Your Guide To Using Long-range Forecasts

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You can plan for likely weather for the weeks and months ahead using the Bureau’s long-range forecasts. We have published new information shining the spotlight on how to best use long-range forecasts.

This includes a suite of short and practical explainer videos presented by our experts with topics including:

  • An introduction – regular updates to help you plan ahead.
  • Likely conditions – long-range forecasts are all about probability.
  • What’s my chance of rainfall?
  • How much rainfall will I get?
  • What’s my chance of different rainfall totals?
  • What do white areas mean on the rainfall map?
  • What does red mean on temperature maps?

You can access the videos and more on our Using long-range forecasts page.

Webinar on the spring long-range forecast

Our climatologists explained details behind the long-range forecast for spring 2025 at our webinar.

We also went through a winter wrap-up and water briefing with time for questions and answers.

View the webinar.

/Bureau of Meteorology Public Release. View in full here.