My colleague on Quadrant Online, Roger Franklin, shivering in Melbourne during Down Under’s very wintry winter, has been keeping track of climate predictions from Australia’s official weather wonks:

On May 28, the Bureau of Meteorology did what it does best in this age of computer models and the oh-so-settled science of climate change. Here is what the barometric boffins predicted:

“A generally drier and warmer-than-normal winter in the east . . . ”
Less than two months later, again according to the BoM, it seems the weather remains a good deal less settled than the alleged science:
“Melbourne won’t get much relief for a week, as the frigid air mass settles in before another cold front moves across on Wednesday and Thursday next week. The city’s maximums aren’t expected to climb above 12 degrees [Celsius] until at least Thursday, with a top of just 11 predicted for Saturday.”

You can also follow the rest of the BOM’s forecast.

But I can tell you that’s it’s the old, old story. As the traditional song (almost) goes:

It’s the same the whole world over
It’s the wonks wot makes the claim
It’s the poor wot gets the weather
Isn’t it a bloomin’ shame.