Summer outlook from Bureau of Meteorology suggests hot, dry times to continue

Summer is looking hot for most of the country and dry for the east, according to the Bureau of Meteorology's summer outlook.

Going in, swathes of the country are parched, water storages are down, streams are running low and fires are burning. 

This drought is now comparable with the big droughts of the past and this outlook suggests that isn't improving any time soon. 

But there is a distant glimmer of hope.

Read the ABC News story by Kate Doyle - “Summer outlook from Bureau of Meteorology suggests hot, dry times to continue.”