The Bureau of Meteorology has declared El Niño active, with models suggesting it could be the strongest on record. Despite current wet conditions in Australia, El Niño typically leads to drier weather in the latter half of the year, impacting temperatures, snow seasons, fire risk, and tropical cyclones.
South Australia's sole Bureau of Meteorology wave buoy off Kangaroo Island has ceased transmitting data for the third time in under two years. The recurring failures, despite lengthy repairs, are raising serious safety concerns among fishers and oceanographers who rely on its data.
Australia is preparing for an imminent El Niño, with the Bureau of Meteorology and other agencies forecasting its development in the coming months. The World Meteorological Organization noted a 90% chance of El Niño forming in the Pacific before November.
Australia is preparing for an imminent El Niño, with forecasters predicting its development in the coming months. Experts warn of a 'dangerous double act' with climate change, potentially leading to hotter, drier conditions, increased drought, heatwaves, and bushfires.
Australia is preparing for a likely El Niño event, with forecasters predicting its development in the coming months. The phenomenon historically brings hotter, drier conditions to eastern Australia, increasing drought and bushfire risks.
A major storm system with cyclone-strength winds (up to 125km/h) is impacting Western Australia, bringing thunderstorms, flash flooding, and tornado risks. The system will move east, delivering a wintry blast with cooler temperatures and snow in alpine areas by Monday-Tuesday.
Australia braces for an unusually warm winter, with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting warmer-than-average temperatures nationwide. El Niño is likely to contribute to drier conditions in the south-east and south-west, though the snow season is not entirely written off.
Bureau of Meteorology executive Peter Stone is retiring end of June after overseeing a bungled multi-million dollar website revamp. The project cost $96.5 million, with a significant portion going to Accenture.
Japan's meteorological agency issued a special advisory warning of a slightly elevated risk of a magnitude 8 or stronger earthquake in the coming days following a 7.1 magnitude quake, with a 1% probability compared to the normal 0.1%. The warning came just days after Indonesia's BMKG issued similar alerts about the risk of a magnitude 9.0 megathrust earthquake hitting Bali, Sumba and the Flores Islands.
