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Your weather questions answered

S2E9 Your weather questions answered

29 May 202424:46

In this episode, we are joined by Meredith Guthrie from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and Michaela Alexander from the Bureau of Meteorology.

Together, they discuss various weather tools that can help us gain deeper insights into our forecasts.

Meredith and Michaela highlight several tools that farmers can use to better understand weather forecasts, explaining their strengths and practical applications.

This episode is brought to you by the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub and is hosted by Shannon Beattie.

Episode links

My Climate View

DR.SAT – Drought Resilience Self-Assessment Tool

About the Bureau’s climate model: ACCESS–S

Climate outlooks—weeks, months and seasons – Bureau of Meteorology

MetEye – Bureau of Meteorology

The BOM Weather app – Bureau of Meteorology

Soil water tool – DPIRD

Extreme weather events tool – DPIRD

Rainfall to date tools – DPIRD

Weather station network – DPIRD

SheepLinks – FutureSheep – DPIRD

The Australian water outlook – Bureau of Meteorology

GIWA Crop Report – April 2024 – Grain Industry Association of Western Australia

Additional resources

Weather predictions, risk and decision making. Perspectives on making better decisions on risk management from weather and seasonal forecasts – GRDC

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Date Published

29/05/2024

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