Weather Forecasts

The first east coast low in three years could hit New South Wales this week. They are not ordinary storms.

The SES and the Bureau of Meteorology are warning severe weather set to hit the state this week could see huge rainfall all along the NSW coast.

The horrible childhood experience of watching a friend taken by floodwaters in Fiji has driven Abrar Shabren to learn how floods behave. Now, in his job with Tasmania's Bureau of Meteorology, he shares his knowledge to help keep people safe.

While the weather bureau expects the rain to not stick around for long, it's predicting strong winds to develop across southern and south-eastern parts of the state until late in the week.

Forget the headlines and hyperbole of the fictitious "rain bomb" — the real weather bomb is possible along Australia's east coast next week.

A fresh dump of snow has blanketed Victoria's major alpine resorts, providing one of the best starts to the ski season in years.

Three cold fronts will generate damaging winds, heavy rain, isolated thunderstorms and pockets of small hail across southern states.

Most parts of the Queensland coast can expect light showers and strong winds this weekend, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

Temperatures have been plummeting in large parts of the country as we are closing in on the shortest day of the year. But during the depths of winter, which town holds bragging rights as the coldest in the country?

The areas over the ocean where storm clouds form have dwindled by up to 3 per cent in the past two decades, new research led by NASA shows.

After a wet start to the week rain is expected to ease in Queensland's north, but lower-than-average temperatures will continue throughout the state.

The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast minimum temperatures will generally move back towards average in most of the state tomorrow with possible rain in parts of the north.

Much of central and eastern Australia has shivered through its coldest first fortnight of winter in at least three years.

The farming town of Orroroo, in South Australia's mid north, is a microcosm of the drought plaguing swathes of Australia. What is its future in a changing climate?

The weather divide between Queensland's north and south sharpens as cold temperatures set in below the Tropic of Capricorn.

A deep low weather system off the coast of NSW is reducing temperatures and leading to possible frost across most of Queensland today.

People across swathes of inland NSW have woken to a dusting of snow, marking the first fall of the season for some regions. 

The Sunshine State is set for a cool wintry week with temperatures forecast to be below average from Tuesday.

Queenslanders may have to deal with another day of rainfall before more typical winter conditions move in over the state. 

As Queenslanders rug up for winter's impending arrival, the weather bureau forecasts a "cloudy, cool and wet" start to the weekend.