Heavy rainfall likely along northern NSW coast (BoM - Bureau of Meteorology)
(Source: BoM - Bureau of Meteorology) 24 January 2013 Significant Weather Media Release A tropical low on the Queensland coast (ex Ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald) is expected to move southward and bring...
View ArticleBureau warns of extreme heat to continue throughout next week (BoM - Bureau...
(Source: BoM - Bureau of Meteorology) Issued: 3 January 2013 Media Release - Head Office The Bureau of Meteorology is warning that the heatwave, which has already affected several states, will continue...
View ArticleStorm force winds, king tides batter east coast as wild weather heads north
More than 20,000 homes across NSW and Victoria are blacked out, and up to 200 are at risk of flooding as severe weather batters the coastline. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued severe warnings for...
View ArticleRecord breaking heatwave to continue this week (BoM - Bureau of Meteorology)
(Source: BoM - Bureau of Meteorology) Issued: 09 January 2013 Media Release - Head Office The Bureau of Meteorology confirms extreme temperatures to continue for the next week, and provides a round-up...
View ArticleIrish meteorological company taken over
LORNA SIGGINS, Marine Correspondent A LEADING European weather forecasting company has acquired Irish meteorological company Nowcasting International. MeteoGroup, a Dutch company now owned by the Press...
View ArticleBah Thunder! How the weather could steal Christmas
DO you want the good news or the bad news? Trick question - there is no good news. It's going to be a wild and wet December. The eastern seaboard has been lashed with rain already this month and...
View ArticleHong Kong Observatory Signs Co-operation Agreement with Guangdong...
(Source: Government of the Hong Kong Special Admistrative Region of the People's Republic of China) To strengthen co-operation on numerical weather prediction, Director of the Hong Kong Observatory, Mr...
View ArticleTownsville on Australia's north-east coast launches campaign to be included...
IT'S A city that proclaims itself the unofficial capital of North Queensland. Townsville has a population of more than 185,000, making it the 13th largest in Australia behind Geelong and Greater...
View ArticleLate storm call 'not first'
EXPERTS say the weather bureau's failure to warn of the severity of a storm that pounded Brisbane last Saturday morning is "not an isolated event". Early Warning Network, a weather watch service that...
View ArticleCanberra weather radar upgrade underway next week (BoM - Bureau of Meteorology)
(Source: BoM - Bureau of Meteorology) 10 May 2013 Media Release - New South Wales The Bureau of Meteorology will be upgrading the Canberra weather radar next week (commencing Monday, 13 May). While the...
View ArticleRain until Christmas, says the Bureau of Meteorology
SYDNEY'S unseasonal deluge has been blamed on a freak tropical rain system which swept across NSW last week, resulting in record rainfall in some parts of the state. And despite some brief respite from...
View ArticleBureau of Meteorology says skies should clear across southeast Queensland...
THE southeast looks set to shrug off a dreary start to the week with forecasters predicting fine weather heading into the weekend. The Bureau of Meteorology says the last of the showers should move off...
View ArticleBureau predicted flash flood but failed to add it to public warnings
THE weather bureau predicted a flash flood in Toowoomba about an hour before a deadly torrent hit the city in south-eastern Queensland, an inquiry has been told. But the bureau did not include the...
View ArticleWeather Bureau boss Jim Davidson tells flood inquiry deadly storms could return
THE deadly storms that brewed late last year and flooded almost 70 per cent of Queensland could easily return next wet season, a veteran forecaster has warned. The weather bureau's regional director...
View ArticleTasmania swelters through its highest January overnight temperature
AFTER the coolest start to summer in 50 years, the heat is back on. Yesterday's record-breaker came from an unlikely source after Tasmania recorded its warmest overnight temperature for January. With a...
View ArticleBureau warns of a widespread, severe heatwave this week (BoM - Bureau of...
Issued: 27 November 2012 Media Release - Head Office The Bureau of Meteorology is warning of a widespread, severe heatwave expected to affect large parts of inland Australia from today (Tuesday), and...
View ArticleThunderstorms hit Brisbane city outskirts as BoM rejects criticism
Click for more photos Severe storm strikes southeast Queensland A lightning strike seen from New Farm. Photo: Greg Lamb. View all 22 photos A collection of very dangerous thunderstorms bringing flash...
View ArticleSevere storm warnings issued amid criticism of BoM
Click for more photos Severe storm strikes southeast Queensland A lightning strike seen from New Farm. Photo: Greg Lamb. View all 22 photos A severe thunderstorm warning bringing damaging wind gusts of...
View ArticleMount Isa weather radar for north west Queensland (Australian Government)
Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water Mount Isa weather radar for north west Queensland Media release 12 November 2012 DF12/057 Download Mount Isa's new state-of-the-art Doppler...
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