Forecast - end of drought ...

Excerpt from the Courier Mail:

End of drought forecast

14 June 2007

The end of the drought may be in sight. The key weather indicator used by climatologists has passed into positive territory for the first time in years.

The movement in the Southern Oscillation Index is the strongest indication that a rain-producing La Nina weather event might replace the El Nino blamed for the drought.

It was revealed yesterday that the index had its strongest reading in more than a year on Friday, as flooding gripped the New South Wales Hunter Valley region.

See - It just might rain again.