A climate driver called SAM is responsible for WA's spring forecast looking decidedly different than predictions for the eastern states.
Climate change was also a factor in the outlook, which has led to a significant decline in cool season rainfall in southern Australia in recent decades.
This is due to a combination of rampant grass growth in the region, and predicted warmer and drier seasonal conditions. For grain-growing regions, the rainfall in the back half of July and early August was “beautifully timed”, according to the latest Grains Industry Western Australia crop update.
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