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Skip to main content (press enter)   16/04/2024 Issued: Tuesday, 16 April 2024 The tropical Pacific Ocean has returned to ENSO-neutral according to the latest monitoring by the Bureau of Meteorology. The change to ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) neutral conditions means neither El Niño nor La Niña are active. Rainfall and temperature forecasts are not […]

18/04/2024 Issued: 18 April 2024 Images from the new Toowoomba weather radar, in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, are now live on the Bureau of Meteorology’s website and the beragampengetahuan Weather app. The Bureau of Meteorology’s Senior Responsible Officer for Queensland, Dr Peter Stone, said that the new radar will add coverage to current […]

30/11/2023 Issued: Thursday, 30 November The Bureau of Meteorology has added new features to the Murray–Darling Basin Water Information Portal, a website designed as a central source of water information for the Basin. This is the last of 5 main staged releases, completing the 3-year development of the portal. The new features include additional river […]

05/12/2023 Issued: 6pm AEST Tuesday 5 December 2023. A Tropical Low over the Solomon Sea has now been upgraded to a Tropical Cyclone. The Tropical Cyclone has been named Jasper. It is the first tropical cyclone to develop in the Australian Area of Responsibility for the 2023-24 Tropical Cyclone season. Tropical Cyclone Jasper is forecast […]

06/12/2023 Issued: 3.30pm AEST Wednesday 6 December 2023 Tropical Cyclone Jasper, situated 1430km northeast of Cairns at 10am AEST today, has strengthened to a category 2 system. It is expected to take a south-southwest track into the Coral Sea and become a severe tropical cyclone overnight tonight, reaching category 4 intensity by Friday. During the […]

06/12/2023 Issued: 5:30pm AEST Wednesday 6 December 2023 As of 4pm AEST today Tropical Cyclone Jasper, situated 1390 km east northeast of Cairns, has intensified into a Severe Tropical Cyclone (category 3). Severe Tropical Cyclone Jasper is expected to strengthen further and track south-southwest into the Coral Sea overnight. It’s forecast to reach high end […]

07/12/2023 Issued: 3pm AEST Thursday 7 December 2023 As of 10am AEST today Severe Tropical Cyclone Jasper, situated 1320 km east northeast of Cairns, remains as a category 3 cyclone. Jasper is expected to strengthen further to a high end category 4 cyclone overnight and possibly a category 5 cyclone on Friday. Jasper is slowly […]

29/02/2024 Warmer days and nights are likely according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s long-range forecast. It shows most of Australia has at least an 80% chance of above average temperatures this autumn. This follows a summer that is on track to be Australia’s third-warmest on record nationally. In autumn, there is a 60% to 75% […]

16/02/2024 The Bureau of Meteorology (the Bureau) has signed an agreement with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) on collaboration, data and knowledge sharing and capability exchange programs. A five-year strategic relationship agreement was signed this week by the Bureau’s CEO and Director, Dr Andrew Johnson, and the Centre’s Director-General, Dr Florence Rabier. […]

08/02/2024 The Bureau of Meteorology has released its official record of Australia’s climate, water and significant climate and weather events for 2023. The Annual Climate Statement for 2023 includes a full analysis and description of last year’s temperature, rainfall, hydrology statistics, sea ice, oceans, greenhouse gases and significant weather events. The report confirms 2023 was […]