Farm Weather South Australia

February 2023 update SA *Forecast prepared between Feb 17-20th 2023 Review: G’Day everyone, hope you are keeping well, another mid-month update is upon us and although not a great deal has happened weather wise this month in SA, the overall patterns on a more global and regional scale are starting to show signs of shifting just a little bit. The pendulum is beginning its move back the other way as the La Nina gradually loses some muscle but that is just in the ocean’s, we still have the good ol atmospheric lag to deal with for a little while yet. The first half of February has seen a wide array of conditions with the very cold start from the polar blast, with squally showers and damaging winds occurring over a swath of the SE of the state with some handy totals of rain, though generally for most areas south of about Adelaide. However, some handy streams did set up into the Lower and Upper North areas with Port Pirie of all places really nailing one evening with 20-25mm falling within t

February 2023 outlook SA *Forecast prepared between January 30th – Feb 2nd 2023 Review: G’Day everyone, hope you are keeping well. February is now upon us, not long now and the all-important growing season sowing period will be here! I will delve into that a lot more in the next few updates as we hone in on the expected conditions. January was another tricky month for the forecast and in many ways was very similar to 2022. A majority of the month was hot and dry, with both above average temperatures for most districts as well as below average rainfall right up until the 28th when a NW cloud-band developed along a very slow-moving cold front. This front initially looked like moving through fairly swiftly but a block to the east stalled things over the Far West of the state allowing more moisture to filter in from the tropics delivering areas of rain with some good falls across the Far West & West Coasts and also up into the NW Pastoral and no doubt these were welcome as these areas