Category: Weather

  • WEATHER: ANOTHER FRONT IS ON THE WAY

    WEATHER: ANOTHER FRONT IS ON THE WAY

    It’s been a beautiful couple of days across the region, although the cloud cover has increased across northern NSW and south east QLD, as the onshore winds continue to build atmospheric moisture content. That moisture will get tapped into as the next front moves in on Friday. It will move through quite quickly, clearing from…

  • GAV’S WEATHER: MORE WARMTH ON THE WAY

    GAV’S WEATHER: MORE WARMTH ON THE WAY

    The Spring thaw-out is under way. Things are warming nicely across the region with consistent sea breezes drawing in. These coastal onshore winds will start to produce a few isolated showers over the next couple of days along the state’s northern coast and SE QLD, before another small inland rain event develops at the end…

  • GAV’S WEATHER: CLASSIC SPRING SETTLING IN

    GAV’S WEATHER: CLASSIC SPRING SETTLING IN

    After a wild start to spring, conditions have settled with plenty of sunshine and warmth moving in. There’ll be some coastal shower activity along the northern NSW and SE QLD coasts through the middle of the week.

  • BURTON TOYOTA SURF REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2

    BURTON TOYOTA SURF REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2

    Westerly winds for all to kick start the first weekend of Spring. Those winds will be quite strong and the swell will battle to push in against them. The westerly winds will ease along the northern NSW and South-East Queensland coasts. They will remain strong for Newcastle and Central Coast waters. The mid to late…

  • GAV’S WEATHER – SPRING RAIN RECORDS SMASHED

    GAV’S WEATHER – SPRING RAIN RECORDS SMASHED

    The latest inland rain event has already smashed the record books for many locations. One of the highlights is the 71mm recorded at Coonabarabran making it the most rain at this time of the year in more than 100 years. The low is now going to intensify and strong westerly winds will become a feature.…

  • WEATHER: WARM START TO SPRING BEFORE HEAVY RAIN

    WEATHER: WARM START TO SPRING BEFORE HEAVY RAIN

    On the satellite, a mass of moisture continues to stream in across central Australia. This is the start of an incredible early spring weather system that will produce large amounts of rain for inland Australia. Cloud will increase dramatically and rain will begin to move in across the north west and Hunter from tonight. The…

  • WEATHER: BIG SPRING RAIN ON THE WAY

    WEATHER: BIG SPRING RAIN ON THE WAY

    The winter rain delivered one of the best seasons in a long time, raising the hopes of farmers across the land. Spring is almost here and it will get off to an incredibly wet start. A significant inland rain event will unfold over the next three days, producing large amounts of rain across the north west,…

  • WEATHER: A BIG INLAND RAIN EVENT IS BUILDING

    WEATHER: A BIG INLAND RAIN EVENT IS BUILDING

    PHOTO: Jade Kennedy snapped this at Lake Macquarie.  On the satellite a mass of moisture continues to stream in from Western Australia. This is the first wave of an incredible early spring weather system that will produce large amounts of rain for inland Australia. The first low will be forced away to the south and…

  • WEATHER: WARM END TO WINTER, WET START TO SPRING

    WEATHER: WARM END TO WINTER, WET START TO SPRING

    The mercury is back on the rise as the northerly winds kick in. It is a part of the lead up towards another significant inland rain event for the nation. There will be two stages, the first is now making its way across the country. A low sits in the Bight and is helping to…

  • GAV’S WEATHER – COASTAL SHOWERS CLEARING

    GAV’S WEATHER – COASTAL SHOWERS CLEARING

    There is a small low off the coast of Newcastle that is spraying in a burst of afternoon showers on this Friday. That little low will track north overnight and during Saturday. There will be some coastal shower activity about during your Saturday. Inland will remain all fine. It will be quite cold as the southerly…