Farm Weather South Australia

March 2023 update SA Forecast prepared between March 21-23rd 2023 Review: G’Day everyone, quick little update as we approach the later parts of the month now. Not a huge amount has been going on in terms of rainfall across out state this month so far but certainly the pattern has been fluid with constant changes from warm to cool, to windy to calm. A notable event recently was the severe gully wind/downslope events on the morning of March 20th with a focus around the eastern suburbs and foothills of Adelaide. This occurred as a strong ridge moved in rapidly from the west whilst a trough was deepening further NE really tightening the gradient. The cooling effect and sinking air funneling through the gullies did the rest with near calm conditions only a few km further west at times whilst 90-110km/hr winds ripped through the Eastern/NE and parts of the southern suburbs. Just after this an upper-level trough was able to induce some patchy rain areas and isolated thunderstorms on the 21st

March 2023 outlook SA Forecast prepared between March 7th-9th 2023 Review: G’Day one and all, sorry for the delay to this outlook, I’ve been away on a long-awaited trip! The March outlook rainfall wise won’t truly reflect as a forecast given a week has already lapsed but this will at least encompass what is left. Only scattered showers have occurred so far this month with a couple of troughs but some mid-level based thunderstorms did pass through the agricultural areas during the late afternoon and evening of the 5th, but rainfall totals were light. A quick look back at February, usually a hot month and generally un-inspiring over SA and parts of VIC and this one was no exception. No significant tropical infeed which resulted in mostly stable conditions. A cold start blended with a hot finish saw temperatures come in close to average however a majority of the state was slightly above average, but the Lower SE remained slightly below. Rainfall wise most of the state once again came in b