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A moist westerly airstream in the wake of a cold front generates gusty rain over Tas, tending to showers over southern Vic. A southerly change moving along the NSW coast generates a few showers in moist winds. Showers along coastal north Qld in humid onshore winds. Dry elsewhere.
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Today, 4:15AM UTC
Here's what Mother Nature has in store for Mother's Day
While most Mums across Australia will have dry weather on Mother’s Day this Sunday, some will have to make indoor plans to escape the rain. Showers of gifts are a welcome sight on Mother’s Day, but showers of rain aren’t usually on the wish list. This year, the vast majority of Australia will be kept dry on Mother’s Day by a large ridge of high pressure extending across the country’s south. However, some areas will be wet and a few places could ee heavy rain. The map below shows where rain is predicted to fall on Mother’s Day this year. Image: Forecast accumulated rain on Sunday, May 11, 2025. Showers will affect parts of eastern Australia on Mother’s Day, most likely between central NSW northern Qld. A weak low pressure trough could also bring a few light showers to some southern parts of WA, and showers are possible in southwest Tas and the eastern Top End. Brisbane, Sydney and most areas in between have a chance of wet weather on Sunday, although there should be breaks in the rain throughout the day in both cities. Some computer models suggest that heavy rain could soak parts of northern Qld, although there is some disagreement between models regarding how much rain will fall. Based on the pattern currently expected across Australia this Sunday, we aren’t likely to see severe weather in any major Australian city on Mother’s Day this year. Image: Australian capital city forecasts for Mother’s Day 2025. However you plan to spend the day, Weatherzone wishes a happy Mother’s Day to all the Mums out there.
Today, 12:58AM UTC
Snow blankets Tasmania, chill spreads to SE mainland
Heavy snow has fallen in Tasmania, with chilly temperatures also spreading to the southeast corner of mainland Australia after the passage of a powerful autumn cold front. The front brought snow down to around 500 metres above sea level, with accumulations exceeding 15cm at higher elevations, while numerous weather stations in the western half of the state recorded much-needed falls of rain in the range of 25-50mm. As the sun poked its nose through the cloud on Thursday morning, spectacular views of Mt Field (1434m) were on offer from the tiny township of Maydena, about 90 minutes northwest of Hobart. Mike Callow, who runs Maydena’s Fika Time cafe, told Weatherzone it was the third snowfall this year but definitely the heaviest to date. Image: The view to Mt Field from Maydena, Tas, on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Source: Mike Callow, Fika Time Cafe/Restaurant. Mt Field National Park (pictured above) is also home to Mt Mawson, a club-run, non-commercial ski field where the morning snow cams revealed snow enthusiasts enjoying the first turns of the season despite the rudimentary ski lifts not yet being open. Image: If you love the snow, you’ve simply got to go. Source: Mt Mawson. While cold air in the wake of the front made it to southeastern Australia, the bulk of the moisture didn’t cross Bass Strait, although light falls of rain were recorded across southeastern SA and large parts of Victoria. The highest reading was 14mm at both Mt Baw Baw and Mt Buller in the Victorian Alps, some of which fell as snow. But the main effect from this front for the mainland is the much cooler temperatures. For example: At 10am on Thursday, Canberra was 12.7°C. At 10am on Wednesday it was 18.9°C. At 10am on Thursday, Melbourne was 14°C. At 10am on Wednesday it was 19°C. At 10am on Thursday, Thredbo Top Station was 0°C. At 10am on Wednesday it was 6.7°C. Cold nights lie ahead for much of the southeast, with a strong high pressure system centred over SE Australia set to create clear, calm conditions at night which will be conducive to widespread frosts. Canberra is expected to see –1°C on both Friday and Saturday morning, while Perisher Valley (which often has mainland Australia’s lowest recorded temperatures) should dip to –5°C on Friday. Melbourne should also shiver through its coldest night of 2025 to date with 5°C expected on Saturday morning. Minimums in coming nights won’t be quite as low in Tasmania, with the state remaining under the influence of cloud and westerly winds.
07 May 2025, 3:07AM UTC
Record dry start to year in parts of three Australian states
Parts of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania just endured their driest start to a year on record as a lack of early autumn rain worsened drought conditions in parts of all three states. High pressure systems have been dominating the weather patterns near southern Australia in recent months. These stubborn areas of high pressure, which are linked to a predominantly positive Southern Annular Mode (SAM), have prevented any substantial rainfall from reaching large areas of SA, Vic and Tas since the start of 2025. The map below shows the rain that fell across Australia in the first four months of 2025 represented as a percentage of the long-term average. The brown shading shows where rainfall was less than 20 percent of the long-term average for the January to April period. Image: Observed rainfall percentages for the first four months of 2025, showing how the observed rainfall from January to April in 2025 compared to the long-term January-to-April average from the 1961-1990 period. Source: Bureau of Meteorology Some areas in southern Australia saw their lowest rainfall on record during the first four months of this year. This included parts of SA, southwest Vic and northwest Tas. When averaging rainfall across the entire state, Tas also had its driest start to a year on record. Image: Rainfall deficiencies in the first four months of 2025. Source: Bureau of Meteorology. The dry start to 2025 comes off the back of two dry southern wet seasons in 2023 and 2024. The period from April to October is when southern Australia receives most of its annual rainfall, but the last two cool seasons were both abnormally dry in the country’s south. With the opening months of 2025 continuing to see an absence of useful rain, large areas of southern Australia have just seen their driest 15-month and 25-month periods ending in April on record. Image: Rainfall deficiencies between February 2024 and April 2025. Source: Bureau of Meteorology. Unsurprisingly, April saw root-zone soil moisture levels and streamflows in the lowest 10 percent of historical records over large areas of SA, Vic and Tas. Image: Streamflow deciles in April 2025, showing lower-than-average streamflows across much of southern Australia and much healthier streamflows in parts of eastern and northern Australia. Looking ahead, seasonal forecast models predict a drier than average end to autumn and start to winter, although there are signs that rainfall could trend above average into the second half of winter. More reliable seasonal rainfall outlooks will become available from June onwards.