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Severe TC Narelle is causing damaging winds, heavy rain & storms along the Pilbara coast. A trough is spreading storms along WA's west. A trough is causing storms & rain across southern NSW, eastern Vic & northern SA. Onshore winds are bringing showers to southern SA, Vic & Tas.
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Today, 12:20AM UTC
Destructive winds imminent as Cyclone Narelle approaches WA
The destructive wind field surrounding Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle will start impacting Western Australia’s Pilbara district today, beginning a prolonged period of violent weather that will last for more than 24 hours and extend over 800 km across northwestern Australia. At 5am AWST on Thursday, March 26, Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle was a category 3 system located around 240 km to the north of Karratha. At that time, sustained wind speeds near Narelle’s core were estimated to be reaching about 155 km/h, with peak gusts around 220 km/h. Narelle is a big tropical cyclone with an unusually large destructive wind field. Early on Thursday morning, when the system’s centre was located about 250 km off the WA coast, Narelle’s destructive wind field (wind gusts above 125 km/h) was extending around 200 km to the southeast of its core. The more powerful very destructive wind field (wind gusts exceeding 165 km/h) extended about 50 to 60km from Narelle’s core. Image: Visible satellite image showing Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle to the north of WA on Thursday, March 26, 2026. Source: Weatherzone. Narelle forecast to intensify further Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle is located in an environment that will allow it to strengthen further on Thursday into Friday morning. The latest forecast track map from the Bureau of Meteorology, issued at 5:46 am AWST on Thursday, predicts that Narelle will peak in strength as a high-end category 4 system on Friday morning. However, it may undergo rapid intensification and become a category 5 system by Friday morning. As Narelle gains strength, it will move in a southwesterly direction that will allow it to gradually get closer to the Pilbara coast during Thursday and Friday morning. The system should then turn towards the south and make landfall over the Gascoyne coast late on Friday or early Saturday, most likely as a category 3 system. The approach angle of Narelle will be roughly parallel to the Gascoyne coast, which will cause a gradual landfall and prolong its impacts. The combination of Narelle increasing strength while gradually approaching land, followed by a protracted landfall, will expose a large area of WA’s Pilbara and Gascoyne districts to Narelle’s violent weather. This will include very destructive winds, heavy rain, large waves, abnormally high tides and coastal inundation. Image: Forecast track map issued by the Bureau of Meteorology at 5:46 am AWST on Thursday, March 26, 2026. Source: Bureau of Meteorology. According to the Bureau, “destructive wind gusts in excess of 125 km/h may occur on the Pilbara coast near Karratha during Thursday morning, extending west to Exmouth during Thursday, and south to Carnarvon and then to Denham and the Overlander Roadhouse during Friday.” The more powerful winds closer to Narelle’s core could start to impact the WA coast by Thursday night. The Bureau says “very destructive wind gusts up to 275 km/h may develop west of Onslow later on Thursday as Narelle moves closer to the North West Cape. Carnarvon could see wind gusts up to 220 km/h during Friday, and wind gusts up to 195 km/h could extend to Denham late Friday or early Saturday.” Heavy rain is also expected over western parts of the Pilbara and Gascoyne districts on Thursday and Friday, which is likely to cause flash flooding. A dangerous storm tide accompanied by damaging waves will also develop between about Onslow and Denham as Narelle tracks further south over the next two days. This is likely to cause flooding in low-lying coastal areas. Forecast details may change over the next 24 to 48 hours as Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle continues to evolve. Check the latest tropical cyclone advisories and warnings for the most up to date information.
25 Mar 2026, 2:08AM UTC
NSW and Victoria bracing for severe wintry weather this Friday
A powerful low pressure system will cause damaging winds, heavy rain and large waves in Victoria and New South Wales this Friday, along with a burst of cold weather that will bring early-season snow to mountains in four states and territories. A cold front crossing southeastern Australia on Thursday will cause a low pressure system to spin up over the western Tasman Sea on Friday. While the cold front will bring its own surge of cold, wet and windy weather, the low pressure system will be the most dangerous part of this weather event. Rain and thunderstorms will spread across southeastern Australia on Thursday as a southwesterly wind change associated with the front causes temperatures to drop over Tasmania, Vic, NSW, South Australia and the ACT. Snow is expected to start falling in Tas and Vic on Thursday, possibly reaching around 1000 metres above sea level in Tas during the afternoon and night. On Friday, southerly winds will strengthen considerably over eastern areas of NSW, Vic and Tas, and the ACT. These powerful winds will be caused by a low pressure system deepening rapidly over the western Tasman Sea, most likely centred off the south coast of NSW. Damaging winds are likely to affect parts of NSW and Vic on Friday and will probably extend to the ACT and eastern Tas as well. Image: Forecast wind gusts at 5pm AEDT on Friday, March 27, 2026. Source: Weatherzone. In addition to the wind, heavy rain and highland snow will affect eastern Vic and southeast NSW on Friday. Some areas could see 50 to 100 mm of rain during Thursday and Friday combined, which may cause localised flash flooding. The coasts in eastern Vic and NSW will also get hit by huge waves on Friday and Saturday, with wave heights expected to reach around 3 to 5 metres, possibly exceeding 5 metres along the NSW coast late Friday into Saturday morning. These waves will make coastal activities including swimming and fishing dangerous, and they will cause coastal erosion at south-facing beaches. This week’s burst of wintry weather will be a noticeable change from the recent warm spell in southeastern Australia: Melbourne’s maximum temperatures have reached 27 to 30°C during the last four days. The city’s maximums are forecast to drop to 18°C on Thursday and 16°C on Friday. Hobart is forecast to reach tops of 16°C on Thursday and 15°C on Friday. This would make Friday the city’s coldest day so far this year. Canberra’s temperature is forecast to only reach as high as 15°C on Friday. This follows a week-long run of temperatures above 26°C during the past seven days. Sydney will see a temperature drop of about 10°C in 24 hours, with maximums forecast to reach 30°C on Thursday and 20°C on Friday.
24 Mar 2026, 10:22AM UTC
Narelle on track to make landfall in third Australian state
Tropical Cyclone Narelle is expected to make landfall along the west coast of Western Australia later this week, possibly becoming the third tropical cyclone in modern records to make landfall in three Australian states. First landfall in Queensland Tropical Cyclone Narelle initially developed over the Coral Sea on Tuesday, March 17. It then gained strength as it tracked towards the west, becoming a category 5 tropical cyclone by Thursday, March 19. The system weakened slightly as it approached the eastern coast of the Cape York Peninsula before making landfall as a high-end category 4 system between Coen and Lockhart River on the morning of Friday, March 20. Image: Tropical Cyclone Narelle making landfall over northern Qld. Source: Weatherzone. Following its first landfall, Narelle weakened as it passed over the Cape York Peninsula, emerging off the peninsula’s west coast as a category 2 system on Friday afternoon. It then re-gained strength as it tracked across the Gulf of Carpentaria on Friday and Saturday, March 20-21, becoming a category 3 tropical cyclone once again. Second landfall in the Northern Territory Narelle made a second landfall over the eastern Top End in the NT on Saturday night, crossing the coast as a category 3 severe tropical cyclone. Image: Enhanced infrared satellite image showing Tropical Cyclone Narelle making landfall over the eastern Top End. Source: Weatherzone. The system weakened quickly once over land and was reclassified as a tropical low, below tropical cyclone strength, by Sunday morning. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle then tracked across the NT’s Top End on Sunday before passing over the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf on Monday, March 23. It crossed the coast in Western Australia's Kimberley district on Monday afternoon as a tropical low. Third landfall possible in WA this week While Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle has already crossed the WA coast this week, it has not made landfall in WA as a tropical cyclone. However, this may change. Narelle is expected to re-intensify as it moves in a west-southwesterly direction off the north coast of WA in the coming days. The latest track map from the Bureau of Meteorology predicts the system will reach category 2 strength on Wednesday and category 4 strength on Thursday or Friday. However, there is a possibility it will hit category 5 strength while located to the north of WA. The tropical cyclone is expected to turn towards the south from Friday, causing it to approach the west coast of WA. While Narelle could weaken a bit as it moves further south, it is currently predicted to pass over the coast as a tropical cyclone somewhere between Exmouth and Yanchep, most likely around the Shark Bay area. If this happens, Narelle will become the first tropical cyclone since Ingrid in 2005 to make landfall in three Australian states as a tropical cyclone. The only other system to do this in records since 1980 was Steve in 2000.