Australia is prone to drought partly because of its geography. Our continent spans the latitudes of the subtropical high pressure belt. This is an area of sinking, dry, stable air and usually clear ...

Partly cloudy. Light winds becoming easterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening.

Partly cloudy. Winds west to southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h decreasing to 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening. Sun protection recommended from 9:10 am to 5:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 10 [Very High] ...

The latest Groundwater Explorer release is here. New features include updated bore and log data from the National Groundwater Information System (NGIS) with over 19,400 additional bores, groundwater ...

Mostly sunny day. Slight chance of a shower, most likely in the late afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon and evening, possibly severe. Winds north to ...

A high in the Bight extends a ridge over Victoria. The high will moves east and be centred over southern Victoria by late Tuesday, then into the Tasman Sea by late Wednesday. A northerly airstream ...

Drought is a prolonged, abnormally dry period when the amount of available water is insufficient to meet our normal use. Drought is not simply low rainfall; if it was, much of inland Australia would ...

Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the morning and early afternoon. Winds west to southwesterly 25 to 40 km/h becoming light in the late evening. Fire Danger - High Sun protection recommended ...

Mostly clear. Slight chance of a shower about the hills and southern suburbs early this evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Winds southwesterly 20 to 30 km/h becoming light in the late ...

The Bureau's flood forecasting and warning service uses rainfall and streamflow observations, numerical weather predictions and hydrologic models to forecast and warn for possible flood events across ...

Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the north early this morning. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Damaging winds possible in the morning and early afternoon. Winds west to northwesterly 35 ...

Forecast issued at 4:10 pm EDT on Wednesday 25 December 2024. Sunny. Light winds becoming northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h in the middle of the day then tending northerly 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening.