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Sunday 13 February 2000 |
Today's weather extremes |
Heavy
monsoonal showers/storms in western Qld and southern NT![]() Continuing cold across the Centre |
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Highest rainfall, 24 hours to 9am |
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155.2
Lands End Stn Julia Creek Qld 115.0 Brightlands Stn Cloncurry Qld 94.0 Bamaga Qld 89.8 Nutwood Downs NT |
A
downpour only partly accompanied by thunder gave the Queensland Channel
Country town of Winton 101mm between 3 and 9pm today. The torrent
was the heaviest of widespread falls recorded in an active monsoonal trough
extending from the WA Kimberley through the southern half of the
NT and into western and southern Qld. Lands End Station, 40km
NW of Julia Creek Qld recorded 155.2mm for the 24 hours to 9am, while Brightlands
Station, 50km SW of Cloncurry recorded 115mm. Some of the more impressive
short duration falls are given at left. Meanwhile, Tibooburra in
NW NSW received a further 50mm in the 24 hours to 9am, giving the settlement
100mm in the past 48 hrs.
Abnormally cold daytime temperatures continued south of the monsoonal trough, with maximum figures 12 or more below average in southern NT and along the NSW/Qld border. |
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Highest & Lowest Temps |
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Greatest variations from normal |
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Rainfall: Troughton Is WA: 49mm in 3hrs to 6am Warruwi NT: 65mm in 12hrs to 9am Tennant Ck AP NT: 37mm in 3hrs to 3am, 15mm in 3hrs to 9am Jervois NT: 30mm in 2hrs to 5am Ti Tree NT: 20mm in 1hr to 3am Horn Is Qld: 60mm in 6hrs to 3pm Normanton Qld: 36mm in 3hrs to 3pm Mt Isa AP Qld: 32mm in 3hrs to 3am Boulia Qld: 33mm in 3hrs to 9pm Goondiwindi Qld: 47mm in 6hrs to 3pm Dorrigo NSW: 40mm in 6hrs to 3pm |
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