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A strong cold front passing over SA brings gusty showers and isolated storms. Strong N'ly winds and showers are developing across Tas, Vic and NSW ahead of the front. Showers across WA's south in cold, gusty SW winds following the front, and over NE NSW and SE Qld in moist winds.
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Today, 1:38AM UTC
Rain to soak every Australian state this week
A series of strong cold fronts will cause widespread rain across Australia this week, along with periods of damaging winds, thunderstorms and snow in multiple states and territories. Two cold fronts and associated low pressure systems will sweep across Australia from west to east this week. The first system will cross the country between Monday and Wednesday, and the second will move through between Wednesday and Sunday. Both systems will be strong enough to cause severe weather in multiple states and territories this week. The combination of the two systems will also result in widespread rain across southern, central and eastern Australia, including useful falls in drought-affected areas. First system of the week The satellite image below shows the first cold front of the week passing over WA on Monday morning, where it is causing a cold, wet and windy start to the week. Perth could struggle to reach 15°C on Monday, which would make it the city’s coldest day so far this year. Image: Visible true colour satellite image captured on Monday morning. This system will move further east in the next couple of days, hitting SA on Monday and then crossing southeastern Australia on Tuesday. Blustery winds, rain and cold air will spread across the southern half of Australia between Monday and Wednesday with the passage of this cold front and an associated low pressure system. This will include damaging winds in several states, with severe weather warnings already in place for parts of SA and Vic as of 10:30am AEST on Monday. Warnings may also be issued in NSW and Tas over the next couple of days. Image: Forecast wind gusts at 1:00pm AEST on Monday, July 21, 2025. This cold front will also interact with a low pressure trough over eastern Australia to cause rain and thunderstorms over a broad area of NSW and Qld on Tuesday and Wednesday. Second system this week The second cold front of the week will reach southwestern Australia on Wednesday before crossing WA on Thursday, SA and central Australia on Friday and southeastern and eastern Australia on the weekend. This front is expected to spawn a large low pressure system that will draw tropical moisture across Australia. This setup has the potential to generate a massive northwest cloudband that will soak part of every state and territory in the second half of this week. Image: Modelled precipitable water and mean sea level pressure over Australia on Friday afternoon, showing a low pressure system directing a large stream of tropical moisture across eastern and southeastern Australia. In addition to rain, this front and low will also cause further blustery and potentially damaging winds across parts of southern Australia later this week. It should also get cold enough for more snow in the Alps and there’s even a chance of some snow flurries in the south of WA on Thursday. Big week of rain for Australia The combined influence of this week’s cold fronts and low pressure systems will deliver a decent amount of rain to part of every state and territory in Australia between now and the weekend. Due to the eastward movement of these weather systems, the bulk of this rain will fall on and west of the Great Dividing Range. This means that the Murray-Darling Basin and many thirsty agricultural areas of SA, Tas, Vic and WA will also see a good drop of rain in the next seven days. The map below shows how much rain is expected to fall across Australia this week. Image: Forecast accumulated rain this week, according to the ECMWF-HRES model. Some of this week’s rain will soak areas that have experienced record-breaking rainfall deficiencies over the past 1.5 years, as shown on the map below. While this won’t be enough to eradicate these long-term rain deficits, it will be welcome moisture in the ground. Image: Rainfall deficiencies for the 17-month period ending in June 2025. Source: Bureau of Meteorology The dynamic weather patterns affecting Australia this week will cause dangerous conditions in multiple states. Check the latest forecasts and weather warnings in your area before heading out.
20 Jul 2025, 10:24PM UTC
Typhoon Wipha sideswipes Hong Kong and southern China
Intense flooding rainfall, powerful winds and large waves impacted Hong Kong and southern China on Sunday as Typhoon Wipha crossed the region. The sixth tropical storm of the western Pacific typhoon season intensified into Typhoon Wipha early on Sunday, July 20, 2025. The satellite imagery below shows the typhoon coming very close to Hong Kong, before making landfall over the neighboring Guangdong province. Image: Visible satellite imagery showing Typhoon Wipha over the South China Sea on Sunday, July 20, 2025. Wipha moved close to the Philippines’ Luzon Island on Friday and Saturday as the system tracked west into the South China Sea. Deep feeds of tropical moisture delivered 150-250mm of rain to northern Luzon Island and eastern Taiwan, with some areas receiving over 400mm of rain, leading to local flooding, cancellations of domestic flights and suspension of ferry services. Image: DTN's Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPE) of weekly rainfall to 5am CST on Monday, July 21, 2025, over the Philippine Sea and South China Sea, with overlaid observed and forecast JTWC storm track. Flooding and flight cancellations in Hong Kong Wipha came within close proximity to Hong Kong around midday on Sunday, with strong winds exceeding 63 knots estimated near the core of the system. Image: Enhanced infrared satellite Imagery showing Typhoon Wipha coming close to Hong Kong on Sunday, July 20, 2025. Over 500 flights in and out of Hong Kong have been cancelled, with closures of public transport, schools and some hospital facilities also affecting the city. A T10 typhoon signal was issued by Hong Kong for nearly seven hours. The T10 signal is the highest warning level issued for hurricane strength winds. The last T10 signal was issued in 2023, during Super Typhoon Saola. Peak sustained winds (and gusts) on Sunday reached: 171 km/h (gusting to 234 km/h) at Ngong Ping 132 km/h (gusting to 176 km/h) at Green Island 127 km/h (gusting to 173 km/h) at Cheung Chau Beach 105 km/h (gusting to 129 km/h) at Tap Mun 97 km/h (gusting to 117 km/h) at Tai Mei Tuk Wipha re-intensifying heading towards Vietnam After tracking west across the Guangdong province, Wipha is now moving back offshore between the Guangxi province and Hainan Island. Over the warm waters of the Beibu Gulf, Wipha is expected to re-intensify as it tracks westwards. Uncertainty remains elevated on the exact timing and location, but Wipha should cross back over land somewhere along Vietnam’s Red River Delta coastline on Tuesday. Wipha’s second landfall will bring further flooding rainfall to parts northern Vietnam, Laos, northern Thailand and Myanmar (Burma). The image below shows accumulated rainfall across the coming 4 days, with Wipha’s track clearly shown crossing the region. Widespread falls of 200-300mm will bring flooding, displacing people and disruptions to transport through landslides. Image: Accumulated 3-day rainfall across mainland southeast Asia to Thursday evening, July 24, 2025. While showers and less intense rainfall will persist for 2-3 days following Wipha’s passage, more settled conditions will develop over southern China and Vietnam later in the week, and over Laos, northern Thailand and Myanmar (Burma) over the weekend and early next week, helping the recovery effort across the region.
20 Jul 2025, 1:45AM UTC
Sydney's coldest morning in years
Extremely cold temperatures were observed in Sydney and across Greater Western Sydney this morning, with many locations shivering through their coldest morning in years. Penrith experienced its coldest morning in 4 years as the mercury dropped to -0.3°C at 6:45am. Temperatures were even colder at Campbelltown, Richmond and Camden with minimum temperatures of -0.5°C, -1.3°C and -2.1°C respectively. These subzero temperatures resulted in widespread frost across Greater Western Sydney this morning. Sydney Olympic Park was extremely cold as well with a minimum temperature of 2.8°C, its coldest temperature in 2 years. These cold temperatures were facilitated by clear skies and very light winds which promoted radiational cooling through the night. These conditions also allowed areas of fog to form. Notably, the visibility in Richmond dropped as low as 100m at times overnight. Although temperatures are not expected to be quite as cold during the coming week, morning temperatures will be chilly on Thursday and Friday, particularly in western suburbs. Image: Weatherzone 7-day forecast for Sydney.