With one week of the season down and three more months looming, let’s take a look at what winter has in store.
This above average rainfall will exacerbate the risk of flash flooding across the south east as soil catchments are saturated.
Below median falls will be felt across south-western Australia, and western Tasmania, the Bureau added.
The rain is being driven by the La Ni├▒a weather phenomenon, which will “slowly weaken” over the coming months.
“However, some atmospheric indicators continue to show a La Ni├▒a signal.”
This end of the rain, and La Ni├▒a, is also being hampered by the “likely” formation of a negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD).
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“A negative IOD increases the chances of above average winterтАУspring rainfall for much of Australia,” BoM said.
“It also increases the chances of warmer days and nights for northern Australia.”
The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is currently neutral.
While the south-east has been gripped by extreme cold this week, the BoM predicts warmer than average minimum temperatures for much of Australia, as well as warmer than average nights.
There are exceptions to this; cooler than average days are predicted for central and inland areas.
