New climate driver to limit rainfall in Australia

There’s been consistent talk of La Nina rains developing later this year – however, a new climate driver is expected to limit rainfall in the coming months. Sky News Meteorologist Rob Sharpe says we’re likely to have a La Nina event during the second half of this year. “This is still at least a few months away from developing,” he said. “The thing that’s a little bit simpler to forecast is the temperatures, and it’s likely to be much warmer than usual across Australia. “It will probably challenge last winter, which was Australia’s warmest winter on record.”