Experts says that the amazing recent run of 100-plus rainless days in Perth is a clear sign that the weather … and, by association, the Big Lap experience … is changing.
Grey nomads in all parts of the country have been encountering a lot less rain and a lot more searing sunshine … and the science says we ain’t seen nothing yet.
A joint study by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and the Bureau of Meteorology says more extreme heat and a longer bushfire season are on the cards as greenhouse gases force temperatures to rise further.
The just-released report said temperatures across Australia were, on average, almost 1degree Celsius warmer than a century ago.
Seven of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 1998 while, over the past 15 years, the frequency of very hot months has increased five-fold, it said.
Last year was Australia’s hottest year since records began in 1910.
And the report said it would only get worse.
“A further increase in the number of extreme fire-weather days is expected in southern and eastern Australia, with a longer fire season in these regions,” it said of areas devastated by fires this year.
It also forecast less rainfall in southern Australia and more severe droughts.
The report, released every two years, added that tropical cyclones were projected to decrease in number but increase in intensity, while rising seas levels would cause more problems for coastal dwellers.
Have you noticed a significant change in weather patterns? Comment below.
Dont believe everything you read. Mostly you will see reports by warming alarmists as there is no gov. money available for the realists. Talk about rainfall yeterday 69mm giving us at my place in Warwick Qld a total of 107mm for the month, last March 90mm
Almost every moring this month has been colder than March last year. Again dont believe everything you read.
P.S. What experts??? Tim Flannery, alias Tom Foolery