Farm Weather South Australia

December outlook 2024 SA *Forecast prepared between December 3rd-8th 2024 Review: G’Day everyone, I hope you have all been keeping well. I apologise for the lack of a November mid-month update and a later December outlook, but things have become beyond busy of late around the traps. I trust you have also been flat out finishing the harvest and dodging the rain where possible. November as a whole finally saw a change in the dry pattern that has ravaged SA and VIC for much of this year. This at least did pan out as expected with the mid to late November and early December period the main talking point for this uptick in moisture, driven by tropical infeeds with humid air resulting in showers and thunderstorms with areas of rain as well. Many areas received average to well above average rainfall across the Pastoral areas and right down into very dry agricultural areas including the Riverland and Upper North – two regions that were in severe drought. Let's get straight to the charts be...

  November outlook 2024 SA    *Forecast prepared between October 29th-Nov 3rd 2024       Review:    G’Day everyone, I trust and hope that you are all keeping well. Time for the November update – I did consider an October mid-monther but due to personal commitments and a lack of significant rain/weather systems, I decided to abandon that. The main talking point to review is indeed that thunderstorm system that we had on the 17 th which was in our broader instability window first hinted in the initial October outlook. It was nice for it to come together for a change but no doubt with very mixed feelings for many. Too late for probably 90% of crops but useful for tanks and dams but no good for those cutting hay. The lead up to the event saw some ‘pre-wetting’ of the surface across primarily the Lower and Upper North (and a little into the Riverland and Mallee) with some areas of rain and isolated thunderstorms. The moisture feeding ...