The dry spell is set to break and then it could remain wet for some time if long term forecasts are on the money.

There is good news in both the Indian and Pacific Oceans for farmers wanting to see a return to wet conditions.

There's a negative event on the horizon, but when that event is the Indian Ocean Dipole it is a massive positive for Aussie farmers.

There was a pleasant surprise in the rain gauge for many this morning, with areas forecast to get just a mill or two getting up to 40mm.

It's mostly all neutral out of both the Pacific and Indian Oceans on the climate front, but some models are picking up promising signals.

It looks like the monsoon is gone for this wet season.

The north is being lashed with heavy rain as Cyclone Gretel gets set to form in the Coral Sea.

Residents are feeling happier in the Boulia Shire after parts of the district received up to 130mm of rain.

Aussie summers now go for 31 days longer than they did in the 1950s, a new report states.

The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a cumulative 25mm to 50mm of rain for every part of Queensland during the next eight days.