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Tuesday 29 February 2000 |
Today's weather extremes |
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Steve reforms in the Gulf More heavy rain in WA Kimberley Heavy storms in southern WA |
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Highest rainfall, 24 hours to 9am |
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188.0
Cardwell Qld 157.6 Country Downs Broome WA 150.6 Kuri Bay WA 145.2 Tweed Heads NSW |
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Steve, downgraded to a tropical depression soon after it made landfall at
Cairns on Sunday, was renamed a cyclone by the Darwin Tropical Cyclone Warning
Centre as it moved out over the warm waters of the Gulf of Carpentaria
near Mornington Island late this morning.
Heavy rain fell again this morning in the Kimberley region of WA. Kuri Bay, 350km NE of Broome, recorded 149mm between 3pm yesterday and 6 this morning, while Derby recorded 85mm in 21 hours and Southeast Waterbank near Broome 54mm in 6 hours. Broome Airport has exceeded its average yearly rainfall in the first two months of the year, with 570.2mm compared to the annual average of 552.8mm. A line of storms which developed dramatically along the length of the WA wheat belt this afternoon gave some heavy falls in the Central, Great Southern and Goldfields districts. Burracoppin, 30km east of Merredin, recorded 85mm in about 45 minutes, flooding the town with a metre of water. Prisoners from a mobile work camp assisted the 40 residents to clear household debris and blocked drains. |
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Highest & Lowest Temps |
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Maximum | Minimum | |
42.0 Red Rocks Point Eucla WA | 29.0 Arid Lands Port Augusta SA | |
12.2 Mt Wellington Tas | 6.0 Lake St Clair Tas | |
Greatest variations from normal |
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Maximum | Minimum | |
+15.6 41.0 Eucla AP WA +13.0 41.0 Ceduna AP SA |
+9.9 27.5 Port Pirie BHAS Site SA |
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-6.2 26.0 Kowanyama AP Qld |
-7.2 17.0 Milingimbi NT |
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Other extreme readings | ||
Rainfall: Kuri Bay WA: 149mm in 15h to 6am Southeast Waterbank Broome WA: 54mm in 6h to 3am Dalwallinu WA: 27mm in 3h to 6pm, 15mm in 1h to 6pm Norseman AP WA: 31mm in 6h to 9pm South Johnstone Qld: 83mm in 6h to 9pm Baroon Pocket Qld: 66mm in 18h to 9am Beerburrum Qld: 37mm in 3h to 9am Brisbane AP Qld: 35mm in 6h to 3am |
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