With La Niña officially over, an El Niño watch issued ahead of summer, and this week's unseasonable May cold snap, questions are swirling about what winter may hold. 9News
May-July forecast from the Bureau of MeteorologyBut to get a better understanding of what the entire season will look like, 9news.com.au spoke to Brad Jackson, a senior climatologist with the BoM.He said the chance of another winter marked by floods is slim. "There will still be some rain, but it will probably just be lower than average.
"The only areas likely to receive average, or above average rainfall, is around north-west Western Australia."For those that fear the cold, Jackson also had some good news."It depends where you're located within Australia," he said. " in areas where you have an average maximum temperature of say 10 degrees it might be a bit more, so 12, 13 or 14 degrees.
"I'll add that minimum temperatures around Australia are looking still above average throughout eastern New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia, the northern Northern Territory."So you're still looking at some slightly warmer nights probably as well." When it comes to winter, there's no business like snow business, so are we likely to get a bumper dusting of the white stuff?"It's a bit too far out to really say what it is going to be like, but depending on what happens with the climate drivers and if we end up say, in an El Niño with a positive Indian Ocean Dipole , these years usually deliver the least amount of snow," he said.
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