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The Bureau’s “extreme” new climate outlook tool

Beef Central, 03/11/2021
PRIMARY producers will have access to information about potentially extreme climate conditions for their geographical area beyond the traditional seven-day weather forecast in a new climate outlook tool released this week by the Bureau of Meteorology.

An example of the new map offering showing chances of extremes across Australia for the week from November 6 to 12.

“Recognising the increasing need for information about unseasonal and extreme weather events, the Bureau of Meteorology and its agricultural industry customers have developed a new tool that will allow people to drill down and see what may be in store for their local area,” Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia David Littleproud said.

“The user-friendly maps show the likelihood of conditions such as unusually hot or cold temperatures or unusually high or low rainfall in the weeks, months and seasons ahead for specific, highly localised areas.

“Importantly, the maps have been tried and tested with farmers across Australia, who have found them helpful for anticipating climate conditions.

“They say the outlook maps will help them make decisions around purchasing and applying fertiliser, crop planning and stocking rates because they will have a better understanding of likely conditions in the coming months.”

Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley said the outlooks had been informed by inputs from those on the ground.

“This new tool from the Bureau draws on the latest science and technology and aims to build climate resilience and support better-informed decision making,” Minister Ley said.

“We worked closely with farmers to gauge what information, in addition to what the Bureau already provides, would be useful.

“Industry reference groups from the dairy, red meat, grains, sugar and wine sectors have all played a critical role in the development of this new product.

“We are committed to providing the agricultural sector with important weather and climate information – whether it be short-term forecasts or seasonal climate outlooks. We are now offering the best of both worlds and importantly – they are free, easy to access and easy to use.”

This new tool is part of the Forewarned is Forearmed project, a partnership between government, research and industry sectors, funded through the Rural R&D For Profit Program.

View the new outlooks and features on the Bureau’s website here: www.bom.gov.au/climate/outlooks

Select ‘Chance of extremes’ button on the left-hand side to see the new outlook maps. Entering your town name using the search option, or clicking on your location on the map, will pop up additional climate outlook information.

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Comments

  1. Mark Driscoll, 06/11/2021

    I am glad they have a new Tool as the other one was pretty useless

  2. Peter Williams, 04/11/2021

    Sounds like another climate alarmist line from another branch of federal govt. brainwashed into believing that the King has New Clothes.

  3. Sally Black, 03/11/2021

    What a joke when BOM can’t predict the weather a day out, nor week, let alone a month. Jumping on the Climate Change hoax and homogenising temperatures BOM, has lost all credibility, unfortunately.

    • Jenny OSullivan, 04/11/2021

      These tools actually give you information on reliability of the information. How accurate they have been in the past with the weather models. Can give you some confidence in the accuracy and reliability of information.

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