If you were feeling extra hot and sweaty in Sydney on Thursday morning despite the temperatures barely touching 30 degrees,don’t fear – there’s a record-breaking reason why.
Are you reading the weather forecast all wrong? There’s a number that tells you exactly how muggy the day will be,and it’s not relative humidity.
Winter across most of Australia is likely to be warmer than average during the day,and the BOM says there is a 50 per cent chance of it being an El Nino year.
Smoke from the Black Summer bushfires increased cloud cover over the Pacific,cooled sea surface temperatures and likely influenced the formation of the rare triple La Nina weather pattern.
As rain clouds threaten the weekend in Sydney,climatologists have their eyes on a Pacific Ocean water mass that could indicate a brewing El Nino weather system.
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On reflection,someone will look into that.
The minister’s comments come after the bureau was widely criticised online after it asked media organisations to stop calling it the BoM.
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50 years ago,Australia changed from Fahrenheit to Celsius to measure temperature. Hoping to avoid the missteps of England’s earlier transition,the Bureau of Meteorology embarked on Celsius education campaign.
North Coast communities are being warned of the potential for coastal erosion with showers,strong winds and large waves expected to batter the state’s coastline later this week.