Bureau issues Climate Outlook for May to July 2015

23/04/2015

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

The outlook for the next three months indicates:

• Wetter than normal likely over most of Australia, except for the tropical north and Tasmania.
  
  
• Warmer than average days likely over the tropical north, southeast and far southwest of Australia. Cooler than normal days more likely for northwest to central Western Australia, extending to western New South Wales.
  
  
• Climate influences are warmer than normal sea surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean and waters surrounding much of the Australian coastline. Models suggest El Niño is likely to develop over the coming one to two months in the tropical Pacific.

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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