As confirmed by the BOM yesterday, Australia is set to experience our third La Niña in a row, so keep your umbrella and your raincoat handy for a bit longer yet!

In a statement released on Tuesday (September 13), T he Bureau of Meteorology declared that the T ropical Pacific sea surface temperatures have been cooling since June and are now at La Niña thresholds, which basically means, it’s about to get wet: “Key atmospheric and oceanic indicators of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (Enso) showed “an established La Niña”.

Eastern Australia is still getting over the last two wet La Niña summers. According to Dr Margaret Cook, environmental historian, lecturer at the University of the Sunshine Coast, and researcher at Griffith University who spoke to ABC, “The problem with a triple La Niña is that the ground is very wet already, our rivers are quite high, our creeks are full and our dams are quite full. So we have less capacity to absorb this enormous amount of rain.”

A #LaNiña event is underway in the Pacific Ocean. The Bureau's 3-month climate outlook shows a high chance of above-average rainfall for the eastern half of Australia. La Niña is not the only driver influencing this wet outlook. Learn more – https://t.co/Sxi7noGXVN pic.twitter.com/JJ7aYtxEEm

— Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (@BOM_au) September 13, 2022

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