The weather pattern is following the longer range script that I presented back at the end of December and early this month that the wind down in the high rainfall coverage for much of the nation and a hot end to the month is likely to occur, and it is. The west sees the remnant tropical moisture for a while due to the slow pressure pattern caused by the positive to neutral SAM. The MJO is likely to move out as well, leading to the tropics tending quieter, the MJO not forecast to return from...

Hope you have a great long weekend. We are heading into a very hot spell over the nation's southeast with a northwest flow ahead of a tropical feed running south over the eastern areas of WA and western areas of SA. This is expected to bring a burst of cooler weather in that zone, but everywhere east, expect some high to very high heat. While we are in the upper bracket of the heat potential for this time of year, this weather happens when the tropics throw a tropical system over the...

NATIONAL THUNDERSTORM FORECAST Thunderstorm Forecast Sunday A tropical low continues to sit over northern Australia and triggers showers and storms, with areas of rain with heavy falls and flooding. Thunderstorms continue along the troughs over inland WA and over the central inland. Thunderstorms may be more widepsread about the eastern and southeast inland, depending on the timing of a trough, so this chart may change. Thunderstorm Forecast Monday The tricky forecast continues beyond...