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A cold front is sending cold, gusty winds and showers over eastern NSW. A humid, unstable airmass is triggering thunderstorms, some intense, over Qld, far northern SA, the NT and northeast WA. A moist southeasterly airstream is sending showers over Tas, Vic and southern SA.
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Today, 5:11AM UTC
Record October heat bakes southeast Qld, northeast NSW
October temperature records were broken on Monday as hot and blustery winds fanned numerous fires across southeast Queensland and northeast NSW. West to northwesterly winds developing ahead of an approaching southerly change caused a stream of hot air to flow over southeast Qld and northeast NSW on Monday. This heat was so intense it caused some areas to register their highest October temperatures in decades, even breaking records in some places. Image: Modelled daily maximum temperature and instantaneous wind at 4pm AEST on Monday, October 27, 2025. The map shows hot westerly winds flowing over southeast Qld and northeast NSW. Brisbane reached 38.7°C on Monday afternoon, which was its highest October temperature since 2004. Brisbane Airport’s 39.1°C was its equal highest October temperature on record, matching 1957. The following locations also broke their daily maximum temperature records for October on Monday: Sunshine Coast 39.1°C, previous record 37.0°C in 2004 Coolangatta 38.3°C, previous record 35.6°C in 2004 Gold Coast 38.0°C, previous record 36.8°C in 2004 Byron Bay 35.9°C, previous record 34.0°C in 2004 Monday’s hot and windy weather also caused Extreme fire danger ratings in northeast NSW and southeast Qld, with numerous fires burning amid the torrid conditions. Smoke from a large fire burning near Moonie extended more than 300 km to the east, covering the Gold Coast region and other areas south of Brisbane. Image: Visible satellite images showing smoke blowing across southeast Qld on Monday, October 27, 2025. A cool southerly change will push through northeast NSW and southeast Qld on Monday night, causing a big drop in temperature. Brisbane is only forecast to reach 22°C on Tuesday in the wake of the cool change.
Today, 12:14AM UTC
Strongest southerly of spring surging up east coast
A strong southerly change is surging up the east coast this Monday, pushing coastal showers and unseasonably cool temperatures all the way to the Queensland border and beyond by Tuesday. The cold airmass is already entrenched in Australia’s two southernmost capital cities, with Hobart and Melbourne heading for Monday maximums of just 13°C and 14°C respectively, just five weeks before the start of summer, with light snowfalls in elevated parts of Tasmania. Image: Temperatures at the 850 hPa level in the atmosphere (which equates to about 1500m above sea level) showing cold air pushing north along the coast and adjacent ranges on Monday, October 27, 2025. Sydney will begin to feel the chill on Monday afternoon with a sharp temperature drop of 5-7 degrees expected after the mercury peaks in the mid-20s just after midday. In Brisbane, the temperature change will be even more dramatic, although the coolest air won’t arrive until the late hours of Monday or the early hours of Tuesday morning. Image: A speckled cloud field (typically associated with a cold airmass with polar origins) can be seen off the SE corner of Australia on Monday, October 27, 2025, and is pushing north along the coast. Brisbane has had a hot spell of late, with six of the last 10 days topping 30°C in a month when the average maximum over the last 30 years has been 27.1°C. After a dynamic Sunday in Brisbane with severe storms and large hailstones in some suburbs, the heat has intensified this Monday, with the mercury already reaching 34.2°C at 9:30am (AEST) on the way to a predicted maximum of 37°C. On Tuesday, Brisbane’s maximum could be as chilly as just 21°C under frequent showers and southeasterly winds, making a potential 16-degree maximum temperature difference in two days. That’s the sort of spring temperature see-saw which is much more common in cities like Melbourne. Image: Hot, cold, then close to average for Brisbane over the next four days, as seen in the Daily Forecast on the Weatherzone app. Brisbane will gradually warm up as the week progresses, with maximums hovering around the monthly average for a good stretch from Thursday onwards.
26 Oct 2025, 6:11AM UTC
Severe thunderstorms lash three states and two capitals
Parts of Qld, NSW and Vic are being hammered by severe thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon. Over 200,000 lightning strikes have been recorded over Qld alone. A further 150,000 lightning strikes have been recorded over NSW and Vic. Melbourne has already faced off with a severe cell at about 4:30pm EDT. Warnings were issued for the city as well as for the bay. Image: Himawari-9 satellite imagery with Weatherzone lightning and BOM radar at 4:30pm EDT. Brisbane is next up in the firing line with dangerous supercells forming along a trough line and heading in different directions with some heading for Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast. Image: Himawari-9 satellite imagery with Weatherzone lightning strikes and BOM radar at 5:04pm EDT. Supercell thunderstorms can be seen heading for Brisbane. Please stay up to date with the latest warnings at: weather warnings