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South Coast 28-day rainfall forecast
Chance of rainfall somewhere within district
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Issue NotesIssued 27 Feb 2019
The hemispheric long wave pattern has been relatively fast moving in recent weeks. There are six main troughs. Currently the most significant troughs are near the longitudes of South Africa, the southwest Indian Ocean, Western Australia, eastern Australia, the south Pacific, and South America. Summary: Over southern and eastern Australia the cold front events with potential to bring widespread rain are now expected about 4 March to 8 March, 12 March to 16 March, and 29 March to 2 April. Rain events originating in the tropics and moving south are possible about 23 March to 27 March. Over Western Australia the strongest cold fronts should occur about 4 March to 8 March, and 15 March to 19 March. |
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This forecast is produced by a multi-model ensemble consisting of dynamical atmospheric models, which are forced by the latest observed atmosphere, ocean, land and ice conditions. The models are designed to simulate features of the real atmosphere, including the daily movement of long and short wave patterns in the Southern Hemisphere.
The future probability of rain in each district is estimated using output from the multi-model ensemble, combined with historical information about the difference between the model forecasts and observed rainfall.
In this deterministic framework the skill of the forecast tends to decrease with time, however the forecasts are updated daily to provide the latest estimates of rainfall probability out to 28 days.
