WEATHER
Here's some good sources that will provide all the information you need leading up to Speed Week.
Please take the time to have a look at this page as well. It talks about the rainfall and catchment for Lake Gairdner and remember evaporation rates in the Outback are greater than 3,400 to 4,000 mm per annum. (70 - 100mm per week)!
Temperature
Rainfall
- The Australian Bureau of Meteorology 512 km composite Woomera Radar Loop.
Other pages from BOM; Daily Weather Observations, Warnings for South Australia, South Australia Rainfall and River Conditions.- Met Eye from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology . Met Eye is able to show maps of weather observations and the official forecasts produced by the Bureau of Meteorology . This is quite different to other map based systems which often show automatically generated, computer model data. Met Eye forecast maps have been adjusted by the meteorologists to better represent expected weather.
- Elders Weather showing the Daily Rain fall Summary for Mt. Ive. This is the nearest data collection point to Lake Gairdner. Other pages on the Elders web site include; 5 day weather forecast, weather radar, 28 day rain forecast and a 12 month forecast
- A brand new service by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology is the Heatwave Service for Australia.
- Extended Weather Forecast for Mt. Ive
- Weatherzone - South Australia Extended GFS Rainfall Forecast Medium-Range Forecast model; one of the operational forecast models run at NCEP. The MRF is run once daily, with forecast output out to 240 hours (10 days).
- Farm Online
Severe weather long-range forecast for 2023-24 - Bureau of Meteorology
Understanding ENSO - Bureau of Meterology
Understanding the Indian Ocean Dipole - Bureau of Meterology
Climate and Water Outlook
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology Climate and Water Outlook page, contains information on Rainfall and temperature outlooks, El Niño / La Niña status, Stream-flow forecasts, Tropical outlooks and Climate models.
- Climate and water long-range forecast, issued 14 December 2023 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, issued 16 December 2021 (video)
- Summer 2021-2022 Climate and Water Outlook, issued 25 November 2021 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, issued 28 October 2021 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, issued 30 September 2021 (video)
- Spring 2021 Climate and Water Outlook, issued 26 August 2021 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, January - March 2020 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, November 2019 - January 2020 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, August -October 2019 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, July–September 2019 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, May–July 2019 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, March–May 2019 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, January–March 2019 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, November 2018 – January 2019 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, October–December 2018 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, August–October 2018 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, July–September 2018 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, June–Aug 2018 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, May–July 2018 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, April–June 2018 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, March-May 2018 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, February–April 2018 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, January–March 2018 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, December 2017 – February 2018 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, November 2017 – January 2018 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, October–December 2017 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, September–November 2017 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, August–October 2017 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, July–September 2017 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, June–August 2017 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, May–July 2017 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, March–May 2017 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, February–April 2017 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, January-March 2017 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, September–November 2016 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, August–October 2016 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, July-September 2016 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, June-August 2016 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, April–June 2016 (video)
- Climate and Water Outlook, January-March 2016 (video)
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- Lake Gairdner
- How to get to Lake Gairdner
- Maps of Lake Gairdner
- Rainfall at Lake Gairdner
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- Dehydration
- Heat Exhaustion / Stroke
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