From fewer cyclones to higher temperatures and drier conditions, here's what an El Niño wet season has in store for northern Australia.
As Fitzroy Crossing prepares for another week of temperatures consistently climbing above 40 degrees, heat bakes the recently charred landscape.The combination of an El Niño, negative IOD, and no strong signs of the Madden Julien Oscillation indicate later thunderstorm activity and less monsoonal rainHere, in the centre of WA's Kimberley region, bushfires have been blazing for weeks on end.
"We're having to box mobs of cattle up with other cattle and just hope we get some early storms," he said.While an El Niño alone doesn't necessarily mean a weaker wet season for northern Australia, it does have that effect when combined with a negative Indian Ocean Dipole, which is in place now, explains Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Angeline Prasad.
The lake, which irrigates the Ord Valley agricultural area, is currently more than 92 per cent full, with 10,000 gigalitres, after heavy rainfall in its catchment this year and in 2021.That's well over double the amount of water in the lake in late 2021, when it neared a 30-year low. Greg Smith has worked as a tourism operator at the lake for decades and said a drier-than-normal wet season would likely have little impact on the lake's overall capacity.
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