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Today, 1:05AM UTC
Dangerous two days of damaging winds, thunderstorms as strong spring cold front lashes SE Australia
Dynamic weather typical of early spring is buffeting central and eastern Australia this Friday, and it’s set to continue right through the weekend in some areas. Severe weather warnings for damaging winds were issued for parts of NSW, Victoria and Tasmania on Friday morning, while gale warnings are in place for parts of coastal South Australia. Two gusts of 80 km/h have already been recorded (nearly an hour apart) at Melbourne Airport on Friday morning before 10am, while kunanyi/Mt Wellington above Hobart recorded an overnight gust of 100 km/h. Thunderstorms are also expected to break out across several states – with the possibility of severe storms from northern Victoria all the way up to southern Queensland on Friday afternoon – while snow, hail and icy winds will chill Tasmania, Victoria and southern NSW and the ACT by Saturday. What’s causing the severe weather? The engine driving this vigorous weather is an intense low pressure system, which on Friday morning was centred over waters south of the Great Australian Bight and west of Tasmania. Image: Four-hour combined satellite and radar loop for SE Australia to 10am on Friday, September 19. A cold front associated with the low pressure system is rapidly surging towards the mainland and Tasmania. Ahead of it, showers and storms have already formed along a trough extending from southern Victoria all the way to southern parts of the NT. As mentioned, the severe thunderstorm potential increases on Friday afternoon as cold air clashes with warmer air. In Melbourne, showers should develop close to the 7:40pm opening bounce in the Geelong vs Hawthorn AFL Preliminary Final. By Saturday morning, it will feel like winter has returned to southeastern Australia, with snow falling to as low as 1100m in the mainland high country and down to around 600m in Tasmania. Severe weather will persist all weekend in Tasmania as a series of cold fronts lash the state, with a surge of particularly cold air for spring due on Monday. That cold air will also reach the southern mainland, dropping the snow level to around 800 metres. Please check the latest weather warnings on the Weatherzone warnings page.
18 Sep 2025, 1:12AM UTC
Perth sets rainfall streak not seen in 18 years
For four months in a row, Perth has exceeded its average monthly rainfall – the first time this has happened in the traditionally wet winter/spring period since 2007. Perth reached its September average of 79.3mm during light showers on Tuesday and Wednesday. Another 13.2mm of rain then fell in the 24 hours to 9am Thursday – most of it in a brief burst before midday yesterday – bringing this month’s running total to a healthy 93.8mm. That means that over the last four months, Perth has received: June: 129.8mm (average 127.2mm) July 174.4mm (average 147.8mm) August: 203.8mm (average 122.7mm) September: 93.8mm and counting (average 79.3mm) Image: The combined radar and satellite loop for the four hours to midday (AWST) on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, shows how a fast-moving band of moisture scored a direct hit on the Perth metro area. Perth’s recent rainy streak is obviously a good news story. The city receives the vast majority of its rainfall in the period from late autumn to early spring, so this is when locals hope for all the rain they can get. READ MORE: Perth approaching winter rainfall streak not seen in 3 decades But it’s worth remembering that the previous seven months from November 2024 to May 2025 all saw below-average rainfall totals. Indeed, most of WA’s South West Land Division has experienced ongoing rainfall deficits in recent years. That’s illustrated dramatically in the image below, which shows rainfall deciles in Western Australia over the four-year period from the start of September 2021 to the end of August 2025. Image: The southwest corner of WA has been much drier than average of the last four years, despite this year’s relatively wet winter. Source: BoM. As you can see, most of WA’s South West Land Division is experiencing ongoing rainfall deficits, including Perth. That helps explain why the city’s combined water storage was just 48.1% of capacity as of this Tuesday, September 16. Image: Perth’s water storage levels for 2025 continue to trend below recent years despite solid winter and early spring rainfall in 2025. Source: WA Water Corporation. Meanwhile Perth can expect dry weather for at least the next week or so, with a good chance of the first 30-degree day of the season next Wednesday. Our Perth forecast is here. Image: Perth temperature extremes and rainfall totals over the four days from September 14 to September 17 on the Weatherzone app.
17 Sep 2025, 6:58AM UTC
Wettest September day in 37 years at Cairns Airport in unseasonable N Qld deluge
Extremely heavy rain has fallen in parts of North Queensland, with the highest 24-hour total to 9am Wednesday of 379mm recorded at the Topaz weather station, not far inland from Innisfail and just west of Queensland’s highest peak, 1622m Mt Bartle Frere. At least a dozen nearby weather stations exceeded 100mm of rainfall, while Cairns Airport recorded 72.8mm in the 24 hours to 9am Wednesday, its highest September reading since 1988. The city’s main weather station at Cairns Racecourse, about 10km south of the airport, recorded 95.6mm in the 24 hours to 9am Wednesday, on the back of 64.4mm the day before. Image: The combined six-hour radar and satellite loop from 2pm Tuesday show showers pushing towards the coast and becoming heavier as they strike the coastal ranges between Cairns and Innisfail. While these would be big totals in most parts of non-tropical Australia, North Queensland locals would consider it just another downpour – with one key exception. This is North Queensland’s driest time of year. While tropical North Queensland does not have a dry season as severe as Darwin’s where the rain taps virtually turn off entirely for several months, September is still considerably drier than the wet summer months. For example: Cairns (Racecourse) sees just 43.6mm on average in September (the 2nd-driest month) compared to 467.8mm in January (the wettest month). Innisfail, around an hour south of Cairns, sees 85.3mm on average in September (the driest month) compared to 663.2mm in March (the wettest month). Innisfail has already received 326.8mm this September, the vast majority of it since Saturday. What caused the unseasonable deluge? Image: Sea surface temperature anomalies (difference from the long-term average) for Qld waters as at September 16, 2025. Source: BoM. Persistent southeasterlies have been pushing moist Coral Sea air towards the Queensland coast for several days now, with the rainfall potential enhanced by widespread above-average sea surface temperatures for this time of year. The moist winds interacted with a surface trough located just inland from the coast. A drying trend will set in across North Queensland from the end of the week onwards. Our Cairns forecast is here.