Farm Weather South Australia

  May 2023 update SA   *Forecast prepared between May 17 th -19th 2023   Review: G’Day everyone, I know some of you have been eager to receive the Mid-Month update and I do realise that 2 weeks is a long time between drinks so to speak at this critical time of the year. I should stress that when this becomes an official subscription-based business, I will be doing weekly instead of fortnightly updates to cut down the gaps as well as a lot more other content in between.  A few personal things have halted the progress of that happening sooner, but I still at least want to keep the current 2-week updates rolling for free in the meantime to maintain continuity and accountability through the period. Inconsistent updates won’t serve much of a purpose and things can quickly get out of hand if you take your eye off the weather.   Now so far this month we have seen a dominant area of high pressure move in with widespread frost and morning fog patches af...

   May 2023 outlook SA   *Forecast prepared between May 1 st -4th 2023   Review:   G’Day everyone, I hope you are keeping well and have had a good Easter and April in general. May is now here and is no doubt a very important month in your seeding programs among other things and certainly a time when we all look to the heavens with a vested interest. Firstly, we will look back on April and all in all it turned out better than we initially expected which in a way is a double-edged sword. On the positive front, we managed to get some extra moisture into the soil ahead of temperatures and evaporation numbers dropping but on the negative side it also means the dry spell and downwelling period will be shifted 3-4 weeks into the future. We did see the early signs of significant high pressure through mid to late April with a block of 4-5 days from the 19 th to 23 rd where the pressure held up around 1029hPa which is quite a feat in April and an early h...