Australian Weather News -- February 2000

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Today's weather extremes		TC Steve reforms in the Gulf More heavy rain in WA Kimberley Heavy storms in southern WA
Highest rainfall, 24 hours to 9am
188.0 Cardwell Qld 157.6 Country Downs Broome WA 150.6 Kuri Bay WA 145.2 Tweed Heads NSW		TC 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.
Highest & Lowest Temps
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
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
-6.2 26.0 Kowanyama AP Qld	-7.2 17.0 Milingimbi NT
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
Records set this day
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