Long-range holiday boating outlook

The Bureau of Meteorology today issued its monthly and seasonal climate outlooks for November 2015 to January 2016.

The outlook for the next three months indicates:

November temperatures are likely to be warmer than average for southern Australia, with below-average rainfall across the southeast and parts of the north but above-average rainfall across large parts of the west.

The November to January outlook indicates below-average rainfall is likely across parts of Victoria, NSW and the tropics.

Warmer daytime temperatures are likely along much of the coast of southern and eastern Australia but central parts of the NT are likely to be cooler.

Overnight temperatures are likely to be warmer across most of the country.

The current outlook reflects a combination of a strong El Niño in the Pacific, a decaying positive Indian Ocean Dipole, and very warm Indian Ocean temperatures.

For more information or to watch the outlook and video see www.bom.gov.au/climate/ahead/