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Daily Mail
21-07-2025
- Climate
- Daily Mail
Series of powerful cold fronts to hit Australia
A series of powerful cold fronts will bring rain, damaging winds, thunderstorms and snow to multiple states and territories across Australia this week. It follows a freezing end to the weekend in Sydney, with Penrith recording its coldest morning in four years on Sunday as temperatures dipped to -0.3C. Camden and Campbelltown recorded lows of -2.1C and -0.5C respectively. Further east, residents at Sydney Olympic Park woke to just 2.8C – the coldest morning there in two years. 'We've had the high-pressure systems come over some still air... and it was just able to settle cold temperatures that are continuing,' the Bureau of Meteorology's Morgan Pumpa explained. 'Wednesday through to even possibly Sunday or Monday does look very cold.' According to Weatherzone, two major cold fronts and their associated low-pressure systems will move west to east across the country this week. The first cold front arrived on Monday morning, bringing a cold, wet and windy start to the week in Western Australia. Perth could struggle to reach 15C on Monday, which would make it the city's coldest day so far this year. This front will push into South Australia on Monday before sweeping across southeastern Australia on Tuesday. Blustery winds, rain and cold air will follow across the southern half of the country from Monday to Wednesday, Weatherzone said. Damaging wind warnings are already in place for parts of SA and Victoria, with potential warnings for NSW and Tasmania in the coming days. This front will also interact with a low-pressure trough over eastern Australia, generating widespread rain and thunderstorms across NSW and Queensland on Tuesday and Wednesday. The second cold front is due to reach southwestern WA on Wednesday, then move across SA and central Australia on Friday, before hitting southeastern and eastern Australia over the weekend. It's expected to form a large low-pressure system that will pull in tropical moisture, potentially creating a vast northwest cloudband. 'This setup has the potential to generate a massive northwest cloudband that will soak part of every state and territory in the second half of this week.' In addition to widespread rain, the second front may bring more damaging winds to southern parts of the country and snow to the Alps – with even a chance of snow flurries in southern WA on Thursday. 'The combined influence of this week's cold fronts and low pressure systems will deliver a decent amount of rain to part of every state and territory in Australia between now and the weekend.
Daily Mail
21-07-2025
- Climate
- Daily Mail
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth weather: How cold it will get in your city
A series of powerful cold fronts will bring rain, damaging winds, thunderstorms and snow to multiple states and territories across Australia this week. It follows a freezing end to the weekend in Sydney, with Penrith recording its coldest morning in four years on Sunday as temperatures dipped to -0.3C. Camden and Campbelltown recorded lows of -2.1C and -0.5C respectively. Further east, residents at Sydney Olympic Park woke to just 2.8C – the coldest morning there in two years. 'We've had the high-pressure systems come over some still air... and it was just able to settle cold temperatures that are continuing,' the Bureau of Meteorology's Morgan Pumpa explained. 'Wednesday through to even possibly Sunday or Monday does look very cold.' According to Weatherzone, two major cold fronts and their associated low-pressure systems will move west to east across the country this week. The first cold front arrived on Monday morning, bringing a cold, wet and windy start to the week in Western Australia. Perth could struggle to reach 15C on Monday, which would make it the city's coldest day so far this year. This front will push into South Australia on Monday before sweeping across southeastern Australia on Tuesday. Blustery winds, rain and cold air will follow across the southern half of the country from Monday to Wednesday, Weatherzone said. Damaging wind warnings are already in place for parts of SA and Victoria, with potential warnings for NSW and Tasmania in the coming days. This front will also interact with a low-pressure trough over eastern Australia, generating widespread rain and thunderstorms across NSW and Queensland on Tuesday and Wednesday. The second cold front is due to reach southwestern WA on Wednesday, then move across SA and central Australia on Friday, before hitting southeastern and eastern Australia over the weekend. It's expected to form a large low-pressure system that will pull in tropical moisture, potentially creating a vast northwest cloudband. 'This setup has the potential to generate a massive northwest cloudband that will soak part of every state and territory in the second half of this week.' In addition to widespread rain, the second front may bring more damaging winds to southern parts of the country and snow to the Alps – with even a chance of snow flurries in southern WA on Thursday. 'The combined influence of this week's cold fronts and low pressure systems will deliver a decent amount of rain to part of every state and territory in Australia between now and the weekend. 'Due to the eastward movement of these weather systems, the bulk of this rain will fall on and west of the Great Dividing Range. 'This means that the Murray-Darling Basin and many thirsty agricultural areas of SA, Tas, Vic and WA will also see a good drop of rain in the next seven days.' Perth Tuesday: Showers. Min 7C. Max 16C. Wednesday: Showers. Min 8C. Max 18C. Thursday: Showers easing. Min 6C. Max 14C. Adelaide Tuesday: Showers. Min 9C. Max 13C. Wednesday: Shower or two. Min 8C. Max 15C. Thursday: Late shower or two. Min 8C. Max 17C. Melbourne Tuesday: Showers. Min 11C. Max 15C. Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Min 5C. Max 14C. Thursday: Mostly sunny. Min 4C. Max 15C. Hobart Tuesday: Showers increasing. Min 6C. Max 17C. Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Min 6C. Max 13C. Thursday: Sunny. Min 3C. Max 14C. Canberra Tuesday: Showers. Min 2C. Max 15C. Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Min 1C. Max 13C. Thursday: Morning frost. Partly cloudy. Min -3C. Max 13C. Sydney Tuesday: Possible shower. Min 11C. Max 20C. Wednesday: Shower or two. Min 12C. Max 19C. Thursday: Partly cloudy. Min 9C. Max 17C. Brisbane Wednesday: Showers increasing. Min 13C. Max 22C. Thursday: Sunny. Min 13C. Max 23C. Darwin Wednesday: Sunny. Min 19C. Max 31C.
Daily Mail
11-07-2025
- Climate
- Daily Mail
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane weather: Polar blast to send temperatures tumbling in Australia this weekend
Two more icy cold fronts are expected to sweep across Australia in coming days, as experts warn the worst of the freezing conditions is far from over. Millions of Aussies have suffered back-to-back cold fronts this week, the first battering Western Australia before sweeping the south-east, and the second bringing wet and wild weather making to millions to Victoria. While the southeast is expecting a return to milder conditions over the weekend, the next cold front to strike the region is expected early next week, while WA will likely be hit with a separate front as soon as Saturday. Dean Narramore, a senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said the first cold blast will strike south-western WA before moving east from Sunday night. He said Perth should expect showers and gusty winds from Saturday with about 10-20mm of rain and isolated, higher falls further south before sweeping east. 'Then that front will impact down around Adelaide and southern South Australia on Sunday, where they'll see a burst of showers and gusty winds on Sunday,' he said. As it sweeps east, a second cold blast is expected to make landfall on the country's south-east, bringing a one-two punch of cold, wet and windy conditions. 'Places like Hobart, Melbourne and Canberra in the country's southeast should expect those showers and gusts,' Mr Narramore said. 'That will bring in some cold air and we'll once again see cold, wet and windy conditions for the south east.' Mr Narramore said the conveyor belt of cold fronts is part of a 'pattern' involving the regular arrival of back-to-back, sweeping cold systems. 'Regular cold fronts every few days across southern parts of the country are becoming pretty common,' he said. 'Each time they sweep across here, they bring a burst of rain showers, you know, isolated thunderstorms, gusty winds, and alpine snow.' The cold fronts are expected to deliver a fresh polar blast to hit alpine regions in the country's south-east as soon as Monday. 'There 's the potential for yet another outbreak of polar air with more wind, rain and snow at higher elevations across southeastern Australia to start off next week,' Weatherzone advised. In separate forecasts, the Bureau has cancelled a severe weather warning including damaging winds for NSW's south coast expected to hit this weekend. Meanwhile, marine wind warnings to all Australian states and territories remain in place and are expected to persist into Saturday night. It comes after Aussies shivered through a series of cold blasts this week. The first gusts and high rain hit WA on Monday, before delivering strong winds and rainfall to parts of South Australia as it moved to the south-east. The second front rolled across the Bight bringing a chill to the SA capital followed by heavy snowfall to the alpine resorts of NSW and Victoria. Light showers and frigid westerly winds lashed Melbourne early on Thursday before conditions began to moderate across the south-east into Friday morning. Aussies expecting a warmer winter than usual received a rude shock, as several states experienced their coldest start to the winter season in years. In June, NSW shivered through its lowest minimum temperature since 2006 while Queensland and the Northern Territory recorded the lowest averages since 2012. Check out the weather forecast for your city this weekend below. Sydney Saturday: Mostly sunny. Min 10 Max 19 Sunday: Mostly sunny. Min 7 Max 20 Monday: Partly cloudy. Min 11 Max 19 Melbourne Saturday: Possible shower. Min 7 Max 17 Sunday: Showers. Min 10 Max 16 Monday: Shower or two. Min 7 Max 13 Brisbane Saturday: Sunny. Min 9 Max 22 Sunday: Sunny. Min 9 Max 22 Monday: Sunny. Min 10 Max 23 Perth Saturday: Showers. Min 11 Max 19 Sunday: Partly cloudy. Min 7 Max 17 Monday: Partly cloudy. Min 7 Max 18 Adelaide Saturday: Mostly sunny. Min 9 Max 18 Sunday: Showers. Min 11 Max 17 Monday: Showers. Min 9 Max 13 Hobart Saturday: Partly cloudy. Min 4 Max 13 Sunday: Showers. Min 8 Max 16 Monday: Shower or two. Min 5 Max 10 Canberra Saturday: Morning frost. Cloud clearing. Min 0 Max 14 Sunday: Morning frost. Possible shower. Min -3 Max 13 Darwin Saturday: Mostly sunny. Min 21 Max 32 Sunday: Mostly sunny. Min 22 Max 31 Monday: Mostly sunny. Min 21 Max 32
Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Climate
- Daily Mail
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane weather: Millions in the firing line as a series of cold fronts bring rain, wind and snow
A series of relentless cold fronts will bring icy temperatures, rain, damaging wind gusts and even snow to Australia's southeast this week. The first in four cold fronts arrived in southwest Western Australia on Sunday and delivered rain and wind gusts of over 120km/hour to the region. Another cold front powered by a low-pressure system will impact South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and NSW from Tuesday. Possible snowfalls between 10cm and 30cm are expected over the alpine regions, particularly in Victoria, with strong winds and rain to impact low-lying regions. 'Strong to damaging winds will be the main impact from this weather front,' the Bureau of Meteorology's Dean Narramore told Daily Mail Australia. The forecaster said residents in coastal and elevated parts of South Australia, Victoria and southern NSW needed to remain vigilant amid powerful wind gusts. 'Those winds will be strong enough to bring down trees and powerlines and may cause property damage,' he said. 'A trampoline may go flying so tie down items.' A stronger cold front is expected to arrive on Wednesday, which will bypass southwestern WA, but directly impact the southeast with cold, windy weather. Snow could fall on Mount Lofty, just 25 minutes' drive from the Adelaide CBD. 'The airmass will likely be cold enough for snow in SA's Flinders Ranges later on Wednesday, should sufficient moisture make it that far north,' Weatherzone said. The heaviest falls of snow will impact the alpine regions in NSW and Victoria where 20cm to 40cm are predicted, with snow falling at elevations as low as 800m. Elevated areas like the NSW Central Tablelands can also expect snowfalls. Areas east of the Great Dividing Range will be spared from the bleakest weather and Sydney should be cool but dry all week. In the north of the country, a high-pressure system is dominating the weather patterns and making way for a clearer, dry week in much of Queensland. Much of the area could be 'completely cloudless' for the week. Sydney Tuesday: Mostly sunny. Min 7C. Max 19C. Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Min 10C. Max 19C. Thursday: Becoming windy. Partly cloudy. Min 9C. Max 18C. Perth Tuesday: Showers. Min 7C. Max 16C. Wednesday: Sunny. Min 6C. Max 18C. Thursday: Sunny. Min 5C. Max 19C. Melbourne Tuesday: Showers increasing. Windy. Min 9C. Max 14C. Wednesday: Shower or two. Min 7C. Max 12C. Thursday: Showers. Min 7C. Max 11C. Hobart Tuesday: Shower or two. Min 5C. Max 14C. Wednesday: Possible shower. Min 6C. Max 12C. Thursday: Shower or two. Min 4C. Max 12C. Canberra Tuesday: Morning frost. Shower or two. Min 0C. Max 13C. Wednesday: Morning frost. Partly cloudy. Min 0C. Max 11C. Thursday: Showers. Min -1C. Max 9C. Brisbane Tuesday: Sunny. Min 9C. Max 22C. Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Min 9C. Max 25C. Thursday: Mostly sunny. Min 13C. Max 23C. Darwin Tuesday: Sunny. Min 21C. Max 32C. Wednesday: Sunny. Min 20C. Max 30C. Thursday: Sunny. Min 19C. Max 31C. Adelaide Tuesday: Cloudy. Very high chance of rain. Min 10C. Max 15C. Wednesday: Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. Min 9C. Max 13C.
ABC News
02-07-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
As winter rain batters some parts of WA, some farms remain parched and 'desperate'
The first month of winter has come and gone, delivering above average rainfall to parts of WA, while leaving some inland farming areas parched and desperate. For Cunderdin farmer Holly Godfrey, it has been a disappointing start to the season. "I think for the year to date, we've had around 50 millimetres, so we're really, really needing a bit of rain," Ms Godfrey said. "The crops are probably a little bit smaller than we'd hoped for at this stage." Patchy germination has made things worse, particularly for her canola. "I just looked at some photos of canola this time last year and it was far more advanced than it is this year." Despite the dry start and grim outlook, Ms Godfrey remains hopeful. "We're in a pretty reliable area here in Cunderdin, so I think the rain will come eventually," she said. Last month, four cold fronts swept over the south west of WA, bringing bursts of cold and wet weather to large parts. The South West district received the bulk of it, with some towns recording higher than average rainfall totals for June. Witchcliffe West topped the charts with 277.8mm, followed by Jarrahwood which picked up more than 200mm and Bunbury at 190mm. The heavy rain extended up the west coast, with Geraldton Airport collecting a decent 135mm. Perth also got a good dose of rainfall across June, but due to the metro rain gauge suffering technical difficulties, the closest estimate to the city's monthly total would be Perth Airport's 153.8mm. But due to those cold fronts weakening quickly and a lack of support from north-west cloud bands, areas further inland that were desperate for a drink missed out. Across the Wheatbelt and Great Southern, most places only received about 50 to 60 per cent of their normal June rainfall. Cunderdin Airport received 26.8mm while York picked up just over 21mm. Ms Godfrey said that was not nearly enough to set crops up for a successful season. "There's a bit of moisture in the ground now which is helping but it just means that the crops are pretty late this year, and the season will probably be a shorter growing season unfortunately," she said. "I think we would have hoped to have had a good 100mm by now, but another 50 to 100mm in the next month would be great." But not all farmers were in the same boat. At Tenterden, 328 kilometres south-east of Perth, Michael Webster's seeding program was progressing well due to early rains and good soil moisture. "We've had a great start to our season so far," he said. "We have had 234mm since January with 64mm over June — so it's still got a way to go, but very, very grateful for what we've had so far." Mr Webster said this season was already tracking better than last. "The canola is particularly good, growth rates have been pretty phenomenal," he said. But he knows other farmers haven't been as fortunate. "You don't have to drive too far for guys who have missed out on a lot of the April, May or June rain," Mr Webster said. "We're in a little bit of a bubble here but it's definitely a different story for a lot of people." York-based agronomist Michael Lamond agreed the season had started well for southern WA, but said crucial follow-up rain had instead been falling further north. "It's only been just enough to keep things ticking over and so we're sort of in quite a desperate need of rain now," he said. "It's also been a very cold winter so far, so the crops have sort of really hit the brakes and they've slowed down, and they're sort of saying look we need a drink." WA's grain growers delivered their third-largest harvest on record last year, following record-breaking seasons in 2021 and 2022. Mr Lamond, who authors the Grain Industry Association of WA's crop report, said for most farmers this season was shaping out to mirror 2023, a colder season that produced only 14.5 million tonnes. "There was that optimism at the start, and now everyone's wondering how things are going to go from now on," he said. "If we don't get rain soon, like essentially next week or the week after, we'll run out of time for the crops to finish in the spring when the heat comes so I'd say it's becoming quite desperate." While a cold front overnight and another on Sunday are expected to deliver some light falls to agricultural areas, the Bureau of Meteorology's forecast shows it won't be answering any prayers. "The fronts are more likely to bring around 10-20mm instead of those upper end type rainfall figures," senior meteorologist Joey Rawson said. The bureau's July outlook suggests farmers may have to wait a little longer. "We can expect less rainfall and warmer conditions than normal," Dr Rawson said. "But hopefully when we get to August, things will turn around, and we'll start seeing wetter conditions, and also more normal temperatures."
