‘Southerly busters’ are becoming more frequent but less severe as the climate changes, stirring up east coast weather watchers
- Written by Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
When Australia’s east coast is caught in the grip of a heatwave, relief can come in the form of abrupt, often gale-force wind changes known as “southerly busters”.
For Sydneysiders, the arrival of the southerly buster is a hot topic right up there with property prices. But in recent years, talk has turned to where southerly...
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