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Snowy weekend ahead in the mountains

16:04 AEST Snowfalls last weekend were the heaviest of the 2024 winter in the alpine regions of Tasmania and mainland Australia, and more snow is coming this weekend.
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Prolonged cold outbreak for southeastern Australia

13:13 AEST A frigid airmass originating from Antarctica is on its way to Australia on Friday, with the southeastern states expected to shiver through a prolonged cold spell.  This airmass will arrive behind a cold front over the weekend and will linger over southeastern Aus well into next week.  The satellite image below shows the cold front approaching SA on Friday afternoon.
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Severe weather as cold front lashes SE Aus

10:59 AEST An active cold front is crossing southeastern Australia, with severe weather warnings for damaging winds issued early on Thursday morning for parts of Victoria and NSW.
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Could Australia see a negative IOD in 2024?

13:39 AEST A wet spring could be on the cards for large parts of Australia, with several models suggesting a negative Indian Ocean Dipole could develop in the Indian Ocean.  A negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) refers to a pattern of sea surface temperatures in the tropical Indian Ocean that causes more moisture-laden air to flow towards Australia.  These negative IOD events, which occur on average once every five years, typically enhance northwest cloudbands over Australia and produce above-average rain over large areas of the country's south and southeast during winter and spring.  The Bureau of Meteorology declared yesterday that there is an increased chance of a negative IOD in spring.
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Southeastern Australia to bask in winter warmth

11:15 AEST Temperatures will reach 5 to 7°C above average in some capital cities this week, as a warm airmass moves across Australia's southeastern states.  This burst of warmth is being caused by warm west to northwesterly winds ahead of a cold front that will sweep across the southeast from Wednesday.
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Perth eyeing off first wetter-than-average month of 2024

12:26 AEST Rain and thunderstorms will spread over southwestern Australia in the next few days, giving Perth a chance of registering its first wetter-than-average month in more than a year.
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Strongest winds in 1 to 3 years impacting parts of southeastern Australia

17:37 AEST As we've been announcing for the past two days, fierce winds are battering the southeast of the country, with some locations registering their highest wind gusts in one to three years.
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Adelaide's teasing 10-day rain streak

16:29 AEST Steady rain fell either side of lunchtime on Friday in Adelaide with further showers likely into the evening, meaning the South Australian capital has now recorded rain for 10 days straight.
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Damaging winds lashing five states and territories

08:46 AEST Fierce winds are moving across parts of WA, SA, Vic, NSW and the ACT on Friday as two intense cold fronts sweep across southern Australia.  The satellite image below shows the first cold front moving over SA and the other following closely behind in the Bight.
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Wettest Perth day in over a year

11:38 AEST Perth has enjoyed its wettest 24-hour period in over a year, after 43.8 mm fell in the 24 hours to 9 am Thursday.
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Snow in Queensland, unusually warm in Tas

10:49 AEST As far as we know, Australia did not mysteriously flip upside down on Tuesday, although you could be excused for thinking that as snow fell in Queensland while Tasmania recorded some unusually warm midwinter temperatures.
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Victoria flood risk after 100 mm of rain

10:41 AEST Heavy rain has fallen in parts of Victoria overnight, with 100 mm recorded at two weather stations, and flood watches in places for several forecast districts.
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Tasmania pounded by wind, rain, snow

11:34 AEST The low pressure system just east of Tasmania has delivered the heaviest rain of the year to many parts of Tasmania as well as wild winds exceeding 100 km/h.
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The unwelcome drop-in: Tasman Low pays a visit to Lord Howe Island

18:55 AEST Earlier this week, we mentioned that a Tasman Low would come barrelling into the nation’s southeast over the weekend and early next week.
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At last, snow coming to ski resorts

16:03 AEST Much-needed snowfalls are coming to Australia's ski resorts – the question is how much? We've written several times this week about the strong cold airmass with Antarctic origins which is tracking towards southeastern Australia from this weekend onwards.
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Any rain is good rain in the Mallee

17:05 AEST Just look at that beautiful rainband crossing northwestern Victoria this Thursday afternoon.
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Snow likely a long way north of the mountains

15:28 AEST One thing we haven't seen so far this winter in Australia – and which we barely saw through the whole of last winter – is snow in areas beyond the alpine regions of NSW, Victoria and Tasmania.
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11-day Sydney rainy streak set to end

16:31 AEST People of Sydney, it's time to do your washing and hang it out in the winter sunshine.
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Strong cold front to strike WA today

10:04 AEST Damaging winds, blustery showers and wintry thunderstorms will lash parts of southwestern Australia on Tuesday as a cold front hits WA.
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Heaviest July downpour in a century for outback town

11:18 AEST Parts of outback SA, NSW and Queensland have received heavy rain over the weekend, with the town of Menindee in far western NSW recording its wettest July day in 138 years.
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Snowy weekend ahead in the mountains

16:04 AEST Snowfalls last weekend were the heaviest of the 2024 winter in the alpine regions of Tasmania and mainland Australia, and more snow is coming this weekend.