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Climate Risks and Opportunities Project (CROP)

The Department's Climate Risks and Opportunities Project conducts research and development in key areas of climate variability, climate change, crop yield forecasting, climate forecasting, weather monitoring and decision support systems to improve the adoption of profitable and sustainable farming systems to manage climate risks.

Season Conditions

Growing Season Outlook
A monthly update of seasonal outlooks and regional growing conditions. Latest issue - Growing Season Outlook (July 2008).
ENSO Technical Summary
A monthly update of El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) conditions.
- Latest issue - ENSO SUMMARY (July 2008). Learn about ENSO and how it affects rainfall in the south-west of Western Australia [173KB pdf - Farmnote 6/2005].
DAFWA's Experimental Analogue Years [Updated 7 July 2008]
Read about DAFWA's Experimental Analogue Years and learn how to use them

Real-time and Historical Weather Data
Real time and historical weather data from DAFWA weather stations. Includes daily and monthly precipitation, soil temperatures, wind speed and direction. Radar and satellite images, cumulative rainfall graphs, average annual rainfall map from the Bureau of Meteorology and long term frost risk maps [Updated June 2008].
Season Conditions Maps
Current rainfall maps are located within the Growing Season Outlook and the Seasonal Updates, plant available soil moisture maps [latest 30 June 2008], wheat yield forecast maps [Updated 31 October 2007] and frost watch maps.

Climate and Weather Resources

General Information
Learn about meteorology, terms and definitions, and differences between weather and seasonal forecasts. Learn about the history of DAFWA's automatic weather station network and how they work. Access exceptional circumstances advice and extreme events information.
CROP Research Updates
Information about CROP research and development and publications .
Climate Change
Learn about climate change and how the Indian Ocean Climate Initiative is investigating recent rainfall change in the South West and interpreting future climate expectations.
Useful Links
Links to a range of climate and weather related sites, including current weather, short-term outlooks and seasonal outlooks.

Contact us

Dr Ian Foster
Department of Agriculture Western Australia
3 Baron-Hay Court, South Perth WA 6151

Postal Address: Locked Bag 4, Bentley Delivery Centre WA 6983
Phone: +61 (8) 9368 3333
Email Us: Climate Enquiry Service

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Page updated: 30 June 2008