The Bureau of Meteorology has said La Niña is weakening, opening up the possibility of a hot, dry year ahead in 2023.
As sea temperatures are becoming increasingly warmer, there is the likelihood an El Niño could be declared this year.After Australia's wettest summer in five years and three consecutive La Niña events, there is a chance that the country could experience an El Niño event this year.In its update released on Monday, the BOM said that La Niña is "slowly weakening", signalling a possible end to the heavy rainfall and grey skies from as early as March.
University of Melbourne's climate scientist Andrew King said that consistent modelling has shown that conditions that resemble an El Niño event are expected later this year.While it's too early to tell whether an El Niño is a certainty due to the "autumn predictability barrier" that blurs the likelihood of what's to come until April, early climate modelling has indicated it is on the rise.
"We're more likely to have major heatwaves, we're more likely to have fire weather conditions as well," Dr King said.Even Elon Musk could not afford the cost of the world's worst climate disasters this year While Dr King said after three consecutive above-average wet years for Australia, it's unlikely an El Niño could cause a drought but warned that heatwaves could still lead to serious fires.
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