Meteorologist Jeff Ranieri

Thought I would share this with all of you as it's huge news internationally. I should first tell you that Weather Plus is now global as we broadcast to CNBC Asia. Ok, now back to the story...I was doing weather for the overseas network and saw an interesting change of topics. Instead of raw business data topping headlines out of the break it was the weather.

The segment before my weather hit was a phone interview from a field reporter. The reporter described strong storms that led to record rainfall and some rejuvenated hope among locals. My segment was up next and closely linked as I started on the rain in Australia as well. It was quite the experience to listen to the concern over the drought and how much even a few rain drops meant to some people who have not seen this much rain in years. It really helps put our Southeast drought into perspective. Our drought has happened for a few seasons but in Australia there has been a drought in some parts for nearly a dozen rain seasons.

WATCH: Jeff Ranieri Talks Drought

What you will read below is email I sent to our weather staff on the rain Down Under.

SUBJECT LINE: FROM CNBC AUSTRALIA - RAIN TOPS HEADLINES!
Topping the biz headlines in Australia today is the rain. A large part of Southeastern Australia has been in a drought for over a decade and they finally got some rain.

Wompinie, Australia picked up 3.21 inches of rain from Thursday -- > Friday. The rain total is more than they have recorded in a single day in over ten years!!!

Wompinie is near Sydney and Melbourne.

Rain is in the long range forecast for next Mon, Tues, Wed. This recent rain is only a band-aid on the situation as many lives have been altered from the bone dry weather in past years.

Jeff Ranieri
Weather Plus Meteorologist