Rainfall to decline: report
WINTER and spring rainfall in southern mainland Australia will likely decrease, new report reveals.
Weather
She’s apples after rain
FARMERS are busy after widespread rain across Victoria last week.
Downpour keeps things afloat
TOM and Jenny Small’s farm was almost completely parched before 50mm thundered down last week.
Rain boosts confidence
HEAVY rain across Victoria’s cropping regions has provided an early confidence boost for grain growers.
Heavy rain hits Victoria
THERE’S a chance of flash flooding and storms across Victoria today with humid conditions expected to bring heavy rainfall.
Rain fail disappointing
VICTORIANS waiting for a washout weekend got sunburn instead of showers as the state received less than half the rainfall expected.
30-year rain headed for SA
UPDATE: HEAVY rain is falling in the north of South Australia and gradually heading south to more populated areas.
Monsoon rain falls
UPDATE: VICTORIA is experiencing its own version of northern Australia’s wet season.
Six-year rain event expected
VICTORIA is due for a bucketing in the biggest downpour in six years with up to 100mm of rain expected to fall over the next four days.
Its raining, its pouring
IT’S now pouring in the north of South Australia as what is tipped to be the heaviest rainfall event in 30 years begins in earnest.
South east to cop a drenching
AREAS suffering drought and bushfires in south-eastern Australia will cop a drenching.
Mixed rainfall levels for Dec
RAINFALL levels for December were mixed across Victoria with some relief on the east coast but little in the south.
2014 delivers a sizzler
LAST year was Australia’s third-hottest on record, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
Perth heat melts the internet
EXTREME hot weather in Perth has sent the internet into meltdown.
Huge storms headed for Outback SA
WHILE Hills residents and firefighters look forward to forecast rains later in the week, Outback South Australians could be facing a flood.
BOM’s space frontier
AUSTRALIA has struck a deal to access weather data from Japanese and Chinese satellites.
Hit and miss for rainfall
DESPITE one of the best autumns in decades, 2014 was a below-average year for rain in the southeast.
Warmer, drier start to 2015 forecast
MOST Australians can expect warmer and drier weather for the first three months of 2015.
Wild weather lashes Victoria
FLOODS and lightning-sparked bushfires have been the bookends of a week of wild weather in Victoria.
Storms batter Victoria
UPDATE: The weird weather continued this morning with widespread, and very rare fogs, across the northwest of the state.
El Nino may not be severe: BoM
A DROUGHT-inducing El Nino event is still likely this summer but may not be severe, the Bureau says.
Dry to continue: BOM
THE dry weather is set to continue.
Gol Gol ‘tornado’ a supercell
UPDATE: MILDURA’S devastating weekend storm may not have been a tornado after all.
‘Tornado’ hits farms at Gol Gol
UPDATE: MILLIONS of dollars of damage was done to horticultural properties near Mildura when a tornado-like storm hit on the weekend.
Riverina rain delays harvest
RIVERINA farmer Charlie Taylor reckons the Bureau of Meteorology radar website should have blown up by now.
El Nino around the corner
THE El Nino has almost arrived.
$30m drought loans boost
UPDATE: BATTLING western Victorian farmers are being urged to ‘get the ball rolling’ on drought assistance plans.
Rain causes harvest delays
MOST Victorian grain farmers have resumed harvesting after unwelcome rain at the weekend.
Damp end to spring in Victoria
VICTORIA may experience a damp end to spring.
Harvest fire warning
FIREFIGHTERS have asked farmers in the Central West to suspend harvesting as a heatwave decends on NSW.
Western Victorian dry after July
THE season in southeast Australia has been decimated after one of its best starts ever.
Restrictions loom for irrigators
THE first Victorian irrigators are only weeks away from restrictions.
Drought gone full circle
TOM Small faces a massive challenge as drought conditions return to his sheep property near St Arnaud.
Good yields tipped for east
GIPPSLAND croppers have a healthy harvest ahead of them thanks to steady winter rainfall.
Average finish for the Riverina
IT’S been a topsy turvey season for the Fisher family.
Season turns bad in the Wimmera
A PERFECT start to the season for Charlton grower Rick Lang had turned to bitter disappointment.
Vetch hay a saviour at Barraport
VETCH hay has been the bright spot in the Kane family’s cropping operation at Barraport.
Prospects wane in Western District
HOPES for a thriving harvest withered for Western District growers after the season’s strong start.
Mallee crops a mixed bag
HARVEST is a mixed bag in the Mallee, with some areas so bad farmers will barely harvest a crop.
Varied yields across Victoria
WHEN a farmer strips a 120ha paddock and only gets a truckload of grain, things can look a little grim.
Failed spring hits farmers
SOUTHEAST Australia is on track for a spring which some farmers fear could be the worst in half a century.
Western Victoria enters drought
THE whole of western Victoria is now officially in the red, Bureau of Meteorology’s latest drought statement says.
Dry season bites yields
HAY yields are tipped to be below average in much of Victoria this season as dry conditions bite into fodder stocks.
Dry raises grass fire risk: CFA
A LONG dry spell has increased the risk of grass fires in northern and western Victoria, the CFA warns.
Harvest fire code to be trialled
THE Victorian Farmers Federation and the Country Fire Authority will launch a trial to manage harvest fires.
Heat is on the season
CONCERNS about the deteriorating season have intensified after the mercury soared to record highs this week.
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