For those searching to put an end to the wet weather off Australia’s east coast, the news is not good as above-average rainfall will continue.
Although their appearance in March is not uncommon, they are not as serious as in 2007.
He said April through June for northern and eastern Australia would probably outstrip average rainfall.
Temperature above 40 degrees Celsius in different areas remained the same over the following days.
The BOM said this was expected to return to neutral levels in the coming days and would stay that way over the next two weeks.
“It was completely in contrast to 2021, when the heatwave was not so severe, despite above-normal temperatures. It was definitely warmer than usual,” said IMD meteorologist M Mohapatra.
The normally damp west of Tasmania is also in a drought streak, with the BOM forecasting below the median rainfall for the next three months.
La Lina is essentially an oceanic phenomenon characterised by water cooling in the equatorial Pacific, causing certain weather variation in the Indian subcontinent and boosting the southwestern monsoon.
