Hey you there, working from home in your puffer jacket and scarf with a hot water bottle on your knee. No, it’s not just you – this weather really is cold. | perkinsmiki melbourne melbourneweather
Melbourne is having its coldest start to June in decades, with temperatures yet to top 15 degrees.
A big “tongue” of wintry air has escaped from Antarctica and moved over south-eastern Australia, producing a conveyor belt of cold fronts since late May, says Weatherzone meteorologist Ben Domensino. “This prolonged period of weather is coming from the ice sheets of Antarctica.”A cold snap weather pattern is not unusual at this time of year. Swirling air currents over Antarctica are often blown north to south, which means cold air escapes from the fringes of Antarctica and travels further north.
Even Brisbane woke to its coldest June morning in six years on Thursday, with the temperature plummeting to 5.1 degrees in the early morning.You’re probably familiar with the El Nino and La Nina weather patterns over the Pacific Ocean, which affect weather worldwide. For most of Australia, El Nino brings dry weather, while La Nina brings wet weather.
As human-caused global warming accelerates, the probability of weather systems bringing record-breaking cold weather reduces dramatically.“Even though we’re seeing icy temperatures, overall, we still see far more record hot temperatures and more intense, frequent heat waves,” King said.Traditionally, the negative Indian dipole brings good winter rainfall for grain growers, and heavier snow to ski fields.
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