BOM declares La Niña over – but that doesn't mean the rain is done
ABCThe Bureau of Meteorology has reset the El Niño Southern Oscillation outlook to inactive, meaning the 2020-21 La Niña is over. Key points: After a wet few months, the BOM officially declares the La Niña over Conditions over the Pacific Ocean are expected to return to neutral for the next few months But wetter-than-average conditions are still expected for the tropical north in the coming weeks BOM climatologist Naomi Benger stressed, though, that it did not mean it would be all blue skies for the foreseeable future. "So generally we see wet conditions associated with La Niña events in Australia, especially in the northern and eastern parts of Australia." Dr Taschetto said studies suggested extreme El Niños and extreme La Niñas would tend to appear more frequently in the future as the climate warmed. "So it's possible that the impacts associated with El Niños and La Niñas might be stronger in a warming climate," she said.
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