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Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro surf forecast

07:00 AEST After an emotional mid-year cut at the Margaret River Pro surf competition in Western Australia last week, surfers that fell below the cut line, along with up-and-coming talent, will be battling it out on the Gold Coast from this weekend onwards.  The first stop on the Challenger Series (the lesser format of the Championship Tour) will take place along the Gold Coast’s premier surf point breaks, starting this morning and running to Saturday May 4th.
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Storms hitting WA as Perth's wait for rain continues

11:52 AEST Despite thunderstorms rumbling over WA today and more rain on the way next week, Perth’s nervous wait for decent rain could continue into May.
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A digger's letter from snowbound Gallipoli

08:00 AEST In weather terms, the Anzacs at Gallipoli copped it all – from parched, scorching summers to freezing winters as weather systems with origins in the Russian Arctic surged southwards over Turkey.
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Rainfall to soak some parched areas of WA

13:00 AEST Rain will soak parts of WA over the coming week, although forecast models are struggling to agree on whether this burst of wet weather will bring much-needed rain to parched Perth.
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Australia's tropical cyclone season coming to an end

16:40 AEST The 2023-24 Australian tropical cyclone season is almost over and while it was a quiet season based on overall numbers, some of the landfalling systems had a big impact.
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Anzac Day dawn service weather around Australia

16:32 AEST Anzac Day is this Thursday, so we thought we’d give you a brief weather forecast for each capital city for those attending the dawn service.
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Canberra's first sub-zero of the year

14:01 AEST Wintry air descended across the southeast in the early hours of Sunday morning, bringing sub-zero temperatures to parts of the ACT and NSW, including Canberra.
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We need to talk about drainage

11:54 AEST By now, you would have likely already seen the flooding that occurred in Dubai earlier this week.
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Southerly surges across the southeast

10:07 AEST It's a chilly and showery end to the working week across southeastern Australia, after a strong surge of south to southeasterly winds pushed cool air across the region overnight.
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Devilishly dry in Tasmania

11:29 AEST Tasmania has had an exceptionally dry start to 2024, with rainfall deficiencies across the entire state as of mid-April.
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Melbourne weather strongly out of character

11:37 AEST "If you don’t like the Melbourne weather, just wait five minutes." So goes one of many sayings about Melbourne's famously changeable weather, which can swing wildly from minute to minute, hour to hour, and day to day.
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Darwin's hottest day of the year?

11:29 AEST Darwin could be heading for its hottest day of 2024 to date this Tuesday, with a top of 35°C on the cards and the potential to edge up towards 36°C.
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No rain for most of Australia this week

11:35 AEST Solar output across large areas of Australia should peak this week, with many areas not expected to receive a drop of rain.  The dry week across WA, parts of the NT, SA and Vic this week comes as blocking high pressure systems prevent any major cold fronts from impacting the regions this week.  The satellite image below shows that most of Australia is experiencing a sunny Monday morning.   Image: Himawari-9 satellite image at 10:45am on Monday, April 15   During the next seven days large parts of the country will not receive a millimetre of rain.  Image: Accumulated rain to 10am on Monday, April 22, according to ECMWF  However, large totals are expected in Far North Qld as a trough develops in the region later this week.
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Perth's brief wet, the first rain in weeks

16:42 AEST The Perth area and surrounds had not recorded any rainfall in the past five-to-seven weeks but yesterday it finally arrived.
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Growing signs of La Niña returning in 2024

13:08 AEST New data released overnight gives La Niña nearly a 90% chance of returning this spring, as the ocean continues to cool in the tropical eastern Pacific.  The Pacific Ocean has been in an El Niño phase since September 2023, peaking between November to December 2023 at about 2°C, which is classified as a strong event.
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Tropical Cyclone Paul forms in Australian region

11:56 AEST Tropical Cyclone Paul has formed over the northeast Coral Sea and could reach category three intensity by Thursday afternoon.
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Gale force winds lashing the Pilbara

11:14 AEST Ex-Tropical Cylone Olga is edging ever so slightly closer to the Pilbara on Wednesday, bringing damaging winds and rain to the far western Pilbara and its islands.
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Autumn chill spreads north

10:35 AEST It was a cold morning across southeastern Australia as you'd expect after the passage of an autumn cold front, with subzero readings in three states.
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Satellites and astronauts capture stunning solar eclipse

10:31 AEST Satellites and astronauts have captured the shadow of the Moon darting across Earth’s surface during Monday’s spectacular solar eclipse.
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Tropical Cyclone Olga to bring rain to parts of WA

15:57 AEST Tropical moisture from Severe Tropical Cyclone Olga will bring rainfall to parts of the Pilbara and Gascoyne as it tracks parallel to their coastline this week.  The satellite image below shows Tropical Cyclone Olga sitting off the northwest shelf of WA and thick cloud extending 1700km into the NT.    Image: Himawari-9 satellite image at 1:13pm on Monday, April 8  Tropical Cyclone Olga is located well to the northwest of Broome and has begun weakening in unfavourable environmental and atmospheric conditions.
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Powerful wind, swell returning for NSW

12:28 AEST The balmy NSW weather will end abruptly on Tuesday as another low-pressure system brings another bout of fierce winds, thunderstorms, rain and cooler temperatures to the state.  The image below shows the remnants of the low-pressure system and cloud mass in the central Tasman Sea which caused the heavy rainfall and flooding event in NSW and Qld late last week.
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Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro surf forecast

07:00 AEST After an emotional mid-year cut at the Margaret River Pro surf competition in Western Australia last week, surfers that fell below the cut line, along with up-and-coming talent, will be battling it out on the Gold Coast from this weekend onwards.  The first stop on the Challenger Series (the lesser format of the Championship Tour) will take place along the Gold Coast’s premier surf point breaks, starting this morning and running to Saturday May 4th.