Australia’s weather forecasters have offered the country’s drought-hit farmers scarce relief after predicting that warmer and drier conditions are set to continue through spring.
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| Broken Hill (above) received just 9% of its average winter rainfall. Bureau of Meteorology says dry conditions are likely to continue through spring. |
After a drier than average year so far, the Bureau of Meteorology released its spring outlook on Thursday and warned that southern and south-eastern parts of the country are facing the prospect of an early summer heatwave.
Andrew Watkins, manager of long-range forecasts at the BoM, said parts of the country had received less than half of their average rainfall in winter. For example, Broken Hill in western New South Wales which received just 9% of its winter average and Dubbo had 40%.
Read the story by Lisa Cox from The Guardian - “No relief for farmers as BoM predicts spring heatwave.”
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