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A cold front is bringing patchy rain & gusty winds to SA, while cool & showery winds sweep over much of WA behind the front, though showers are easing. Cold southerly winds are bringing a few showers to the northern NSW coast. High pressure maintains dry weather for Qld & the NT.
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Today, 1:24AM UTC
Coldest morning in years for parts of SE Australia
Icy temperatures sent shivers across southeastern Australia on Thursday morning, with some places registering their coldest morning in years and Queensland registering its first 0°C of 2025. A combination of clear skies, light winds and lingering cold, dry air in the wake of a front provided the ideal conditions for temperatures to plummet across Australia’s southeast on Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Image: Satellite image showing clear skies over southeastern Australia shortly after sunrise on Thursday morning. Temperatures reached 0°C or lower in six states and territories early on Thursday, with the following locations registering the lowest temperatures in each one: -6.9°C at Thredbo, NSW -6.0°C at Mount Hotham, Vic -4.6°C at Canberra, ACT -4.3°C at Cressy, Tas -2.3°C at Loxton, SA 0.0°C at Oakey, Qld Despite only being the first week of winter, some places had their coldest morning in several years. Ballarat’s -4.4°C was the Vic city’s lowest temperature in 10 years and its coldest June morning since 1996. Wangaratta (-4.7°C) and Hay (-4.8°C) also had their coldest morning in 8 years. Image: Frost in Boodua, Qld on Thursday morning. Source: Charmaine Campbell. Image: Frost in Ballarat, Vic on Thursday, June 5, 2025. Source: @enduringdomain / Instagram Canberra (-4.6°C), Sydney (8.3°C) and Brisbane (11.3°C) all had their coldest morning so far this year. In Sydney, the cold and dry air combined with fresh winds to make the temperature feel like 1°C between 6am and 8am on Thursday. While this was a teeth-chattering chill for Sydneysiders, it was almost balmy compared to Canberra’s feels like temperature of -8°C at 7:30am. Image: Modelled minimum temperature on Thursday morning. Friday will be another cold and frosty morning in southeastern Australia as mostly clear and calm conditions persist under a high pressure ridge. However, temperatures won’t be quite as cold as Thursday morning. A series of cold fronts will then bring more cold air, showers and snow to southeastern Australia over the King’s Birthday long weekend. This barrage of wintry weather means that some of the areas that saw frost on Thursday morning will be covered with snow over the weekend.
04 Jun 2025, 4:10AM UTC
Powerful storms lash New Caledonia and South Pacific
Intense rainfall and thunderstorms impacted New Caledonia early this morning, with more to come for other South Pacific islands to the east. Flooding rainfall and intense thunderstorms in New Caledonia The satellite imagery below shows an area of convergence into a low pressure trough moving over New Caledonia early on Wednesday, June 4. This convergence of moist east to northeast winds (to the east of the trough) and drier westerly winds (to the west of the trough) triggered these intense thunderstorms and heavy downpours over the French territory. Video: satellite loop and detected lightning on Wednesday morning, June 4 over New Caledonia. According to Météo France Nouvelle-Calédonie, the heaviest falls were recorded within a period of six to 12 hours on the morning of Wednesday, June 4, including: 219mm at Poindimié 206mm at Yaté (including 99mm in one hour and 171mm in three hours) 167mm at Touho 124mm at Canala The notable heavy rainfall totals exceeding 100mm were mostly located on the northeastern coast of Grande Terre, the main island. This is due to the mountain range that runs the length of the island, causing the moist Pacific Ocean winds to precipitate intensely. Image: DTN MetStorm QPE showing estimated observed rainfall over New Caledonia during the 24 hours ending at 2pm NCT on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Source: Weatherzone / DTN Thunderstorms affected the whole archipelago, with 22mm falling at Nouméa, the capital city. Strong wind gusts reaching 47 knots (87km/h) were also recorded at Nouméa and Phare Amedée, an offshore lighthouse island. 300,000 lightning strikes were also recorded within 500km of Nouméa over the past 36 hours, according to the DTN Total Lightning Network. Flooding and thunderstorms coming for other South Pacific nations The convergence line that impacted New Caledonia is starting to impact Vanuatu this afternoon. Less intense rainfall is expected over the volcanic archipelago, but severe thunderstorms could still deliver 30-50mm of rain in short periods of time this Wednesday afternoon and evening – possibly causing flash flooding and disruptions. Image: In a region where radar coverage is sparse, the DTN Synthetic Radar and Total Lightning Network shows where adverse weather is starting to impact Vanuatu on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Source: Weatherzone / DTN A more prolonged, but less intense, period of rainfall is expected for Fiji, lasting between Thursday morning and Friday afternoon. Tonga is forecast to receive more intense rainfall later on Friday and on Saturday morning. Image: forecast accumulated rainfall across the South Pacific to 10pm AEST on Sunday, June 8. Other South Pacific islands can also expect periods of rain between late this week and early next week. The convergence of winds is set to weaken as the week goes on, so the rainfall is not expected to be intense, but will be reminiscent of the wetter summer months.
04 Jun 2025, 2:10AM UTC
Perth's wettest day in 11 months, more rain on the way
Perth just registered its wettest day since July last year and more rain is on the way for Australia's west coast in the coming days. The first five months of 2025 were unusually dry in Perth. The city only received 96 mm of its 170 mm average for the period from the start of January to the end of May. This lack of early-year rainfall was partially caused by a predominantly positive Southern Annular Mode (SAM) between March and May. When the SAM is in a positive phase at this time of year, it can prevent rain-bearing cold fronts from reaching southwestern Australia. What is the Southern Annular Mode (SAM)? The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) is an index used to monitor the position of the westerly winds that flow from west to east between Australia and Antarctica. When the SAM is in a negative phase, these westerly winds, and the cold fronts and low pressure systems they carry, are located further north than usual for that time of year. When the SAM is positive, the westerly winds, cold fronts and low pressure systems are located further south than usual. The start of June has seen a transition towards a more negative SAM, which has ushered in a more winter-like processions of cold air and rain over the southwest of Australia. Perth picked up 47.6 mm of rain during the 48 hours ending at 9am AWST on Wednesday, with 33.2 mm falling in the final 24 hours of this period. This was the city’s wettest day in 11 months. Bickley’s 41 mm in the 24 hours to 9am on Wednesday was also its heaviest daily rain in nine months. Image: Cloud and showers streaming over the southwest of WA on Wednesday morning. Rain, thunderstorms and blustery winds will continue over a broad area of WA on Wednesday as a low pressure system and associated low pressure troughs affect the state. This wet and windy weather will ease on Thursday and Friday as a high pressure ridge builds over WA. This week’s burst of rain and wind is a reminder that winter has arrived, and Perth can expect to see more systems like this in the coming weeks and months. Forecast models already suggest that another front could hit the southwest of WA early next week.