General News
6 April, 2022
When will it ever stop raining?
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is anticipating more rain to come, with predictions of a wetter than usual April to June this year.
Falls in excess of 90mm in some areas overnight on Sunday/Monday produced more flooding in the Condamine River, Dalrymple Creek and King’s Creek as well as in the myriad of gullies across southern parts of the district.
Falls of more than 70mm were recorded at Clifton.
The situation is becoming dire for farmers who still have summer crops ready to come off.
In many cases the crops have already been written off, while others are at a point where more rain will sound the death knell.
Those farmers holding hopes to take off sorghum are becoming very anxious.
Things are not looking good.
The Bureau of Meteorology outlook for the quarter indicates that rainfall is likely to be above median for our part of the world.
BOM says La Niña remains active in the tropical Pacific Ocean but is gradually weakening.
Outlooks indicate a return to neutral El Niño-Southern Oscillation conditions are likely in the southern hemisphere autumn.
However BOM says despite weakening, La Niña will contribute to wetter than median conditions for parts of northern and eastern Australia.
The Bureau outlook indicates that in southern Queensland, below median maximum temperatures are likely from April to June.
In fact, it predicts that the chance of exceeding the median is less than 40 per cent.
