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Today, 3:48AM UTC
Fog and smoke shroud Sydney
Sydney residents this morning woke to a blanket of fog across western suburbs. Not only that, Sydneysiders would have also noticed the distinctive smell of burning eucalyptus. According to NSW RFS, the hazard reduction burning season has begun with several burns across Greater Sydney adding a plume of smoke to the bank of fog. As you can see from the satellite imagery loop below, fog extended across a large swath of the metropolitan area, narrowly missing Sydney Airport and Sydney CBD. Once the sun came up, the fog quickly dissipated, clearing entirely by 10am. Image: Satellite loop of fog over the Sydney area. Source: Weatherzone Visibility fell to as low as 100 metres at Camden and Bankstown airports in the early hours of the morning. Sydney Airport was unaffected. Image: Graphs showing PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations at Lidcombe. Source: NSW Government Air Quality According to NSW Health, poor air quality is forecast for the Sydney area today. Monitoring stations in western Sydney recorded poor air quality in the early hours of Sunday morning as PM2.5 and PM10 levels soared. Now that the fog and smoke have largely cleared with help from an afternoon sea breeze, air quality levels have recovered to 'fair to good' levels. However, with prescribed burns continuing in the area, it's best to monitor the situation closely. You can find more information at the NSW Government Air Quality site and the NSW RFS Hazard Reduction page.
12 Sep 2026, 3:27AM UTC
Sunday spring storms for South Australia
The start of spring brought thunderstorms to Sydney last weekend and this weekend it's Adelaide's turn. As Adelaide and Melbourne continue to ride the spring temperature see-saw, a cold front is expected to bring thunderstorms to South Australia and western parts of Victoria on Sunday. Thunderstorms are likely to kick off early on Sunday morning over South Australia's West Coast and Eyre Peninsula, reaching Adelaide around midday then are expected to explode across eastern parts of South Australia, western Victoria and far southwest NSW during the afternoon. Winds are expected to become gusty across a broad area of South Australia tomorrow afternoon, generally peaking in the 60-80km/h range, just below warning thresholds. Thunderstorms however have the potential to become severe, producing wind gusts exceeding 90km/h. Image: Forecast wind gusts for South Australia at 1pm AEST (12:30pm ACST) according to ACCESS-C Adelaide. Source: Weatherzone Rainfall may be intense but will be brief due to the thunderstorms' fast-moving nature. As such, rainfall totals are unlikely to exceed 20mm across South Australia and Victoria. Image: Forecast total rainfall for weekend ending 10pm AEST Sunday 13th September according to ECMWF. Source: Weatherzone For Victoria, high-resolution Australian model guidance (ACCESS-C-VIC), suggests that a gust front could develop across the northwest of the state with the thunderstorm activity. If this were to occur between October and December when rye grass pollen is at its peak then Epidemic Thunderstorm Asthma could be a significant risk. The pollen count for Sunday is forecast to be low so the risk of this occurring is low (BoM also does not issue this forecast until October 1st). Nevertheless, those who are susceptible to asthma should be aware of the upcoming Epidemic Thunderstorm Asthma season, more details here. Image: Forecast wind gusts for Victoria at 4pm AEST according to ACCESS-C VIC. Source: Weatherzone Be sure to keep up to date with all the weather forecasts and warnings at Weatherzone or using the Weatherzone App.
11 Sep 2026, 7:27AM UTC
August tied as world’s warmest month on record
August 2026 was Earth’s equal warmest month on record, with a global mean surface air temperature 1.65°C above the pre-industrial average. According to data from the European Union’s Earth Observation Programme – Copernicus – the average global surface air temperature in August 2026 was 16.96°C. This was 0.85°C above the 1991–2020 average and 1.65°C above the pre-industrial 1850–1900 baseline. This was the planet’s warmest August on record, and the equal warmest month on record, on par with July 2023 in the Copernicus dataset. Ocean temperatures also broke records in August. Earth’s extra-polar oceans – those between 60°S and 60°N, which is most of the world’s oceans excluding waters near the poles – had an average sea surface temperature of 21.07°C last month. This beat the previous August record of 20.98°C from 2023 and matched the any-month record from March 2024. Why was it so warm in August? Last month’s record-breaking warmth in the atmosphere and ocean was caused by the combined influence of climate change and El Niño. Climate change is making Earth’s oceans warmer. According to data from the Bureau of Meteorology, the average sea surface temperature for Earth’s extra-polar oceans in August increased by 1.14°C between 1900 and 2026. On top of this background warming trend, a strengthening El Niño has caused abnormally warm water to build up in the tropical Pacific Ocean in recent months. In August, temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific were around 2.5 to 3 °C warmer than average. These exceptionally warm waters associated with El Niño likely contributed to elevated global sea surface temperatures in 2026. Image: Global sea surface temperature anomalies in August 2026. Source: ECMWF / Copernicus. Increasing likelihood that 2026 will be Earth’s warmest year on record The rapid pace at which El Niño has developed in recent months has increased the likelihood that 2026 will become the warmest year on record based on global air temperature. In mid-August, Berkeley Earth gave a 69% chance that 2026 would become Earth’s warmest year on record. This was up from 12% the previous month. August's exceptional warmth may increase the likelihood of 2026 becoming the warmest year on record. Updated estimates will be available from Berkeley Earth later this month.