Rural Fire Service crews are preparing to burn as much as 7000 hectares as part of a catch-up on hazard reduction burn operations in NSW. 9News
The devastating bushfires of 2019 and 2020 were followed by the unusually rainy La Nina years, which has allowed a quick regrowth.Currently, the RFS has burned less a quarter of its target for this time of the year.The city has been rain free since May 20 and will likely remain that way until Sunday.
"There were spatters of rain on Thursday in some suburbs but nothing that was heavy enough to register at the Observatory Hill weather station where official records for Sydney are kept," Weatherzone said.Warmer-than-usual daytime temperatures are expected in almost every state from June to August, a far cry from the cooler, wetter conditions brought about by La Nina's in the previous three years.
Rain levels are also expected to ease this winter, with a high chance of below-average rainfall, especially across southern NSW. "While the models show it's very likely that the tropical Pacific Ocean temperatures will reach El Niño levels during winter, a shift in the tropical atmosphere is also needed for us to declare an El Niño event," the BoM said.could lead to increased bushfire risk for a large part of the Northern Territory, pockets of NSW and north-western South Australia.
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