The Indian Ocean Dipole event did nobody much good. It's been attributed for the very low rainfall (and bushfires) across Australia in 2019 as well as the highe

The Indian Ocean Dipole event did nobody much good. It's been attributed for the very low rainfall (and bushfires) across Australia in 2019 as well as the higher than usual rainfall (and locusts) in east Africa. Also an impressive feat of weather modelling, however. This is from May 2019, apparently before the strong IOD event had fully formed, and before the bushfire crisis hit. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-16/positive-indian-ocean-dipole-bad-news-for-drought-crippled-areas/11120566 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-16/positive-indian-ocean... This is from last month and shows what happened with it https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-11/indian-ocean-dipole-values-graph/11788386 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-11/indian-ocean-dipole-v... And they were right about the effects on rainfall while it was in place.