Eastern Australia Deluge Continues

Highlight: Eastern Australia deluge continues. Fig. 1: Latest satellite view of a rain storm across East/Southeast Australia. Discussion: Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding across New South Wales this weekend due to a moist onshore tropical flow into a low-pressure trough made more intense by a blocking high-pressure area to the south (Fig. 1). A…

Early AG Market Weather/Climate Wire: Short-term heavy rains in Argentina and Black Sea region.

Fig. 1-4: Mega-cluster ensemble 15-day rainfall anomaly forecast across South America and the GFS 5-day heavy rain forecast for northeast Argentina. South America discussion: The South America rainfall pattern across Argentina and Brazil in the 15-day forecast is changeable. This week Argentina is struck by heavy rains while Brazil is mostly dry and warmer than…

AG Market Global Weather/Climate Sunday Report: Wettest event of the season in East Australia.

Fig. 1-2: Current Australia satellite view ad 48-hour rainfall forecast. Australian deluge of rain: The heaviest rainfall event of the warm season occurs as the warm season closes. A low-pressure trough/weak frontal boundary extends northwest-to-southeast across northern New South Wales (Fig. 1). The frontal boundary is focusing a wet subtropical fetch of air from the…