Bureau issues Climate Outlook for July to September 2015

25/06/2015

The Bureau of Meteorology today issued its monthly and seasonal climate outlooks for July to September 2015.

The outlook for the next three months indicates:

• Generally wetter-than-average season is more likely for parts of the west, while drier in the far southeast.
• Warmer days likely for northeastern Australia and the far south.
• Climate influences include unusually warm sea surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean, and El Niño 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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