Dry and Hot Ahead

Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Australia, which suffered its worst drought in a century in 2002, may have below-average rainfall and above-average temperatures in some parts of the nation in the next three months amid the threat an El Nino may develop.

There's a between 60 percent to 80 percent chance of above- average temperatures over most of the country in the three months ending November, the Bureau of Meteorology said today on its Web site.

The chance of above-average rainfall is below 40 percent over much of the country, excluding an area in southwest Western Australia state, it said.