlies moves into the south-eastern Australia that will then run up the New South Wales coast again, and that will aid another increase in showers. "I think Sunday is the day we'll see the bulk of that wet weather coming through." Gosford on the Central Coast recorded rainfall totals as high as 20mm on Monday morning as a result of overnight rain.
