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BOM declares La Niña over – but that doesn’t mean the rain is done
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has reset the El Niño Southern Oscillation outlook to inactive, meaning the 2020-21 La Niña is over.
Key points:
- After a wet few months, the BOM officially declares the La Niña over
- Conditions over the Pacific Ocean are expected to return to neutral for the next few months
- But wetter-than-average conditions are still expected for the tropical north in the coming weeks
BOM climatologist Naomi Benger stressed, though, that it did not mean it would be all blue skies for the foreseeable future.
“What it really means is that La Niña is no longer dominating our climate but other localised drivers will become the primary influencers,” she said.
“In particular, we’re expecting the Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) to…
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