June 12, 2022 - Post-rain Greening in Queensland
Greening in Queensland
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Much of Queensland, Australia, took a drenching in May 2022, with many
locations reporting record-setting daily or monthly rainfall totals.
According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), exceptional
rainfall over large parts of Queensland during May resulted in the
state experiencing its wettest May since 1989. With the month’s
rainfall measuring 148.5 percent above average for Queensland overall,
May 2022 also comes in at the fifth-wettest May ever recorded. In
addition, temperatures were warm, especially at night, with parts of
southeastern Queensland experiencing the warmest May nights on record
since 1910.
While rain fell most of the month, heaviest rainfall was clustered near
mid-month, especially between May 11 and 14. For example, on May 9, a
severe weather update on local media forecast that the town of
Longreach, in the hot, dry Outback, could receive 100 mm (3.9 inches)
by the end of May 10. They also reported that the average rainfall for
the entire month of May in Longreach was only 23 mm (0.9 inches). The
region near that town has been suffering from drought, so the
repetitive rains in May, despite short-lived flooding, were welcome in
the Outback. Cattlemen have also been pleased that the May rains have
brought a widespread flush of new, green grass across much of the
state, allowing their herds to find food more easily.
On June 10, 2022, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
(MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a true-color image of
a verdant Australian outback following a wet April and wetter May. The
image centers on the Central West region of Queensland. The town of
Longreach sits roughly halfway between two of the salt flats seen in
this image: the round Lake Yamma Yamma seen near the southwest (lower
left) corner and the small, bright white oval of Lake Buchanan near the
northeast corner (upper right).
Image Facts
Satellite: Terra
Date Acquired: 6/10/2022
Resolutions: 1km (1.1 MB), 500m (3.1 MB), 250m (7.5 MB)
Bands Used: 1,4,3
Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-06-12
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