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Today, 2:31AM UTC
Tropical Cyclone Mitchell lashing WA despite weakening near Gascoyne coast
Heavy rain, damaging winds and abnormally high tides are impacting parts of Western Australia’s Pilbara and Gascoyne districts today as Tropical Cyclone Mitchell edges closer to the coast. At 8am AWST on Monday, February 9, Mitchell was a category one tropical cyclone located roughly 135 km south southwest of Exmouth near the Ningaloo Coast. At that time the system was producing wind gusts around 120 km/h near its core and moving towards the south-southwest, roughly parallel to the coast. Image: Visible satellite images showing Tropical Cyclone Mitchell located near the Ningaloo Coast on Monday, February 9. Source: Weatherzone. Mitchell was a powerful category three severe tropical cyclone as it tracked to the north of the Pilbara district over the weekend. However, after weakening to a category two system on Sunday, Mitchell was further downgraded to a category one system on Monday morning. Mitchell’s declining strength over the past 24 hours has occurred as the tropical cyclone moved closer to land, which allowed friction to slacken its winds and drier air to wrap around its core. It is also now moving over a region of relatively cooler sea surface temperatures compared to the weekend, which will hinder it from re-intensifying on Monday. The latest forecast track map from the Bureau of Meteorology suggests that Mitchell will move further south on Monday and make landfall somewhere near Cape Cuvier during the afternoon. The system should then weaken further as it tracks inland over the Gascoyne district, likely weakening below tropical cyclone strength overnight. Despite its weaker strength compared to the weekend, Mitchell is still dangerous and will cause severe weather over parts of WA’s Gascoyne district on Monday and Tuesday. This is likely to include damaging winds, heavy rain, flash flooding and abnormally high tides. Rain and thunderstorms associated with the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Mitchell could spread inland across the Wheatbelt, Goldfields and parts of the WA’s south coast on Tuesday and Wednesday. Some of this rain could affect the Perth region, although the heaviest falls will be further east. This southward progression of Mitchell’s moisture may cause areas of flooding more than 1000 km away from where it made landfall. Image: Forecast accumulated rain during the three days ending at 8am AWST on Wednesday, February 11. Source: Weatherzone. Anyone living in WA should check the latest warnings and tropical cyclone advisories for the most up-to-date information on Mitchell and its associated severe weather.
Today, 1:34AM UTC
Widespread rain soaks inland regions and the outback
A widespread belt of rain has drenched parts of every state and territory in Australia, and there’s more to come for many areas as a vast northwest cloudband continues to stream across the country. Fed by moisture from the Indian Ocean, the cloudband has delivered some of its heaviest rain to parched outback areas. Notable rainfall totals in recent days have included: South Australia 100.6mm in the 24 hours to 9am Sunday at Arkaroola, a wildlife sanctuary located at the far northern end of the Flinders Ranges, around eight hours’ drive from Adelaide. This was 40% of the annual rainfall in a day. 51mm in the 24 hours to 9am Monday at Tieyon, in the North West Pastoral district. 19.8mm over three days at Andamooka, which was not one of the state’s biggest totals but is worth mentioning because Andamooka had previously received just 2.2mm this summer and was one of two SA locations that reached 50.0°C in late January. NSW/ACT 45.5mm in the 24 hours to 9am Monday at Tibooburra (Fort Grey) in the state’s far NW corner. The weather station at Tibooburra Airport has now received rainfall exceeding 6mm for four days straight, which is unusual in any season. 39mm at Dubbo, a welcome soaking which brought the running monthly total to 56.2mm in the city on the Central West Plains, after each month from October to January saw less than a third of the monthly average. 34.4mm at Mt Ginini on the NSW/ACT border, the heaviest daily fall since last autumn at the weather station which sits high in the Brindabella Ranges overlooking Canberra to the northeast. Victoria A few drops of rain were recorded at locations in all nine official BoM forecast districts in the 24 hours to 9am Monday, but the heaviest falls were in central Victoria, with at least 10 locations exceeding 25mm. Mena Park, a rural locality just west of Ballarat, had the state’s highest total to 9am Monday, with 37mm. Cowwarr Weir in the far western part of East Gippsland received 31.8mm in the 24 hours to 9am Monday. Goorambat, just east of Shepparton, had 29mm in the 24 hours to 9am Monday. Image: Combined 12-hour satellite and radar loop from 7am to 7pm (AEDT) on Sunday February 8, 2026, showing the feed of moisture across Australia from the northwest with intermittent areas of heavy rain. Queensland Birdsville Airport received 29mm, which was more rain in a day than the far SW Qld town had received in any entire month since last autumn’s deluge that helped fill South Australia’s Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre. Northern Territory Plenty of rain fell in and around Alice Springs in the 24 hours to 9am Monday, with a high reading of 66mm at Upper Bond Springs, just north of the city. Alice Springs itself has now had five days straight with recorded rainfall, including 29.6mm in the 24 hours to Saturday morning. Yulara, near Uluru, has also had healthy rainfall, with four days straight of 6mm or more, including 32.4mm and 23mm in the 24 hours to 9am Sunday and Monday respectively. Western Australia 19.4mm fell in the 24 hours to 9am Sunday at Giles, near the NT border in the far northeast of WA’s Southern Interior forecast district. The heaviest recent WA rainfall totals (of more than 100mm in 24 hours) have obviously been in the vicinity of Tropical Cyclone Mitchell in the Pilbara region. But that’s a different weather system to the northwest cloudband. Tasmania Yes, Indian Ocean moisture made it all the way to Tasmania, and while there were no large rainfall totals on Sunday, virtually the whole state picked up a few millimetres. What’s next with this broad-scale weather system? A persistent trough across the centre of the continent will continue to generate showers with the potential thunderstorms across a large area of the country for the first half of the working week. Moisture will tend to contract north as the week progresses. Unfortunately, parched parts of southern SA and Victoria – including Melbourne and Adelaide – will largely miss out on any meaningful rain this week.
07 Feb 2026, 11:25PM UTC
Tropical Cyclone Mitchell lashes the Pilbara coast as landfall approaches
Tropical Cyclone Mitchell intensified into a severe Category 3 system overnight and has been tracking just offshore of the Pilbara coast. The Bureau of Meteorology’s 6 am AWST advisory placed the cyclone roughly 165 km north-northeast of Onslow and about 250 km northeast of Exmouth, moving slowly west southwest. Image: Visible satellite and radar imagery showing cloud and rain associated with tropical cyclone Mitchell on Sunday morning. Source: Weatherzone. Mitchell is packing sustained winds near 140 km/h with damaging gusts to around 195 km/h, with the very destructive core brushing the Pilbara coastline before an expected landfall between Onslow and Exmouth later on Sunday or early Monday. The forecast highlights very destructive winds between Dampier and Mardie early Sunday, with damaging gusts extending south towards Exmouth, together with heavy rain, flash flooding and abnormally high tides. The cyclone’s proximity has delivered some significant winds this weekend. Automatic weather stations showed Legendre Island recording a 163 km/h gust on Saturday evening as Mitchell’s eyewall grazed the offshore island. As of 6:10am WST Sunday, other exposed islands have also been significantly impacted: Barrow Island Airport reported a gust of 111 km/h and Varanus Island reached 135 km/h early Sunday, just after 6am WST. On the mainland, Karratha Aero was lashed by a 100 km/h gust on Saturday night and later clocked 98 km/h early Sunday, while Roebourne Aero measured 87 km/h on Saturday evening and Mardie topped out near 72 km/h. Further east, Port Hedland Airport experienced gale-force winds as Mitchell tracked past offshore, with the station recording a peak gust of 93 km/h on Saturday afternoon. Rowley Shoals also saw strong winds, with gusts reaching around 85 km/h as the cyclone’s outer bands swept across the offshore reefs and islands. For both locations, these were the strongest wind gusts recorded since Tropical Cyclone Zelia last February. Image: Visible satellite and wind gusts at 06:10am WST. Source: Weatherzone. In the 24 hours to 6:00 am Sunday, Barrow Island Airport recorded about 74.6 mm of rain and Karratha Aero picked up 69.2 mm. Varanus Island was soaked by 92.2 mm, while Roebourne Aero collected 48.2 mm and Port Hedland Aero registered 43.2 mm. Rain gauges at Thevenard Island and Onslow Airport measured around 22 mm and 18 mm respectively. Image: Visible satellite and rainfall observations at 06:00am WST. Source: Weatherzone. The cyclone’s slow west southwest track means gale force winds and torrential rain will continue along the Pilbara coast through the day. The Bureau warns that very destructive gusts to 195 km/h remain possible between Dampier and Mardie, with destructive gusts to 160 km/h extending towards Onslow and Exmouth later Sunday. Damaging gales may also spread inland to Pannawonica and the west Gascoyne. Communities between Onslow and Exmouth are urged to finalise preparations and shelter in place as the cyclone approaches. Image: ECMWF forecast wind gusts on Sunday evening as Tropical Cyclone Mitchell impacts the Pilbara coast. Source: Weatherzone. As Mitchell edges closer to landfall, widespread moderate to heavy rainfall is expected along the west Pilbara coast, extending into parts of the Gascoyne, with a risk of flash flooding developing through today and into Monday. Localised bursts of more intense rainfall may lead to dangerous flash flooding near the coast, particularly around Onslow. Abnormally high tides and large waves are also expected along the Pilbara coastline, including Exmouth, with coastal inundation possible in low-lying areas during high tides. Image: ECMWF Forecast accumulated rainfall to Monday 9th evening as the system moves south and weakens over western WA. Source: Weatherzone. The forecast track suggests Mitchell will cross the coast between Onslow and Exmouth late Sunday or early Monday as a Category 3 system before weakening over land. However, with the cyclone still offshore and conditions favourable, it may maintain severe tropical cyclone intensity right up to landfall. Even after crossing the coast, Mitchell’s large circulation will continue to drive strong winds and heavy rain inland. Residents in the Pilbara and Gascoyne should stay tuned to official warnings and follow all directions from emergency services. Further heavy rain, damaging winds and coastal inundation are expected before the system finally weakens early next week.