A strange cloud formation known as roll clouds have appeared in the skies across eastern NSW. Many Sydney residents have taken to social media sharing photos of the formation and questioned what the clouds are.
Parts of south-east Australia have recorded their coldest start to winter in decades, and another polar air mass during the coming week promises to bring strong winds, showers, small hail and alpine snow.
Three separate cloud bands sweeping across Australia during the coming week are likely to drop at least a few millimetres of rain on every patch of ground south of Brisbane to Geraldton.
Above-average temperatures of up to 17 degrees Celsius were recorded in Australia this week. But with a polar blast on the horizon, the warm weather could be gone as fast as it came.
Multiple wind warnings have been re-issued for south-east Australia as another powerful cold front approaches from the Southern Ocean. The powerful westerlies could life maximums as much as 12 above average on the east coast – warm enough to threaten winter records from Sydney to Brisbane.
A near-nationwide soaking will drench every Australian state and territory this week, including potential record heavy falls in the north-west tropics.
While September has been the driest month this year, Australia is on track for a fifth straight year of above-average rain, with forecasts predicting a wet end for 2024.
The first major outbreak of spring thunderstorms is firing up this week across parts of Queensland and New South Wales, bringing with them threats of the destructive supercell storm.
A spell of wild weather is on the cards for everywhere from Queensland to Tasmania, with thunderstorms forecast to sweep across Australia's east over the next 48 hours.
Parts of the state are on track to swelter through five consecutive days above 35C, with the NSW government receiving reports that the electricity grid could be under pressure.
An oppressive heatwave stretching from Darwin to Victoria will send temperatures soaring up to 15 degrees Celsius above average during the coming days.
Temperatures across south-east states are predicted to soar up to 12C above the January average, while the staple summer monsoon is nowhere to be seen in the tropics.
The heaviest falls on Friday will be concentrated around Sydney in the morning, before shifting to the South Coast, and could produce a months' worth of rain in just a few hours.
