Weather

How El Niño in SE Asia will affect commodity prices

15 August 2023

A new report by Singapore-based investment bank DBS has concluded that an El Nino event will have a significant impact on the agricultural output of...

Read More

Weather

Drought preparation and fire mitigation crucial ahead of El Nino event

6 July 2023

As Australia stares down an impending summer of below average rainfall and possible heatwaves and bushfires, producers are being warned to prepare...

Read More

Weather

The phenomena set to encourage drier than average weather are nearly here

El Nino and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) are both on the cusp of beginning. This encourages drier than average weather (overall) for the...

Read More

Market Insights

La Nina retreat signals contraction of ag production value

7 June 2023

Following three record-breaking years in the agriculture sector, value of production is expected to contract in 2023-24 on the back of forecast drier...

Read More

Weather

Widespread, soaking rain set to hit both sides of the country

Over the past week, we’ve seen rain extend inland through south-eastern Australia for the first time in weeks. We’re about to see a repeat of this -...

Read More

Weather

When we'll start to feel the effects of El Nino and a positive IOD

Where's this El Nino? Wasn't 2023 meant to be dry? 2023 is likely to be a dry year overall, but the important part is when that dry weather actually...

Read More

Weather

If you're inland, cold fronts don't deliver much rain, unless there's a connection to the tropics

There is the potential for decent rain over south-east Australia in the next week, but if you look at the map carefully, you’ll see that if you’re...

Read More

Weather

El Nino is on its way...but it's not here yet and won't begin for a few months

We’re heading into El Nino and the dry phase of the Indian Ocean (IOD) - but we’re not there yet. The positive IOD doesn’t begin until Winter, and El...

Read More

Weather

The Easter long weekend brings everything from storms to snow

The Easter long weekend is shaping up to be an eventful time in weather.

Read More

Weather

Rain spreading across much of southern Australia in the next week

After months of wet weather affecting those in northern Australia, the next week brings lots of activity for southern Australia.

Read More

Weather

Queensland's soaking rain: deluge before a dry break on the horizon

A tropical low near the Gulf of Carpentaria has been there for a while… but now it’s starting to move southwards, pushing rain across much of...

Read More

Weather

Latest Guidance On A Lower Than Average Rain Outlook for 2023

22 February 2023

2023 is shaping up to be a very different weather environment than what we experienced in the past three years.

Read More