The Indian Ocean's version of El Niño— a positive Indian Ocean Dipole — typically brings a reduction in rainfall and an increase in temperatures through winter and spring.
abc.net.au/news/positive-indian-ocean-dipole-to-coincide-with-el-nino/102756378While El Niño dominates the headlines, a lesser-known climate influence is rapidly forming to our west, and is likely to bring hot and dry weather to Australia for the remainder of the year.
If values above 0.4 are sustained for eight weeks, as predicted by all modelling, then 2023 becomes a positive IOD year, the first since 2019. Although there is no indication this fire season will be as severe, bushfires will almost certainly be more active than the last three years. Most years are neutral, that is the water temperature is near normal, but occasionally sustained periods of warm or cold water develop in the tropical western and eastern Indian Ocean.
While the longevity of an IOD event is shorter than the Pacific counterparts of El Niño and La Niña, the intensity is more severe. The reduction in cloud also leads to an increase in daytime temperatures, most pronounced across WA and southeast Australia.
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