The prediction follows record-breaking 2023 winter weather, during which the national mean temperature was 1.53 degrees above the average temperature from 1961 to 1996.
The BoM has only issued an El Nino alert, indicating a 70 per cent chance the weather system will form, but is waiting to see if the right atmospheric conditions eventuate before formally declaring the event is under way.
The bureau has become an outlier among global weather agencies by declining to declare an El Nino event.
The other agencies made their El Nino declarations based on the unusually high sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, which drive hotter weather on land.
The northern hemisphere sweltered through record-breaking heatwaves this year and there were severe bushfires in Europe and North America.
The World Meteorological Organisation declared July the hottest month on record globally, driven by soaring temperatures in the water between Japan and Canada in the North Pacific, as well as the North Atlantic.
Bushfire danger area predictions for Australia are immense and concerning.
We are not on this map due to being burnt out in 2019/20 but substantial rain in 2022 has caused considerable regrowth in our surrounding forests, particularly the under storey.
We are certainly not complacent and will have our evacuation plan and kits ready.
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