After many years of drought it finally seems like the dry conditions across Victoria and Eastern Australia has been broken. For many years these areas saw the negative effects of El Niño but now with these sometimes freak weather conditions it certainly appears that La Niña is upon us. El Niño is characterized by unusually warm temperatures; causing droughts whereas La Niña by unusually cool temperatures in the equatorial Pacific; causing floods, massive cyclones and endless rain.
In recent times there has been much evidence that this is the case. For example widespread flooding in areas that in recent years have been barren landscapes. Probably the best known examples of this are the floods of Northern New South Wales and Queensland and also the floods of Victoria. Cyclone Yasi is another example of this.
In Melbourne we have also seen this climate shift. In the month of May we have seen a higher than average rainfall with 64 mm falling to date (23/5/11) whilst the average is 56 mm.
Hey mate, my area has also copped a beating weather wise. We have had an enormous amount of rain. Good to see though!
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