It’s raining so much at the moment. Days and days and days of it. It’s interesting being in the thick of one of these periods of weather—it feels impossible that it could ever be sunny and warm again. It’s the same with being in the thick of a cool winter; how could it ever be hot again? It’s this sense that this is the way things currently are, and that’s how they will always be. It’s similar to times of political and social problems; how could there ever be harmony again? Of course, there will be, just as it will be sunny and warm again.

Having said that, there’re indicators that we’re heading into a very wet spring. There may be a negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) occurring, the waters around Australia warm, leading to more rain than usual. A negative IOD typically doesn’t last as long as a La Niña event, but it still means it’ll probably be rainy for much of the time until early summer. Though, I’ve been actually enjoying watching the rain come towards my apartment. Because the recent weather has been going from North-East to South-West, I’ve had this great view of it pouring over Bondi Junction, approaching via Centennial Park, and then raining right over where I live.