Meredith_Guthrie
@meredithguthr15
Research Scientist @DPIRD with climate. Views expressed are my own
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13-12-2018 03:14:11
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Latest DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock soil water map of the mean of 10 soil types using rainfall to 15 July. #climate
It's a bit early to talk about frost - but here are some minimum temperature and number of nights below 2˚C maps from DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock. Bureau of Meteorology, Western Australia Salmon Gums station recorded -2.9˚C, and DPIRDWA Wickepin North has had 9 nights below 2 so far this month. #climate
Updated DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock growing season to date rainfall and decile map. Lake Grace 69 mm with 55 out of 525 locations tracking at decile 1. #climate
August marks the beginning of the Noongar season of Djilba - very cold and clear days, becoming warmer. Djilba DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock rainfall map from 2023, 2024 should be wetter. Last night's storm brought good rain for Pemberton 51 mm, Pingrup East 22 mm- hopefully no hail. #climate
More DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock potential yield maps - WUE 12, 15 and 20 kg/mm/ha and rainfall decile map. Winner is Northampton with 4.7 t/ha potential with WUE of 12, least fortunate is Nungarin at 0.9 t/ha. Remember this is potential based on rainfall, not N uptake or anything else!
Just for you Chris Wilkins - more DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock potential yield maps, this time with different evaporation rates (decile 5 finish and 15 WUE). There is a 0.5 t/ha difference between evp of 90 mm to that of 120 mm. #climate
Updated DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock Growing season rainfall to date maps. Everywhere have passed the 100 mm so far since 1 April. Ongerup 109 mm, Northcliffe 816 mm. Still a bit of red on the decile map. Hoping for a kind spring. #climate
A very wet 2 months thanks to a negative Southern Annular Mode. DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock rainfall maps 1 July-29 August. Lots of blue, Yuna 158 mm. A few decile 2 locations - Tamar 148, Gairdner 86 and Ravensthorpe 75 mm. #climate
So far this spring DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock rain to date map, Pemberton 70 mm, Bencubbin 0.6 mm. Some frost, Bonnie Rock (-1.6C) and Kulin both have 4 nights below 2C so far. Higher temps, Ridley North 32.7, Yuna NE 31.8. Northampton forecast 32C this Saturday. #climate