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   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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