Bureau issues Climate Outlook for April to June 2015

26/03/2015

The Bureau of Meteorology today issued its monthly and seasonal climate outlooks for April to June 2015, which suggests wetter than normal conditions for most of Australia during this period.

The outlook for the next three months indicates:

• Likely to be wetter than normal over most of Australia, outside of the tropics and Tasmania.
• Warmer than average days likely over the tropical north, parts of southeastern Australia, and the far southwest of Western Australia.
• Major climate influence is warmer than normal sea surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean and surrounding much of the Australian coastline.

Updated each month, Climate Outlooks provide a key service for many Australian sectors that need to look at the months and season ahead for their planning, such as the resources, agriculture and rural sectors, as well as emergency services.

Climate Outlooks indicate likely temperature and rainfall trends over monthly or seasonal timescales, and are driven by large-scale shifts in the climate such as El Niño or La Niña events. By contrast, weather forecasts are currently produced out to seven days, and are used in short-term planning.

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