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Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 19 Mar 2024

Rainfall totals greater than 100 mm were recorded in parts of the Top End and northern Queensland, with some areas receiving more than 200 mm for the week. Rainfall totals greater than 100 mm were also recorded in parts of Western Australia’s Kimberley and Eucla districts…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, 19/03/2024

National Feedbase Summary 13 March 2024

Total Standing Dry Matter shows a decline through areas of southern and eastern Australia that were impacted by hotter conditions, however high levels remain in the areas north of Winton and east of Cloncurry and north to the Gulf…Read More

Al Rayner, Cibo Labs, 13/03/2024

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 12 Mar 2024

Onshore flow brought rainfall totals above 100 mm along fringes of the Queensland coast, and more than 200 mm in an area of the Northern Tropical Coast with minor flooding of the Tully River…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, 12/03/2024

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 5 Mar 2024

A low pressure system and associated monsoon trough generated showers and isolated thunderstorms across the Top End of the Northern Territory through to the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, 05/03/2024

National Feedbase Summary 28 February 2024

There has been a gradual improvement in Total Standing Dry Matter levels nationally in the past two weeks…Read More

Al Rayner, Cibo Labs, 28/02/2024

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 27 Feb 2024

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Lincoln brought rainfall to Western Australia’s Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne and Central West districts as it moved across the state…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, 27/02/2024

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 20 Feb 2024

Weekly rainfall totals greater than 150 mm were recorded in an area west of the Top End of the Northern Territory and its central areas, along the south coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria, and in areas of northern Queensland; within these areas there were isolated rainfall totals exceeding 300 mm…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, 20/02/2024

National Feedbase Summary 14 February 2024

Nationally, biomass levels remain steady or slightly improved as a result of recent weather events, particularly in the northern and eastern parts of the country. ..Read More

Al Rayner, Cibo Labs, 14/02/2024

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