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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle is taking intense wind, rain & storms west across the NT's Top End. Showers & storms are active elsewhere across the tropics & eastern seaboard. A front is bringing a cooler change & the odd shower to WA's far south. A high is keeping SA, Tas & Vic dry
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21 Mar 2026, 11:10PM UTC
Tropical Cyclone Narelle makes its second landfall
Tropical Cyclone Narelle made landfall early this morning as a severe category 3 system over the Northern Territory’s eastern Top End, after crossing the Gulf of Carpentaria during Saturday. Narelle is expected to weaken below tropical cyclone strength during Sunday as it tracks westwards across the Top End. As of 7:30am ACST Sunday, Narelle has weakened to a category 2 system with winds near its centre reaching 95km/h, gusting to 130km/h, and located approximately 340km east-northeast of Katherine. The system is expected to weaken below tropical cyclone strength during the morning, before crossing over the northern NT during Sunday, passing near Katherine on Sunday evening, then the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf on Monday. Gif: Tropical Cyclone Narelle made landfall over the eastern Top End coast this morning. Source: Weatherzone Impacts for the eastern Top End Narelle passed just north of Groote Eylandt just after 2am local time, though the main weather station at the airport on the western side of the island was relatively protected from the worst winds. The station recorded a maximum wind gust of 83km/h, as well as 32mm of rainfall since 9am yesterday morning. Meanwhile, Gove Airport, at Nhulunbuy on the far northeast corner of the Top End was exposed to wind gusts as high as 98km/h, as well as 131mm of rainfall since 9am yesterday. Elsewhere, Ngayawili (Elcho Island) further to the west has seen 54mm of rainfall, and a peak wind gust of 91km/h. Major flooding once again for the Top End Image: Heavy rain is forecast across the northern Top End and Kimberley in the coming days. The black lines denote borders between river catchments. Source: Weatherzone Despite Narelle weakening through today, it is still expected to dump significant amounts of rain across communities that have experienced more than their fair share of flooding this wet season. A severe weather warning currently encompasses most of the Daly River Catchment, including Katherine, as well as multiple other river catchments across the northern NT. Localised 24-hour totals of as much as 300mm possible near the track of Narelle as it weakens back to a tropical low. This event comes just a few weeks after the biggest flood event in decades impacted the region. More broadly, widespread rainfall totals of 180-250mm are likely across large swathes of the central and northern Top End. As of 8:00am, significant falls have already been recorded at Bulman (93mm), Milingimbi Ap (87mm) Goyder River (77mm) and Mount Bundley North (61mm). A convective band of showers and storms that crossed Darwin has delivered 16mm to the airport, with the city expected to see 60-120mm before Monday afternoon. What’s next for Narelle? Image: Narelle is rated a 55% chance to redevelop into a tropical cyclone by Tuesday evening. Source: BoM As an ex-tropical cyclone, Narelle is expected to move across the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf and over Western Australia’s northern Kimberley region on Monday. There is currently a moderate chance of Narelle restrengthening briefly into a tropical cyclone ahead of making another landfall over the northeast Kimberley coast. By Tuesday, the system is expected to be moving over open waters of the Indian Ocean. At this stage there is a high chance that Narelle will reintensify into a tropical cyclone by Tuesday night. Later in the week, Narelle’s track will likely take it parallel to the Pilbara coast, and potentially towards northwest Gascoyne later in the week. While direct impacts are unlikely at this stage, people along the Pilbara and Gascoyne coasts should monitor the system for periods of increased showers and winds as it progresses towards the west-southwest.
21 Mar 2026, 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.