The NT could be in for another late start to the wet season this year.
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Today's advice from the Bureau of Meteorology is not what the NT wants to hear after the last poor wet season, which was also late and well below average.
Graziers in the Barkly region are struggling after one of the worst seasons on record.
Many bores throughout the Top End are also struggling.
Katherine is in its third year of water restrictions due to PFAS contamination concerns.
The bureau today said a late rainfall onset likely for much of northern Australia.
The chance of an early rainfall onset for northern Australia in the 2019-20 season is below average over large parts of northern Australia.
Areas which have a less than 40 per cent chance of an early rainfall onset include much of the northern half of the NT, northern and eastern Queensland, and the far north of the Kimberley in WA.
The northern rainfall onset outlook gives an indication of whether the first significant rains after the dry season are likely to be earlier or later than normal.
This is the first of three northern rainfall onset outlook issued for the 2019-20 season.
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