Melbourne Cup punters are bracing for less than ideal weather conditions with rainfall expected to blanket the city throughout Tuesday as the race that stops a nation is held.

Hello from the Bureau, here with your severe weather update on a trough crossing south-eastern parts of the country late tonight into tomorrow ...

Howling winds overnight will lead to extensive clean-up work today in NSW's south-east and parts of Victoria, with October heat records also broken in Western Sydney. Intelligence and warnings officer ...