North West Local Land Services

On-ground conditions continue to improve across the region.

• The Combined Drought Indicator (CDI) shows approximately 20% of the region being in a drought category at the end of July. A large area of the region transitioned into the Recovery category during July.
• July rainfall has aided the recent improvement in conditions and has been above average across the region.
• On ground reports suggest that rainfall has been widespread and consistent, creating ideal conditions and ensuring good soil moisture for winter cropping programs in the central and northern parts of the region.
• Continued follow up rainfall has seen good legume pasture growth at other locations.
• Producers continue to monitor forecasts closely and implement drought management strategies as required for their farm enterprises.
• The DPIRD continues to closely monitor conditions in this region.

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Normalised Difference Vegetation Index

Plant greenness levels remain above average for many parts of the region during the May to July period.

Note that some of the extremely negative NDVI areas (brown patches) are water bodies.

The NDVI anomaly is a useful measure of vegetation density and plant health. It estimates the amount of green vegetation there is in the landscape compared to what is expected at the given time of year, against the baseline period 1987 - 2020.

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Individual Drought Indicators

Drought indicators continue to improve but remain variable across the region.

• There has been a steady improvement in the indicators in response to rainfall over the past several months.
• Substantial follow up rainfall is needed to trigger long term recovery across the region.

To access a Drought History chart for your Parish, visit the Seasonal Conditions Information Portal.