Meteorology
Environment
Where has our summer gone and will it come back?
In summer, more of our rain falls in localised storms but they aren’t strongly related to El Nino and can be very hard to predict
Sciences & Technology
Does Melbourne’s rain occur in ‘lines’?
From 15 years of radar data, researchers show Melbourne’s rain often appears in ‘squall lines’ across the city, and they make a substantial contribution to total rainfall because of their size and motion
Sciences & Technology
Go Figure
Explaining Melbourne’s crazy but predictable weather
Melbourne’s weather is renowned for its variability, but it is still predictable, explained partly by its position on a large hot continent close to the cold Southern Ocean