Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team.

Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the late morning and afternoon. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe. Light winds. Daytime maximum temperatures 28 to 33. Partly cloudy.

A high [1019 hPa] in the Tasman Sea maintains a ridge over the north Queensland waters. A southeasterly wind surge near the North Tropical Coast will weaken and move north on Wednesday. A new high ...