The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts parched conditions across virtually all of Australia this winter as a double whammy of drought-linked climate drivers brew in waters to the west and east.
While maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be warmer than average for much of the state, inland southern areas are likely to have cooler nights.South Australia is also looking particularly dry with high-to-very high odds of a drier than normal winter.
But given there is typically very little rainfall this time of year Mr Chua said that was not particularly significant. Data shows large parts of WA's south-west, NSW, Victoria, and southern Queensland have received lower than normal rainfall in the year to date, particularly in May.Touch and move to reveal hidden image
"Especially south-west Western Australia as that's where the chance of unusually dry conditions is very high.""For most of Australia, water storage is more than 90 per cent right now," he said. But Mr Chua said two of the biggest factors in the dry forecast were the growing likelihood of an El Niño climate pattern and a positive phase of the Indian Ocean Dipole developing in coming months.
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