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Parts of WA facing prolonged period of extreme heat

10:11 AEST The mercury is rising in WA over the coming days with parts of the Pilbara and Kimberley are forecast to see temperatures reach at least 36°C for five consecutive days.
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Spring 2024 outlook for Australia: warm and stormy season with increased fire risk

10:03 AEST This spring is shaping up to be an unusually warm and stormy season for Australia, with some parts of the country also likely to see an increased risk of fires.
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International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies

16:17 AEST Nothing beats waking up in the morning, going outside and being met with a breath of fresh air and a beautiful blue sky overhead.
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The long road to the World Surf League finals

06:33 AEST The world surfing tour final is underway in California, with three Australians in the draw for the world championship, but not just these surfers have made the long travel to the northern hemisphere.
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Moderate flooding, damaging winds and high fire danger today

11:12 AEST Yet another cold front will bring renewed potential for moderate flooding in Tas and damaging winds, high fire danger and well above average temperatures to southeastern states in the next 48 hours.
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Damaging winds returning to southeastern Australia

15:22 AEST Another surge of powerful winds will spread across Australia’s southeastern states over the next two days, prompting warnings for damaging wind gusts in parts of Victoria, NSW and the ACT.
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Golden Aussie canola crop glows from space

17:12 AEST Fields of golden canola are flowering in Australia, and it's an incredible sight as seen from satellites orbiting the Earth.
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Spring temperature see-saw in southeastern Australia

13:14 AEST Temperatures will bounce around in southeastern Australia this week as contrasting air masses battle it out in a seasonal tug-of-war.
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Destructive winds, huge waves wreak havoc in Victoria

13:30 AEST Ferocious winds with gusts equivalent to a category two tropical cyclone have caused widespread damage across Victoria in the last 24 hours, along with huge waves and flooding along the coast.
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Category-four cyclone strength winds and flooding impacts Tas

13:01 AEST A series of strong cold fronts have brought a dangerous mix of damaging to destructive winds, heavy rain, record flooding and huge snowfalls to Tas on the weekend.
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The hot, the cold and the windy: your nationwide Father's Day forecast

09:53 AEST It’s the one day of the year where there is no such thing as a bad dad joke, no matter how awful they are (insert your own bad dad joke right here if you want).
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Wettest and warmest recorded winter in Western Australia

13:22 AEST While broad swathes of the interior are sweltering in record-breaking August heat, the western portion of the country has seen some winter records for both warmth and precipitation.  Across various locations, multiple records are set to be broken, both for the season and month, for both temperature and rainfall:  Perth Airport looks to experience its warmest winter temperature average of just over 15ºC in its 80 years of records, about 1.6ºC above the long-term average  The site also experienced the most winter rain days (58) since 1996, and most August rain days (22) since 1977 Bunbury looks to experience its warmest winter average overall (14.1ºC) and minimum (9.9ºC) in 29 years of records.  The site also experienced its most August rain days (25) since 1996, while more than doubling the monthly average (237.8mm, average of 118.6mm)  Kalgoorlie looks to experience its warmest winter average minimum (7.61ºC), about 1.5ºC above the long-term average, in records back to 1939.  The site also experienced its highest winter rainfall (133.6mm, average of 73.1mm) since 1992.  Albany Airport looks to experience its warmest winter average maximum (17.9ºC), minimum (8.8ºC) and overall (13.4ºC) temperatures in 12 years of records.  Geraldton Airport looks to experience its warmest winter temperature average minimum (11.2ºC, about 1.7ºC above the long-term average) in 13 years of records  The site also experienced its highest winter rainfall (386.8mm, average of 209.5mm) in 13 years of records  Multiple instances of record minimum temperatures have been observed.
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Unprecedented winter heat in Queensland as records fall in several states

13:56 AEST An exceptionally hot air mass for this time of year has just produced the highest winter temperature ever recorded in Queensland, with records also falling at locations across several other states.
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Five more days of damaging winds for southern Australia

15:38 AEST Damaging winds will continue to affect multiple states and territories across southern and southeastern Australia during the next five days.
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Back-to-back record hot days in Broome

16:00 AEST Western Australia’s Kimberley coast is enduring one of the most intense bouts of August heat ever observed in Australia, with Broome the latest place to experience record-breaking temperatures for this time of year.
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28°C on a Sydney winter morning

13:17 AEST Morning temperatures in Sydney on the fourth-last day of winter 2024 have climbed to nearly two degrees above the average midsummer maximum, as a surge of unseasonable warmth bakes the east coast.
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All capital cities warmer than August average

17:18 AEST With only a few days remaining in August, it's near certain that all eight capital cities will register average maximum and minimum temperatures which are well above the long-term average.
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Damaging winds to hit five Australian states in next 48 hours

11:08 AEST One of the strongest cold fronts of 2024 will sweep across southeastern Australia during the next two days, causing damaging winds in parts of Tas, SA, Vic, NSW and WA.
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Destructive winds, hundreds of millimitres of rain to impact Tas

16:38 AEST It’s going to be a wild week in Tasmania, with the potential for 180km/h winds, more than 200mm of rain and snow in the west, thunderstorms, hail and freezing temperatures.  Damaging winds have already begun across elevated areas on Monday, with Mount Wellington observing a mean wind speed of 100km/h and a gust of 129.6km/h at around 4pm.  The severe weather will worsen on Tuesday, as a strong cold front approaches and crosses the state during the evening.
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Snow season decimated by rain, warmth

11:41 AEST The Australian snow season has been virtually wiped out by rain and warm weather.
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Severe storms marching across Victoria

15:18 AEST Severe thunderstorms are sweeping across Victoria and southern NSW on Sunday afternoon and evening, with the potential for wind gusts in excess of 120km/h.
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South Australia smashes winter heat record again

18:28 AEST For the second time in two days, South Australia has obliterated its highest temperature ever recorded in winter, with a maximum of 39.4°C recorded at Oodnadatta on Saturday afternoon.
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A great week for Tassie Hydro

15:01 AEST Hundreds of millimetres of rainfall are forecast for western Tasmania in the next week, which will help replenish hydroelectric lakes in the region after some of the lowest rainfall on record.  Hydropower is Tasmania’s main source of electricity, with frequent rain filling Tassie Hydro’s 54 major dams and feeding into 30 hydropower stations.
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2024 likely to be Earth's warmest year on record, new data shows

10:50 AEST New data from Berkeley Earth reveals that Earth’s hottest July on record makes it virtually certain that 2024 will become our planet’s hottest year in recorded history.
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Another southwest WA rainy spell

10:38 AEST The incredible transformation in southwest WA continues, with yet another prolonged wet spell on the cards from this Thursday through to the weekend.
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Parts of WA facing prolonged period of extreme heat

10:11 AEST The mercury is rising in WA over the coming days with parts of the Pilbara and Kimberley are forecast to see temperatures reach at least 36°C for five consecutive days.