‘Polar opposite’ change to Australia’s weather due

Spring is days away and that means a change of weather. But there’s an 80 per cent chance this spring could be very different to past years.

AUGUST 27, 20203:51PM

We are just days away from the official end of winter and weather watchers are saying that this year’s spring is likely to be very different to last year’s ...

“It was so dry because there was a positive Indian Ocean Dipole. But now that’s been reversed so we have a negative Indian Ocean Dipole and we have a developing La Nina.

“It’s the polar opposite of what we had last year,” he said...



Spring is likely to be wetter than usual across much of the eastern two thirds of the country. Picture: Sky News Weather.Source:Supplied

Both the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and La Nina – the flip side to El Nino – are climate drivers. How these climate drivers act can have an influence on the weather for months. !!!

“Ocean temperatures around northern Australia are warmer than normal, while temperatures in the equatorial Pacific and off the Horn of Africa are colder than normal,” said Mr Saunders...

To Australia’s east a large patch of cooler ocean is fuelling a likely La Nina event that can lead to more rain for the continent. Picture: Sky News Weather.Source:Supplied

According to the Bureau of Meteorology’s seasonal climate outlook there is now an 80 per cent chance of higher than average rainfall across a huge area of Australia including almost the entirety of New South Wales, most of Queensland, Victoria and South Australia and the eastern half of the Northern Territory...

It’s good news for water storages with some dams near Sydney already near 100 per cent. It should also mean that dams in northern NSW, that have been at far lower levels, top up.

Farmers too can look forward to their crops getting a good soaking...

But for most of us spring 2020 will be a wetter season than we’ve seen in some time with cooler days and warmer nights. Keep the brolley handy and don’t pack away the jumpers just yet...

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