Popular meteorologist Jane Bunn forecast valuable spring rain within the next week and a potential La Nina when officially opening the recent 61st Henty Machinery Field Days and it turned out she was correct.

Ms Bunn told Field Day patrons that the past few months had been dry and challenging but there was rain on the horizon and her prediction proved correct.

“We now have seven out of eight weather models suggesting we will go into La Nina – this tells you, not yet, but in the months ahead we are heading into that La Nina which actively pushes that tropical moisture towards us.

“In the October to December outlook, better or above average rain will be widespread in the eastern and central parts of the country. We will have moisture to play with but only if we have low pressure systems to move through to turn it into rain.

“Autumn through to spring will have a heap of moisture coming our way as we come out of the (blocking) high-pressure problem.”