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I told you all that it was windy here.... [View all]
Destructive winds, storms and record heat to blast south-east Australia in wild weather
The next 36 hours will serve up a smorgasbord of extreme weather across south-east Australia, from record October heat to dangerous thunderstorms and gale force winds.
The majority of severe weather will result from the passage of a powerful front, however for South Australia and Victoria on Wednesday, a deepening offshore low has the potential to generate winds equal in strength to a category 2 tropical cyclone.
In the meantime, out-of-control bushfires are possible in NSW, as wild winds combine with dry lightning and temperatures up to 16 degrees Celsius above average.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-21/winds-wild-storms-record-heat-for-south-east-australia-weather/105912462
The next 36 hours will serve up a smorgasbord of extreme weather across south-east Australia, from record October heat to dangerous thunderstorms and gale force winds.
The majority of severe weather will result from the passage of a powerful front, however for South Australia and Victoria on Wednesday, a deepening offshore low has the potential to generate winds equal in strength to a category 2 tropical cyclone.
In the meantime, out-of-control bushfires are possible in NSW, as wild winds combine with dry lightning and temperatures up to 16 degrees Celsius above average.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-21/winds-wild-storms-record-heat-for-south-east-australia-weather/105912462
Spring weather in SE Oz can be pretty rugged but a number of larger systems are combining to make 2025 especially rough - Indian ocean dipole, Southern Annular Mode - these are the main patterns that affect the circular current at the bottom of the planet. Personally I'm exhausted from battling winds for weeks now; it really tires you out.
Seas are rough and swells are big. I'm still having my daily dip in Bass Strait when it's safe enough, which is not every day. The weather bureau has not called a La Nina yet and is starting to trend towards an El Nino next year.
Bad luck for us, good news for west coast USA.
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