Severe Storms and Storm Chasing
Recently, an El Nino event was declared due to what has occurred to oceanic waters off the west coast of South America. Generally, an El Nino event reduces rainfall across much of Australia, especially across the inland often leading to drought conditions. When reviewing most recent weather models, a dire prediction was painted for much [ ] The post Major Rain Event Impacts Inland Southeast…
The attached image from the Landsat 9 (OLI) or the Operational Land Imager shows a large swath of central Spain charred following recent fires. The false colour image combines infrared wavelengths 6-5-3 (NASA Earth Observatory) taken on Wednesday 29 July 2026 and shows how damaging the fires have been across parts of Spain. Fires have [ ] The post France and Spain (Europe) Summer Fires Scorch…
Super Typhoon Bavi is an amazing storm simply because it remained as a high end Category 4 system or a Category 5 storm on the Saffir Simpson Scale for considerable time. Born southeast of Guam, the storm tracked northwest passing midway between Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. The eyewall remained out to sea but [ ] The post Super Typhoon Bavi Nothwest Pacific Ocean and Guam 3 11 July 2026…
A rare weather event has unfolded across southern Australia over recent days in which three separate rain bands formed and impacted much of the southern Murray Darling Basin. This was the region that experienced near drought like conditions for the past two years and obviously, this event is certainly welcome. A series of frontal systems [ ] The post Three Rain Bands Soak the Southern Murray…
The satellite picture NASA Zoom Earth (Feature Image) of Friday afternoon 26 June 2026 shows a broad expanse of Western Europe and most of the United Kingdom under clear skies. The same image also shows a cluster of thunderstorms engulfing much of the Alps over northern Italy, Switzerland and southeastern France. Another cluster of thunderstorms [ ] The post Heatwave and 40C Temperatures Afflicts…
The NASA Zoom Earth images of Wednesday June 17 and Friday June 19 shows an extensive amount of cloud passing through South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. This was part of a northwest cloud mass that developed over western areas of South Australia, then passed over much of Victoria and New South Wales during [ ] The post Widespread Rainfall South Australia / Victoria and Parts of Inland…
An intense low pressure system has crossed the entire southern part of Australia over the past 7 days. While it brought useful rain across large areas, rainfall totals were not excessive in nature. The weather system first impacted southern Western Australia during the 30 and 31 May. The system produced strong to gale force winds [ ] The post Deep Low Pressure System Produces Rain and Damaging…
During the past 6 days, significant rainfall fell across parts of New South Wales and Queensland. The event could be described as intermittent as long dry periods did occur between individual events. For Sydney, the event peaked on Thursday night with one significant burst of rain occurring across the southern and western suburbs of the [ ] The post A Week of Rain Eastern New South Wales and…
During Sunday and Monday 17 and 18 May, a large cloud mass crossed through New South Wales and Queensland providing useful rainfall across many regions of both states. However, much heavier rainfall fell across parts of Southeast Queensland and far northeast New South Wales. A burst of intense rainfall during Monday 18 May 2026 caused [ ] The post Heavy Rainfall impacts Southeast Queensland and…
A sizeable clous mass is slowly making its way east and southeast and is producing widespread light to moderate rainfall across eastern South Australia, southern Northern Territory, far western New South Wales and parts of western Victoria adjacent to the South Australia state border. The rainfall across most of affected areas is not significant with [ ] The post Widespread Light to Moderate Rain…