La Nina 'gone from Pacific' AAP, The West Australian

March 27, 2012, 5:10 pm

The La Nina conditions that have contributed to flooding and heavy rainfall in Australia during the past two years have all but disappeared from the Pacific region, the Bureau of Meteorology says.

In its latest update on the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the bureau says La Nina conditions are no longer present in either the Pacific Ocean or the atmosphere.

It said the 2011-2012 La Nina began last spring, and played a key role in prolonged wet conditions for eastern Australian throughout summer and into early autumn.

“South-east Australia recorded its wettest seven-day period in history, and the combined effect of two back-to-back La Nina events contributed to Australia's wettest two-year period on record,” the bureau said.

The weather bureau's manager of climate prediction services, Dr Andrew Watkins, said that while this La Nina may be over, we still need to be cautious.

“The oceans around Australia remain warmer than normal, and the tropical wet season is expected to remain active until the end of April, bringing with it the possibility of tropical cyclones and further heavy rain,” Dr Watkins said.

He said the likelihood of a third successive La Nina remained low, with none of the models used by the bureau indicating a return.

sorry but this is just the second year of a five year episode

if you remember, boffins at the bureau also claimed the little girl had left us last year with practically no chance of return

Though you were talking about Lazy people!

theDoctor said...

Mark _australia said...

doesn't matter anyway, as the world ends this December

La Nina - sounds like a Mayan name. There is proof enough!

Calendar = 58 if you add all the letters together . If you do 58 squared, divided by 666 you get 5 which is the number of years in the normal La Nina cycle.
Mmmm kay?

Dude, so how was petermac's dinner party...?

I missed it. I was putting numbers into my Texas scientific calculator to look for end of the world patterns. Will be on youtoob soon....

Wollemi said...

Don't you guys diversify?

The climb out of Alpheus canyon (one of the exits for Arethusa canyon), including free-soloing bolted routes and hand-
over-hand up fixed lines prior to scrambling up ridges as the skies opened big time.

- although rock-climbing was canned a couple of times, I started to explore top-rope solo, come jumaring 100m above
the rain-forest below. http://www.climb.org.au/index.php?page_id=10&action=area&area_id=1432

Wheres the fun in needlessly risking your life climbing a rock face?

Id have more fun trying to shave my face with an outboard motor.

It's still here I'm surfing Perth in boardies still and there's still three more years of it left mackerel gettin caught down south too I think our seasons have shifted and things will never be the same

japie said...

Diversify! I have made up my mind to paraglide. From our back door I can see a flag that tells me when to go for a kite. In the distance behind it is a popular hang glider and paraglider launch pad and soaring area.

I have sat and watched them a lot more than I have kited this summer

Who's your instructor? Poli?

^^^^
Now that is a Paradox

Sydney has had the best weather the past 3 weeks then the previous 4 months so something is going on.