Farm Weather South Australia

December 2022 update SA   *Forecast prepared between Dec 16th-19th 2022 Review: G’Day everyone, the final update for 2022 is here and what a year it has been, I think we have had the lot this year, perhaps only missing extreme heat though a little taste of that will come to finish out the year. The first half of December has seen for the most part relatively cool to mild conditions with only a couple of hot days with some extreme fire danger thrown in. Stream showers in an onshore flow associated with a SW flow between the 11th-14th which did result in some annoying totals across the agricultural areas with Laura receiving 14mm, Crystal Brook 12mm, Georgetown 9mm, Kadina 8mm and numerous other 5-8mm totals over the period of those 4 days. Further south across the Lower SE, totals were higher owing to a greater depth of cold air closer to the head of the cold pool that slung below the state with Mt.Gambier Airport receiving 22mm, Nangwarry 21mm, Coonawarra and Naracoorte with 13mm and R

December 2022 outlook SA *Forecast prepared between Dec 2nd-3rd 2022 Review: G’Day everyone, I hope you are all keeping well and trust you are very busy at this point in time making the most of the break in wet weather with some perfect harvest conditions to be had. Fingers crossed there isn’t too much damage out there and your yields can be sensational after the wet finish to the growing season. The good news is there will be more dry and hot weather for a little bit longer yet! But looking back at November and wow what a month, it certainly had the kitchen sink of severe thunderstorms, cold, wind, hail, flash flooding and then kindly, some nice warm sunny days to finish which came just in time for many as another big system to finish may have sent some crops over the edge. Figure 1: November 2022 rainfall deciles – source BoM http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/ Figure 2: November 2022 rainfall percentages – source BoM http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/ Figure 3: November 2022 rainfall anomali