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Tropical Cyclone Narelle will move towards the Top End, bringing damaging winds and flooding rain. Showers & storms are active elsewhere across the tropics. Unstable onshore winds brings showers & storms to east NSW & southeast Qld. Low pressure brings showers through inland NSW.
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Today, 12:20AM UTC
Intense late season heat continues for Western Australia’s west
Western inland WA is expected to be the hottest part of Australia this Saturday, as temperatures are expected to soar to the high 30s for the southwest corner, and into the low 40s for the northwest corner. A surface trough extending down WA's west coast to north of Albany, combined with plentiful sunshine has allowed temperatures to rise as much as 7-10°C above the March average through the last few days. Image: Much of inland western WA will heat up well above average. Source: Weatherzone Perth hasn’t been spared from the late season heat, with inland parts of the city exceeding 37°C each day since Wednesday. Perth Airport reached 39.1°C, 39.5°C and 37.3°C on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday respectively. On the same days, Pearce in the city’s outer northeast, reached temperatures of 39.2°C, 40.3°C and 39.6°C. Further north and again on the same days, Morawa, nearly 150km east-southeast of Geraldton, reached 38.9°C, 38.8°C and 40.1°C. Image: Heatwave severity forecast for the period from Thursday 19th to Saturday 21st. Source: Weatherzone The lingering trough will start to edge further east on Saturday ahead of a cold front approaching the southwest coast, though there is at least one more day of summerlike heat expected across inland western WA, with a low intensity heatwave forecast across the region. Away from the southwest coast, temperatures will reach into the mid to high 30s once more. Temperatures across the Gascoyne and western Pilbara will likely be even hotter, cracking into the 40s for many areas. From Sunday a cold front should bring some welcome relief for the southwest, though hot days may continue for the northwest until mid-next week ahead of the approach of Tropical Cyclone Narelle. The approach of Narelle will bring increased latent energy over northern parts of WA early to mid-next week. This should lead to spike in temperatures across the Pilbara from Tuesday. Image: Perth Airport, along with much of southwest WA will become cooler from Sunday. Source: Weatherzone
20 Mar 2026, 4:02AM UTC
Northern Territory next in line for Tropical Cyclone Narelle
Tropical Cyclone Narelle is expected to make a second landfall over the Northern Territory this weekend after causing severe impacts in northern Queensland on Friday. Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle made landfall in northern Qld on Friday morning, crossing the coast as a high-end category 4 system between Coen and Lockhart River. Narelle caused very destructive winds and flooding as it passed over the Cape York Peninsula on Friday. Rain gauges near the Wenlock and Pascoe Rivers received more than 300 mm of rain between 6:00 pm AEST on Thursday and 1:00 pm on Friday. Unsurprisingly, this deluge caused the Wenlock River to rise by more than 10 metres on Friday. Huge waves also pummelled the Cape York Peninsula from both sides as powerful winds circulating Narelle’s core churned the surrounding seas. Maximum wave heights exceeded 5 metres on Friday morning off the coast of the Skardon River outlet, to the north of Mapoon. Waves of 4 metres were also detected at Albatross Bay near Weipa. Northern Territory bracing for Narelle While Tropical Cyclone Narelle weakened over the Cape York Peninsula on Friday after making landfall, the system is likely to re-intensify as it tracks towards the west across the Gulf of Carpentaria on Friday night into Saturday. Image: Forecast track map for Tropical Cyclone Narelle. Valid at 1:00 pm AEST on Friday, March 20, 2026. A more recent forecast track map may be available. Source: Weatherzone. The current forecast track map for Narelle predicts that the system will reach the NT’s eastern Top End as a category 3 severe tropical cyclone on Saturday night or Sunday morning. Narelle is expected to impact Groote Eylandt and other areas of the eastern Top End, likely causing very destructive winds, heavy rain, flooding, large waves and a dangerous storm tide. Like northern Qld, parts of the NT could see more than 300 mm of rain from Narelle as it passes over the eastern Top End this weekend. Narelle should weaken quickly once it moves over the NT, however its remnant low pressure system will continue to move towards the west and drag heavy rain across the NT’s Top end and parts of Western Australia’s Kimberley district on Sunday and Monday. This will deliver more heavy rain to areas of the NT that are still dealing with flooding from recent wet weather, including the Daly River region. Image: Forecast accumulated rain during the next seven days, showing the expected rainfall footprint of Narelle as it tracks over the Top End and Kimberley. Source: Weatherzone. A flood watch has been issued for parts of the Top End, where additional areas of major flooding are possible from Sunday. A flood watch is also in place for the North and East Kimberley, where flooding could develop from Monday.
19 Mar 2026, 11:05PM UTC
Cyclone Narelle makes landfall in northern Qld as category 4 system
Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle has made landfall in far north Queensland, crossing the Cape York Peninsula coast between Lockhart River and Coen as a category 4 system. The eye of Cyclone Narelle started crossing the Qld coast at around 6am AEST on Friday, with radar imagery clearly showing the centre of the powerful tropical cyclone making landfall. Image: Composite radar and satellite images showing the core of Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle making landfall in far north Qld on Friday morning. Source: Weatherzone. At 7am AEST on Friday, as Narelle was crossing the coast, sustained wind speeds near its core were estimated to be around 195 km/h, with gusts reaching around 270 km/h. This is near the top end of a category 4 tropical cyclone. If sustained wind speeds were 200 km/h or higher, it would be rated as a category 5 system. This is the first category 4 tropical cyclone to hit Qld since Trevor in 2019, and the state’s strongest landfalling cyclone since Marcia in 2015. Prior to reaching the coast, Narelle had reached category 5 strength while moving over the Coral Sea towards Qld. Late on Thursday, the system was producing sustained wind speeds of 220 km/h and gusts of 315 km/h, making it the strongest tropical cyclone in Australia’s Eastern Region since Ingrid in 2005. Impacts from Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle A high-end category 4 tropical cyclone making landfall is a dangerous weather event. Impacts from this system’s coastal crossing will include very destructive wind gusts, heavy rainfall, flash flooding, large waves, a storm surge and coastal inundation. A weather station at Lockhart River Airport, which is about 50 km north of Narelle’s eye, recorded wind gusts of 115 km/h just before 9:00 am on Friday. This weather station also received 108 mm of rain between 5:00 pm AEST on Thursday and 9:00 am on Friday. Further inland, a rain gauge at Wenlock River collected 208 mm of rain between 6:00 pm Thursday and 9:00 am on Friday. Image: Enhanced infrared satellite images showing Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle making landfall on Friday, March 20, 2026. Source: Weatherzone. Where will Narelle go next? Tropical Cyclone Narelle will continue moving towards the west on Friday, causing heavy rain and powerful winds to continue over the Cape York Peninsula. While Narelle will weaken as it crosses the peninsula, it is expected to still be a tropical cyclone, most likely category 2, when it emerges off the west coast in the evening. Cyclone Narelle should then intensify as it tracks over the warm Gulf of Carpentaria on Friday night into Saturday. At this stage, the system is expected to impact Groote Eylandt and the Northern Territory’s eastern Top End from Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning, most likely making another landfall as a category 3 severe tropical cyclone. Narelle should then weaken to a tropical low as it carries heavy rain over the Top End and into Western Australia's Kimberley district. Forecast models suggest the system will emerge off the Kimberley coast early to mid-next week, which may allow it to re-intensify into a tropical cyclone to the north of WA.