Tom Saunders is a meteorologist with the ABC in NSW. He presents the weather in the 7PM TV news bulletin and contributes to online, radio and the News Channel. Tom began his career as an operational forecaster after studying atmospheric science at Macquarie University before taking a broadcast meteorology role with The Weather Channel. Tom has forecast and reported on weather events across Australia and globally for two decades while also providing commentary on interannual variability and climate change.
Rain and storms are forecast to extend across more than half the country this weekend as two separate weather systems collide over the east.
Millions of bogong moths currently migrating south to the Australian Alps for summer are appearing on weather radars, with the arrival of nightfall coinciding with a sudden burst of activity.
This October is looking particularly wet thanks to an ongoing outbreak of thunderstorms which is set to engulf most of central and eastern Australia during the coming week.
After a warm and dry start to spring, heavy rain is expected to sweep across south-east Australia this weekend.
Following a polar blast this week, temperatures across south-east states will soar as much as 12 degrees Celsius above average this weekend.
A powerful front will generate a smorgasbord of wild weather across eastern Australia this weekend.
An unseasonably warm and wet June brought a challenging start to the 2026 snow season and while a snow base came by July over the higher slopes, the lower alpine regions missed out on full coverage.
Winter has been the warmest on record for Sydney and Melbourne, with Canberra also recording its highest ever temperatures, while this season will rank as the second-warmest on record for Adelaide and Hobart.
El Niño is synonymous with drought in Australia, but another rainband is lining up to soak the nation this week.
A powerful winter cold front will cause a broad band of rain and strong winds to sweep across southern Australia during the coming days.
New South Wales is in the middle of its 30th consecutive warmer than average winter — and a past staple of the season is rapidly vanishing.
Despite El Niño being months away from peaking, it could potentially trigger Australia's hottest spring on record.
Preliminary data shows the highest ever pressure in Australia was recorded in Tasmania on Monday morning.
Following the worst start to a ski season in decades, a major snowstorm hit the NSW and Victorian Alps last night.
For an El Niño year, 2026 is so far the wettest on record for Australia, and an influx of tropical moisture is about to deliver another round of widespread rain.
El Niño is a state that can linger for up to 12 months and disrupt weather patterns across the globe, with Australia especially prone.
An influx of humid, tropical air has resulted in a remarkably warm and relatively wet start to winter across Australia.
Meteorological rhetoric in Australia, including from the media, can at times be inaccurate, misconstrued or just completely fictitious.
Australia's east is coming to the end of an abnormally warm May, and the heat could be here to stay.
A series of low-pressure systems are drenching Australia this week, quickly turning this May into one of the wettest on record for parts of the country's east.
The most widespread May rain in a decade is about to sweep across Australia as the first north-west cloudband of 2026 becomes a reality.
In a welcome twist of weather variability, the first north-west cloudband of 2026 will finally develop over Australia this week, delivering a broad band of rain.
Just weeks from winter, and south-east Australia is still enjoying summertime warmth.
Australia's weather pattern is in a reset, and the weather events happening this month will act like the ingredients to determine the flavour of our climate for the rest of the year.
Darwin to Melbourne, and everywhere in between, the seven-day forecasts reveal a monotonous similarity.
