 DISCUSSION: Within the past 24 hours, there has been increasing water vapor transport occurring across a good portion of southeastern Australia. As per the discussion included (courtesy of the Higgins Storm Chasing team), "Over the last 24 hours, the ski resorts have been subjected to warmer air and exceptional rainfall. While it wasn’t record breaking rainfall, the 146 mm at Perisher, 135 mm at Falls Creek (76 mm at the AWS was 4 mm shy of the record) and 128 mm at Thredbo have no doubt accelerated the snow melting process, as temperatures remained above freezing for the majority of the time the rain was falling. Widespread rainfall totals of 50 mm+ fell over the remainder of the Snowy Mountains spread across far southeastern parts of southeastern Australia. This rainfall was also accompanied by near-destructive winds with 120 km/hour recorded at Thredbo before the AWS stopped recording wind speeds.
Thus, it goes without saying that this upcoming winter blast will most definitely impact both ground and air travel across these parts of Australia. Therefore, if you or someone you know is living across this portion of southeastern Australia, it is important to keep in touch with them and make sure that they remain safe and sound as this winter weather impacts day-to-day activities. Depending on how long this winter weather persists across far southeastern Australia, the snowfall impacting these parts of southeastern Australia will more than likely continue at those areas located at higher elevations based on the fact that regional upslope forcing (i.e., persistent destabilization of the lower-to-middle parts of the troposphere) will help to sustain in-cloud snowfall-producing processes at those points of higher elevation. To learn more about this Australian forecast scenario, click on the following link. To learn more about other high-impact weather events occurring across the South Pacific Ocean and Australia, be sure to click here! ©2017 Meteorologist Jordan Rabinowitz
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Unprecedented Winter-time Heatwave To Impact Parts of Australia! (credit: Higgins Storm Chasing)8/11/2017  DISCUSSION: Over the next several days, there is expected to be an increase in unusually hot temperatures as compared to the normal temperatures which are typically found across portions of northern and northeastern Australia. The expected forecast scenario which is projected to help trigger this prolonged heatwave across the northern half of Australia is captured in the direct excerpt attached below.
"It all starts tomorrow (Friday) when a high pressure system builds over the state. This high becomes anchored for 7 days blocking any cold fronts from down South. It will result in fine sunny conditions across the state with light winds. Heat will slowly begin to build through the interior during the weekend. This heat will then spread east and continue to get hotter into next week reaching a peak on Wednesday and Thursday. Finally a cold front will push through Southern inland and Western districts next Thursday before spreading across the state next weekend bringing temperatures back to near normal." It goes without saying that such a widespread Winter-time heat wave will certainly catch many people by surprise due to the fact that Winter-time temperatures across even these parts of Australia (which also encompass parts of the Australian outback), since temperatures in this part of the world often do not exceed 10 to 15 degrees Celsius during this part of the Winter season in the "Land Down Under." To learn more about this particular incoming heatwave, click on the following link. To learn more about other high-impact weather events occurring across the South Pacific Ocean and Australia, be sure to click here! ©2017 Meteorologist Jordan Rabinowitz 
DISCUSSION: As the Southern Hemisphere moves through the heart of their Winter-time season, many wintry scenes have been more and more common over the past couple of days across parts of far southeastern Australia. Often times, across parts of eastern and southeastern Australia, there is a particularly more conducive set-up for wintry weather events based on the fact that low-pressure systems propagating across parts of the Australian Outback end up being able to tap in ample moisture provided by larger-scale flow emanating from the Bass Strait and/or the Tasman Sea. Hence, the combination of warmer air being drawn in from further offshore along with the increasing upslope flow present especially across parts of southeastern Australia in light of the elevated terrain present across this (and other) part(s) of Australia and in a geographically favorable position. Therefore, although this is not entirely uncommon, it is always a welcome sight for ski and Winter-time tourist resorts across these parts of Australia.
To learn more about other high-impact weather events occurring across the South Pacific Ocean and Australia, be sure to click here! ©2017 Meteorologist Jordan Rabinowitz Major Rainfall Expected for Central and Northern Queensland! (credit: Higgins Storm Chasing)8/1/2017  DISCUSSION: As a weak trough associated with a relatively weak area of low-pressure gradually moves through the Coral Sea over the next several days, an impressive Winter-time set up will unfold across the north/northeastern parts of Queensland, Australia. During the upcoming weekend, there is expected to be impressively strong warm air advection (and consequently a strong presence of moisture) which will make for an increasingly favorable environment for heavy rainfall across this region. As this trough of low pressure gradually pushes through the aforementioned parts of Australia, there will also be a substantially increased threat for widespread flooding based on the plethora of moisture which will be bearing down on those parts of the "Land Down Under." Moreover, areas located in somewhat lower-lying areas will be even more vulnerable based on the fact that such areas will be at risk of increased flooding due to increased ponding of water. Furthermore, there is a good chance that localized flood warnings will be issued in some parts of northeast Australia in the wake of the upcoming flooding threat.
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