Australia's outlook turns drier as Indian Ocean set to reinforce El Nino

By Peter Hannam
Updated June 19 2015 - 10:08am, first published May 26 2015 - 8:12pm
Dry times loom for southern Australia if the weather models prove correct. Photo: Rob Griffith
Dry times loom for southern Australia if the weather models prove correct. Photo: Rob Griffith

Prospects are firming that the latest El Nino event may leave much of Australia drier, with conditions in the Indian Ocean possibly reinforcing those in the Pacific, the Bureau of Meteorology says.