El Niño threat fades - hot dry summer looms for Australia

[senorpepr]

The summer is going to be hotter and drier than average for Australia in most places as the threat of an El Nino has faded, according to the Bureau of Meteorology's latest three-month outlook.

There should be average rain in most parts, except for south-east Queensland and eastern New South Wales, where there is only a 35 per cent chance of average falls.

But National Climate Center spokesman David Jones says the chances of a late-developing El Nino have weakened.
"For the last few months we've seen conditions, or some of the indicators in the Pacific Ocean, right at the levels we typically associate with El Nino events," he said.

"But in the last few weeks, we've failed to see those anomalies develop further, so at this stage it looks like we may just have a near miss with the El Nino this year."

[AussieMark]

35% of rain.

FANTASTIC

just what I wanted to hear



the dam levs in sydney are already down to 44%.

[TexasStooge]

Not good! Stay cool TWW!!!