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Our El Niño winter could make way for a La Niña summer
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Our El Niño winter could make way for a La Niña summer

LA Times  

It’s Monday, Feb. 12. Climate change is making weather whiplash more extreme As The Times’ Hayley Smith reported, La Niña’s last visit to the Golden state lasted a rare three years straight. That weather pattern “was a notable factor in California’s most recent drought, which saw unprecedented water restrictions, shriveling groundwater supplies and record-low levels on the Colorado River,” Hayley …

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La Niña’s three-year reign across Australia finally ends, promising drier, hotter weather
1 year, 10 months ago

La Niña’s three-year reign across Australia finally ends, promising drier, hotter weather

ABC  

After three years of dominating weather patterns around the globe, La Niña has now ended. La Niña — the cool phase of the eastern Pacific Ocean, which typically brings rain and floods to Australia on the ocean's warmer western edge — has been weakening for months, as evidenced by sea surface temperatures returning to normal along equatorial areas of the …

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BOM declares La Niña, increasing flood risk for third year in a row
2 years, 3 months ago

BOM declares La Niña, increasing flood risk for third year in a row

ABC  

After months of speculation it is finally Bureau of Meteorology official: we are in the third La Niña in a row. Key points: The BOM has officially declared the La Niña is underway The climate driver typically brings wetter than average conditions to Australia's north and east This makes the third La Niña summer in a row and ups the …

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La Niña officially over, but Bureau of Meteorology says it might be back in spring
2 years, 6 months ago

La Niña officially over, but Bureau of Meteorology says it might be back in spring

ABC  

La Niña, the weather pattern that has lashed Australia with record rain and floods for months, has finally ended, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Key points: A climatologist says a third consecutive La Niña could increase the chances of rain for an "already saturated" east coast A triple La Niña has only happened three times before, most recently in …

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Could this finally be the La Niña's last hurrah as rain spreads south?
2 years, 8 months ago

Could this finally be the La Niña's last hurrah as rain spreads south?

ABC  

As the east coast deals with the latest round of tropical rain after a thoroughly wet season, the big question is if this is all going to end sometime soon. Key points: Heavy rainfall is falling in Queensland with isolated totals of up to 500mm possible near the coast, with lesser falls spreading south from today This latest round of …

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Madden-Julian Oscillation: The bearer of tropical rain
4 years, 1 month ago

Madden-Julian Oscillation: The bearer of tropical rain

ABC  

After a long wait the rain is finally falling up north and it is thanks to the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Key points: The Madden-Julian Oscillation is moving over northern Australia, encouraging wet conditions The climate driver usually takes between a month and 60 days to make its way around the tropics Although this MJO is weak with the La Niña active, …

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NSW farmers welcome 'unbelievable' rain as BOM warns La Niña could 'swing from drought to flood'
4 years, 2 months ago

NSW farmers welcome 'unbelievable' rain as BOM warns La Niña could 'swing from drought to flood'

ABC  

After four punishing years, the drought has finally broken at Rick Bennett's farm in central-west New South Wales. Key points: NSW has gone from being 99 per cent drought affected or in drought to just over 20 per cent Mr Bennett says harvesting a good crop would "completely turn our world around again" financially A La Niña weather event has …

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