2019 was the driest and hottest year on record in Australia. To find out how all this is impacting the bushfires, read this:
Dr Jones said the more typical temperatures and rain totals would not snuff out fire risks not least because many eastern and southern regions remain very dry. 2019 was Australia's driest year, exceeding 1902, bureau data shows.
Last year was also Australia's hottest for maximum and mean temperatures, eclipsing previous highs set in 2013 by large margins. Daytime temperatures were 2.09 degrees above the bureau's 1961-90 benchmark, topping the 2013 record by half a degree.Ben Domensino, a meteorologist at Weatherzone, said the shift towards neutral climate conditions around Australia meant temperatures and rainfall "could go either way" beyond the next couple of weeks.
Another band of moisture would stream across Australia now Blake has become the first cyclone to cross the coast this season. Central Australia "is where you want to see the clouds most ... so there's less heat available for the next heatwave that comes through", he said.The shift in climate drivers include the return of the so-called Indian Ocean Dipole to neutral conditionas after one of the strongest positive events to impact Australia on record.
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