{"id":278837,"date":"2020-09-29T16:17:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T06:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=278837"},"modified":"2020-09-29T16:18:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T06:18:49","slug":"were-in-for-a-wet-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/09\/29\/were-in-for-a-wet-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re In For A Wet Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_278855\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-278855\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blackbuttrange.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-278855\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blackbuttrange.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blackbuttrange.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blackbuttrange-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blackbuttrange-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blackbuttrange-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blackbuttrange-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blackbuttrange-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-278855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Washouts on the Blackbutt Range after the 2011 floods &#8230; sections of the D&#8217;Aguilar Highway had to be completely rebuilt (Photo: TMR)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>September 29, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed a La\u00a0Ni\u00f1a weather pattern is now established in the tropical Pacific &#8211; and is expected to last until at least January.<\/p>\n<p>A La Ni\u00f1a typically means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More rainfall in eastern, central and northern Australia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Decreased daytime temperatures south of the Tropics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Warmer overnight temperatures in northern Australia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A decreased risk of frost<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>However, it also brings with it an increased risk of more tropical cyclones, flooding and an earlier onset of the monsoon season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BOM said current climate outlooks indicated the remainder of 2020 would be wetter-than-average across the eastern two-thirds of Australia.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Bureau emphasised that every La Ni\u00f1a event is different.<\/p>\n<p>This one is not expected to be as strong as the one in 2010-12 &#8211; one of the four strongest on record &#8211; which brought widespread flooding to various parts of Australia, including the South Burnett.<\/p>\n<p>More than 78 per cent of Queensland was affected during the 2010-11 floods and 33 people died, including a 19-year-old woman at Cherbourg who drowned in Barambah Creek.<\/p>\n<p>La Ni\u00f1a occurs when the equatorial trade winds become stronger, changing ocean surface currents and drawing cooler deep water up from below. This results in a cooling of the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Warm\u00a0surface waters occur in the western Pacific and to the north of Australia. This warming of ocean temperatures in the western Pacific means the area becomes more favourable for rising air, cloud development and rainfall.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Read more in our Climate Driver Update: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MKYnElWVUW\">https:\/\/t.co\/MKYnElWVUW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ENSO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ENSO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qoNz3yP1yg\">pic.twitter.com\/qoNz3yP1yg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (@BOM_au) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BOM_au\/status\/1310812075241816065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed a La\u00a0Ni\u00f1a weather pattern is now established in the tropical Pacific &#8211; and is expected to last until at least January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":278855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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