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Sunday 13 February 2000

Today's weather extremes

 Heavy monsoonal showers/storms in western Qld and southern NT15 Mar 2000
Continuing cold across the Centre

Highest rainfall, 24 hours to 9am

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.

Highest & Lowest Temps

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Greatest variations from normal

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Other extreme readings
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
Records set this day
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