La Nina to break down later this year
Updated Sat Jan 1, 2011 2:08pm AEDT
La Nina is associated with wetter conditions in eastern Australia. (User submitted: Cameron Parker)
Related Story: Rockhampton to be flooded until mid-January Related Story: Flooded residents face weeks without homes Higher-than-average rainfall is expected to continue until at least March as eastern Australia's La Nina weather pattern persists into 2011.
La Nina is associated with wetter conditions in eastern Australia and the current event is the strongest forecasters have observed since 1973.
But the weather bureau's Ryan White says the weather pattern is expected to weaken later in the year.
"We are expecting the La Nina to break down around March or April," he said.
"And then we expect it to switch probably into more of a neutral phase for 2011.
"For the next three months we're pretty confident that we should get above average rainfall across eastern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland.
"Also. .. we do believe that we should get warmer days and nights associated with that across south-eastern Australia."
There you go PS, Ryan White from the BOM also backs you up!!!