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Thursday 6 April 2000 |
Extraordinary
collapse of Tropical Cyclone Vaughan ![]() Rain, gales as low moves away from NSW |
![]() The Low that has traversed southeastern states during the past 2 days moved away from the continent today, but not before giving early morning gales to the NSW Central Coast and some heavy rain to NE NSW and SE Qld. Norah Head, northeast of Gosford NSW, reported gale force winds up to 76km/h up to 6am, with a peak gust of 100km/h at 2.15am. Later in the afternoon, heavy showers swept onto the NSW north coast and the Queensland southeast coast in brisk southerly winds, with Coffs Harbour NSW recording 28mm in just one hour to 3.50pm. Lord Howe Island, 580km east of Port Macquarie, recorded 37mm between 3 and 9am as the trough from the low passed. |
Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am 104.6 Mt Barnett WA Other heavy falls in SE NSW, E Vic: |
Today's highest & lowest temps |
Other extremes Rainfall: Wind gusts: Flood peaks: Records set this day . |
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Maximum | Minimum | ||
36.6 Mardie WA | 26.7 Troughton Is WA | ||
8.5 Mt Read Tas | -3.2 Lake Leake Tas | ||
Greatest variations from normal |
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Maximum | Minimum | ||
+5.6 35.0 Clermont Qld |
+7.4 19.4 Kingaroy Qld |
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-8.4 21.0 Giles MO WA |
-7.9 -1.6 Grove Res Stn Tas |
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