Looks like its forecast to be back again .
Affecting east and south coast mainly .
Fingers crossed its not too bad winter \ spring .
El Niño good for wind blue sky , heat and F$&@k all else . La Niña , wind ,rain ,storms ,cyclones , . Interesting subject , Google pacific currents /El nino . Amazing what a small temp change can do !
Select to expand quoteste said...
How does it affect wind in wa?
Good question ! I've only considered east Coast Affect as It's a pacific current event , However such a huge area of effect could surely affect other parts of the continent . Can anyone elaborate ? 
Select to expand quotedafunk said...
I think WA not affected much .
Mainly drought , No rain means no wind imho ?
It Might be worth recording the event via isobar charts over the next 12 months , would certainly give a clearer picture as to extended weather effects ! Then again ! Could just cheat and contact the Bureau of meteorology !
According to this only small parts of the WA south coast are affected with lower rainfall.
For the east coast it means hot, dry and windy conditions. 
www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/ninocomp.shtml
Select to expand quotePhoney said...
According to this only small parts of the WA south coast are affected with lower rainfall.
For the east coast it means hot, dry and windy conditions.
www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/ninocomp.shtml
What was it this season? because this wind season was atrocious
Select to expand quotekemp90 said..
What was it this season? because this wind season was atrocious
This season it was El Fark'do on the CQ coast that's for sure!
Regarding WA, a sustained, and I emphasis sustained, El Nino can produce a large body of surface warm water east of the Solomons/Melanesia. This water can move west towards Indonesia, and then have some affect on currents that may push a tongue of hot water down from Indo to the North West, as far as Geraldton. Several years ago, a similar event(s) caused water temps so high off the WA coast there were fish die offs 'up north', Spanish mackeral as far south as Bunbury and the large tongue of warm water around the capes to Albany. From memory, the seabreezes were a bit iffy that year, to say the least. CSIRO is still studying the hot water tongue event. But you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what warm water could do to WA's classic pattern of seabreezes that rely on a cold ocean air raoring in to replace rapidly rising hot air on the land ....
But like I said. the El Nino may have to be sustained.
Ergo: So if you want seabreezes, stop using petrol, wasting electricity , and wean the country off relying on coal to pay the bills,
Think we had some of our warmest waters in Perth in the last full la nina event.
Remember the water temp getting to 26oC. We had cyclones tracking all the way down to Perth and there was crazy right handers everywhere. Down south scored with some epic sand points firing up which only happen once in a blue moon.
Was a crap season wind wise - trough after trough after trough. Perth became the tropics. Was the same summer QLD had the mega floods raging into Brissy.
La Nina a biatch!
Select to expand quoteGazuki said...
Good bit of info,. I like the bit that say stronger seabreezes the best
But not the bit that says weaker trade winds 
Select to expand quoteGazuki said..
Good bit of info,. I like the bit that say stronger seabreezes the best
well 09/10 we did have cranking seabreezes every day almost in summer
I seem to remember 07, 08, 09 being awesome for sea breezes in Vic. Three in the arvo it went on like someone threw a switch, day after day after day.
Well it looks like it could go either way ?
But bad luck for the farmers .
Fingers and toes crossed
Select to expand quoteste said..
How does it affect wind in wa?
well if you look at the Midwest and Geraldton weather, deduct 10knts, your about there
