This low pressure system produced heavy rain over parts of SA and VIC, and brought a brief burst of wintry weather to NSW/ACT.

Winter in eastern NSW/ACT fell on a Monday this year.

Seems novel to see something other than a ridge over south east Australia. Snowfalls will extend to the highest parts of central NSW during Monday afternoon, with strong winds featuring more broadly.

Cloud band building ahead of the cold front crossing southern Australia.

This system will bring decent snowfalls to the high country in TAS, VIC and NSW, but will once again have very limited effect north of the Snowy Mountains Highway.

New Zealand next in line for the polar air mass that's just crossed TAS (while mainland Australia remains on the sidelines).

Fingerprints of positive AAO/SAM all over the first half of winter in the Australian region.

Winter has come good across New Zealand's South Island. Imagery from Sentinel-2 on Friday.

Elliptical contrails produced by aircraft in holding patterns east of Sydney on Friday morning.

Super Typhoon Bavi over the Philippine Sea on Monday.

Super Typhoon Bavi crossing the Mariana Islands north of Guam on Monday morning.

Polar vortex hitting its stride it the southern stratosphere.

Colder air arriving over south east Australia on Thursday.

Cold air approaching south east Australia. Unremarkable for the time of year, but novel in the context of this winter to date.

Series of rain bands crossing south east Australia ahead of a drier change.

Eye-catching low pressure system approaching south west WA on Friday.

Spectacular, vertically-stacked low pressure system off south west WA.

Strongly positive AAO/SAM (Antarctica 🟦 → midlatitudes 🟥) behind the return to onshore winds over eastern Australia, and the non-arrival of Australia's ski season.

A persistent ridge 🟨 over the Tasman Sea (linked to the warm June to date over central and eastern Australia) is showing signs of shifting, but the polar vortex 🟦 is tight (positive SAM/AAO), so no major cold outbreaks in the near term for southern Australia.

Development of the extensive northwest cloud band currently over eastern Australia.

Series of northwest cloud bands over central Australia, between a persistent high over the Tasman Sea and troughs to its west.

Low pressure system over the Great Australian Bight reeling in the latest in a series of northwest cloud bands.

Fog down low and cirrus up high over eastern NSW/ACT on Tuesday.

Tropical Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature anomalies so far in 2026.

June warmth over central and eastern Australia.

False start to winter in the NSW Snowy Mountains.

Feeling sticky? Most of Australia is dealing with very high levels of humidity for the time of year.

Relatively warm days and nights ahead for much of southern Australia.

Upper-level perspective of the low pressure system affecting southern Australia this week.

Low pressure system crossing TAS on Wednesday.