Mr How said the rainfall, combined with the potential for a cyclone, is part of what’s known as a “monsoon burst”. “It’s pretty common whenever you get a monsoon burst to see a pick-up of tropical ...

Read the details. The Bureau said the fleeting burst of “monsoon-like” conditions at the weekend, while bringing cool, cloudy and sometimes wet weather, was not the onset of the monsoon ...

Top End Monsoon Surfing at the Nightcliff Beach, Darwin. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin “Despite a brief burst of monsoon-like conditions across the Top End last weekend, the onset of the monsoon at ...

Temperatures across south-east states are predicted to soar up to 12 degrees Celsius above the January average this weekend, raising the risk of major fire outbreaks.