Category: Weather
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GAV’S WEATHER | HOT WEEKEND WITH RAIN TO RETURN NEXT WEEK
The heatwave has set in for eastern Australia, with tropical heat and humidity continuing to surge further south, reaching Tasmania today. Temperatures are on the rise, with strong afternoon north-easterly seabreezes fanning the coast and pumping in high humidity levels, making for some very hot nights. The southerly change will arrive on Sunday afternoon and…
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HEATWAVE FOLLOWED BY RAIN
The deluge soaking the Northern tropics is set to continue but in Southern and Central Australia the weather remains hot and sunny. A heatwave is moving eastward and is set to hit the region in the coming days. The storm pummeling the tropics is set to move towards the red centre in the coming days.…
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GAV’S WEATHER: HEATWAVE ON THE WAY
The run of recent storms across northern New South Wales and south-east Queensland has been a game changer. Rivers, streams and waterfalls are flowing again. Parts of the landscape have turned green and some of the fires are out. That run has unfortunately come to an end. Tomorrow will be the last day of potential…
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GAV’S WEATHER | STORM DEVELOPMENT LESS FREQUENT
Storms have been producing plenty of rain across the region from the ongoing consistent storm development. This week, that storm activity is going to become less frequent as a long hot dry period settles in, and it’ll be hot and sunny elsewhere. The storm in the tropics is going to intensify further. The trough in…
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SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED FOR NORTHERN RIVERS
A severe weather warning is in place for the Northern Rivers district, with heavy rainfall and damaging winds expected. The severe weatherstorm is likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and damaging winds in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations that may be affected include Lismore, Grafton, Coffs…
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GAV’S WEATHER | MORE ISOLATED STORMS FOR LONG WEEKEND
Big clouds equals big storms across the tropical north and across eastern Queensland and north east New South Wales. It’s hot and sunny elsewhere around the nation. The stalled trough system over north east New South Wales will increase the shower and storm development across the region. Afternoon isolated storms are going to be a…
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GAV’S WEATHER | A STORMY LONG WEEKEND ON THE WAY
The hot, dry conditions returned to the region today. We are wedged in between two systems. The one in the tropical north and the passing front in the south helping to generate strong NW winds. The system passing to the south is going to help increase the shower and storm development across the region tomorrow.…
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GAV’S WEATHER | MORE EXTREME CONDITIONS ON THE WAY
It is a scene that we became very used to during 2019. Hot dry weather. And it’s returned. Right now, we are wedged in between the two weather systems, the one in the tropical north and another front in the south. The system passing to the south will bring hot North Westerly winds. Which means…
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GAV’S WEATHER | HEAT RETURNS
Very little cloud cover across the nation. It is a scene that we became very used to during 2019. The hot, dry conditions have also returned quickly to the region. Clear, blue skies are a sight to behold after weeks of smoke haze then thick heavy clouds and storms. Luckily we now have moisture in…
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GAV’S WEATHER | WEEKEND WEATHER EVENT EXPLAINED
The weekend weather event was rare, as it wasn’t a typical north west moisture feed. It directly came out of the north, putting the Greater Hunter into a rain shadow situation being south of the Barringtons. The moisture feed then did something very rare, moving to the north east, drawing massive amounts of moisture off…