Cool upper air that's become "cut-off" from the high-latitude westerlies will drift across south east Australia this week, with rain/showers increasing as the system nears the Tasman Sea.

Showery days ahead for south east Australia, as an approaching upper level low destabilises the atmosphere.

Low pressure system over the northern Tasman Sea.

Cloud streets over western QLD on Tuesday.

Northwest cloud band clearing after having given much of central and south east Australia a drink.

Northwest cloud band bringing rain to parts of central and south east Australia.

Tropical moisture building on the western flank of a strong high over the Tasman Sea will be converted to rain by a series of upper troughs during the next few days. The heaviest falls are expected to be over central and southern Australia.

Unusually high pressure over the Tasman Sea driving showery weather across eastern Australia, and allowing tropical moisture to build over central parts.

965 hPa low pressure system south of WA running into a 1040 hPa high over TAS.

Eruption of Indonesia's Dukono volcano on Friday morning.

Brief burst of wintry weather over south east Australia.

Punchy cold change approaching south east Australia.

Next week starting to look showery over eastern Australia, with a strong high expected to settle in near TAS.

Series of cold fronts putting an end to the recent warmth over south east Australia.

Blocking high pressure system over the Tasman Sea.

Slow-moving high over the Tasman Sea producing relatively static weather over much of Australia.

Sunday Island, a sandy expanse 40 km NE of Exmouth, WA, before and after having been rearranged by Tropical Cyclone Narelle.

Tropical Cyclone Narelle.

Tropical Cyclone Narelle over north west Australia; extratropical cyclone affecting the south east.

Cold air over south east and central Australia.

Tropical Cyclone Narelle wreaking havoc along WA's North West Cape on Friday morning.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle approaching WA's North West Cape. www.bom.gov.au/warning/trop...

Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle tracking parallel to WA's Pilbara coast. The system is expected to intensify further during the next 24 hours. www.bom.gov.au/warning/trop...

Tropical Cyclone Narelle passing Rowley Shoals, off WA's Pilbara coast.

Tropical Cyclone Narelle formed over the Coral Sea last week and has since crossed Cape York Peninsula, the Gulf of Carpentaria, the Top End and the Kimberley. The system has redeveloped into a tropical cyclone over the Indian Ocean, and now has western parts of WA in its sights.

Here comes autumn. 🍂 A significant change is expected to arrive over south east Australia later this week.

Thunderstorms on the western flank of Ex-Tropical #CycloneNarelle. The system is expected to redevelop into a tropical cyclone on Tuesday night.

Tropical Cyclone Narelle made short work of Cape York Peninsula. The system developed a westward tilt over land (compare upper 👈 with lower 👉), but will straighten up and reintensify over the Gulf of Carpentaria. www.bom.gov.au/warning/trop...

Sun setting over Antarctica. March equinox on Friday at 14:46 UTC (Saturday at 01:46 AEDT).

Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle makes landfall on Friday morning. www.bom.gov.au/warning/trop...

Projection from BOM ACCESS-C showing Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle crossing Cape York Peninsula on Friday. Official forecast at www.bom.gov.au/warning/trop....

Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle approaching Cape York Peninsula on Thursday evening. www.bom.gov.au/warning/trop...

Tropical Cyclone Narelle becomes a category 5 system. www.bom.gov.au/warning/trop...

Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle category 4 and intensifying. The system is powering towards Cape York Peninsula at around 25 km/h. www.bom.gov.au/warning/trop...

Convection around Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle's developing eye feature.

Projection for Tropical Cyclone Narelle from ECMWF CTRL. There's strong consensus among forecast models that Narelle will cross northern Australia and arrive over the Indian Ocean next week. Official forecast at www.bom.gov.au/weather-and-....

Tropical Cyclone Narelle has been named over the Coral Sea. The system could be a thorn in northern Australia's side for the next week. www.bom.gov.au/warning/trop...

Tropical Low 34U (expected to be named Narelle this evening) over the northern Coral Sea, tracking towards Cape York Peninsula. www.bom.gov.au/warning/trop...

Another 10 centimetres of water across already flooded parts of the Lake Eyre Basin in central Australia.

Another tropical air mass delivering improbably high rainfall totals to parts of central Australia. The area around Uluru has received over 150 mm in 27 hours.

Another rain-bearing system crossing central Australia. Yulara, NT (Uluru) has picked up over 110 mm, with similar falls expected across parts of northern SA on Monday → Tuesday.

Fresh south easterly winds lofting a little Pilbara dust on Thursday morning.

Tornado-producing thunderstorms over the Midwestern United States on Tuesday. Imagery from GOES-18, which is stationed over the Pacific Ocean.

Shades of green across the Australian outback.

Tropical air masses carrying huge volumes of water vapour dominated northern and central Australia during late summer, producing major flooding and turning vast areas of the Red Centre green.

Water returns to Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre after summer evaporation almost dried it out. link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/jeac

Water in the Simpson Desert. False-colour imagery from Sentinel-2 on 7 March 2026. link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/ly6j

Silt from SA's Lake Frome is a major contributor when south east Australia sees raised dust in dry, windy periods. Currently, the lake is full of water. link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/k46c

Central Australia and adjacent areas have been sweating under an unusually humid air mass for weeks now, but the pattern is easing.

The country east of Alice Springs, NT - around the Todd and Ross rivers - on 4 January and 5 March 2026. link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/zi1t