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Today, 3:33AM UTC
Heavy snow blankets NSW Northern Tablelands
Some of the heaviest snowfalls in years have turned the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales into a white, wintry landscape more reminiscent of the Snowy Mountains in the state’s south. Up to 15cm of snow was reported by midday in the town of Guyra (population approx. 2000) by local Shane Battistuzzi, who took these pictures of his yard and nearby areas after the snowfall began around 7am. The snow soon started to accumulate rapidly. This was the scene at 8am. Image: Guyra begins to turn white on the morning of Saturday, August 2, 2025. Source: Shane Battistuzzi. By 10am, the snow was already noticeably deeper in Mr Battistuzzi’s yard. Image: The snow just kept on coming down in Guyra on the morning of Saturday, August 2, 2025. Source: Shane Battistuzzi. And this was a view of a nearby landscape in town at midday. Image: Guyra’s exotic trees gave the town a distinctly European appearance under a blanket of snow by midday on Saturday, August 2, 2025. Source: Shane Battistuzzi. Guyra, at an elevation of 1330m, is the highest town in Australia outside of the alpine region. For the organisers of the town’s annual Guyra Snow Ball, the timing of today’s weather could hardly have been more perfect. The ball takes place this evening and bills itself as a "guaranteed fabulous freezing night out!" For those attending the ball or simply trying to drive through town without incident, the good news is that the New England Highway through Guyra was still open early on Saturday afternoon, although motorists were urged to use caution due to snow and ice on the road. ❄️ ARMIDALE TO GUYRA: There is snow and ice on the New England Highway. Use caution and allow extra travel time. — Live Traffic NSW (@LiveTrafficNSW) August 2, 2025 A little further south, the Oxley Highway between Bendemeer and Walcha was closed due to snow and ice. Much of that stretch of road sits at around 1000m above sea level – the altitude to which snow was predicted to fall in northern NSW this Saturday. What caused this snowy outbreak? The snowy conditions have been caused by the combination of an upper-level pool of cold air and a low pressure system just off the northern NSW coast pushing moisture inland. Image: Four-hour combined radar and satellite loop for northern NSW (with the town of Guyra at centre) on the morning of Saturday, August 2, 2025. The chance of light snow showers was also in the forecast for the highest parts of Queensland’s Granite Belt in the state’s far south. Those have not yet eventuated but remain a chance on Saturday afternoon and evening. Meanwhile in the NSW and Victorian alpine region this Saturday afternoon, the temperature is hovering around zero – much like in Guyra and the highest parts of the NSW Northern Tablelands, 1000km north. While the snowpack in the highest reaches of the ski resorts is deep at almost two metres after a snowy June and July, there was considerably less fresh snow on the ground this morning than at Guyra Golf Course, where one local was spotted skiing.
Today, 1:03AM UTC
Parts of cloud-blanketed Queensland register coldest day in years
A beautiful display of altocumulus undulatus clouds were seen above the Brisbane area on Thursday, July 31st, marking the far southeastern edge of a jetstream cloud that produced the coldest day for a number of locations across eastern Queensland on Friday, August 1st. Panorama: Altocumulus undulatus clouds as seen from northern Brisbane just after 4pm on Thursday, July 31st. The ‘ripple’ shows the motion of atmospheric waves ahead of the jetstream (Photo taken by Craig Mitchell, Weatherzone Senior Meteorologist). Image: Himawari satellite imagery of the Brisbane area at 4:20pm on Thursday, July 31st, 2025 showing the extent of the altocumulus undulatus clouds. 'Altocumulus undulatus clouds form when stable mid-level layers of the atmosphere are disturbed by wind shear or terrain, generating atmospheric gravity waves. These waves cause alternating areas of rising and sinking air—clouds form in the rising sections where air cools and condenses, while gaps appear in the sinking zones. The result is a rippled, banded cloud pattern that often aligns with the prevailing wind flow', Weatherzone Meteorologist Yoska Hernandez explains. The persistent mid-level cloud building into Friday saw temperatures struggling to rise above 20ºC as far north as the state’s North Tropical Coast. Throughout much of the day, many coastal centres appeared gloomy, with the sun barely visible even in the western parts of the sky during the afternoon. Image: Mackay Airport (northwest facing), just after 2pm AEST Friday 1st August (Bureau of Meteorology). Image: Rockhampton Airport (northwest facing), just after 2pm AEST Friday 1st August (Bureau of Meteorology). Some notable maximum temperatures on Friday, August 1st were some of the lowest for any month in years, and for August in decades. Mount Isa (19.9ºC), Gayndah (16.9ºC) and Charleville (15.4ºC) saw their lowest August maximums since 2016, with Gayndah’s recording also the lowest for any month since last July. Rockhampton (15.4ºC) and Maryborough (16.1ºC) saw their lowest August maximums since 2010, with both temperatures also the lowest for any month since July 2022. Hervey Bay (16.2ºC) saw its lowest August maximum since 2008, and the lowest for any month since July 2022. Bundaberg (14.4ºC) had its lowest August maximum since 2005, and Thargomindah (14.0ºC) the lowest since 2004, both the coldest for any month in around 3 years. Gladstone recorded 14.7ºC, the lowest August maximum since 1996 and lowest for any month since July 2022 Proserpine (17.3ºC) and Mackay (16.2ºC) recorded their lowest August maximums since 1995, and lowest for any month since July 2022. Being mid-level cloud, rainfall was not particularly significant across the Queensland coast, however neighbouring New South Wales has been drenched and will continue to receive rainfall into the new week, as we wrote on Thursday. Image: Himawari satellite imagery showing the jetstream cloud clearing the Queensland coast on Saturday morning. With the jetstream cloud largely clearing from the Queensland coast on Saturday morning, a cold, dry air mass in the system’s wake will bring chilly overnight minimums into Sunday over the southeast.
01 Aug 2025, 6:02AM UTC
South Australia's wettest July in 27 years
After a period of prolonged rainfall deficiencies, large parts of South Australia have finally enjoyed a much wetter-than-average month, with July 2025 being the wettest in 27 years. SA's statewide July average rainfall of 30.5mm doesn’t sound like a huge amount in raw terms, but it includes relatively low totals from the state’s far north. In short, July 2025 was: South Australia's wettest July since 1998 57% above the state’s long-term July rainfall average Just the second month to date in 2025 with above-average statewide rainfall The wettest July in over 100 years of records at numerous locations The chart below shows South Australian rainfall deciles in July 2025. As you can see from the dark blue patches, rainfall was very much above average in parts of the state’s south, including the desperately dry Eyre and Yorke peninsulas. Image: Australia-wide rainfall deciles in July 2025. Source: BoM. The only other month so far this year with above-average rainfall in South Australia was March. The rainfall deciles chart painted a very different picture that month, with SA’s south enduring ongoing deficiencies while some spots in the north like Oodnadatta (38mm for March) and Coober Pedy (47mm) welcomed tropical moisture that travelled all the way from Queensland. Image: Australia-wide rainfall deciles in March 2025. Source: BoM. In other words, July was the first month this year to deliver significant rainfall to the state’s key agricultural regions, although some areas (like the Riverland) only saw moderate falls. What about Adelaide in July? As for the state capital, Adelaide enjoyed 111.2mm of rainfall in July 2025, nearly double its monthly average of 65.6mm. Adelaide also received slightly above-average rainfall in June – and indeed the first month of the 2025 winter broke an 11-month streak of below-average rainfall going back to July 2024. What about Australia as a whole in July? Australia as a whole was slightly wetter and slightly warmer than average in July 2025. The average nationwide temperature was 0.6°C above the long-term average, while rainfall was 8% above average nationwide. The influence of the warming climate was impossible to ignore, with each state and territory registering temperatures above the long-term average. Despite consistent snowfalls in the mainland alpine region that has led to a snowpack approaching two metres by the end of July, NSW and Victoria saw average statewide temperatures that were 0.83°C and 0.86°C above the long-term average respectively.