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Monday 10 April 2000

Heavy late-season storms continue in NT Top End
The weak monsoonal trough of the NT North Coast appears to have been enhanced by the development of a weak middle-level low today, bringing some heavy showers and thunderstorms to the Top End. Heavy falls were recorded as far inland as Batchelor, where 95mm fell in a heavy late-afternoon storm. In Darwin, 36.8mm was recorded at the airport in 40 minutes to 10pm, with 77mm recorded between 9pm and midnight. Over the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday, the airport recorded 128mm in the automatic gauge and 123.4 in the check gauge, quite heavy totals for so late in the season. Many Darwin suburbs also recorded 24 hour totals of more than 100mm. Details of other heavy falls are in the extremes box below and 24 hour totals for Tuesday 11 April.

Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am

92.0 Centre Is NT
74.0 McCluer Is NT
63.0 Gulnare SA
58.6 Palmerston NT

Today's highest & lowest temps

Other extremes

Rainfall:
Darwin AP NT: 77mm in 3h to midnight, with 36.8mm in 40m to 10pm
Garden Point NT: 48mm in 3h to 3pm
Batchelor NT: 95mm in 6h to 9pm, with 60mm in 1h to 6pm
Cape Don NT: 45mm in 3h to 11am
McCluer Is NT: 68mm in 3h to 3am
Warruwi NT: 52mm in 6h to 3pm
Babinda PO Qld: 393mm in 72h to 9am
Mackay MO Qld: 44mm in 3h to 6am

Records set this day

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Maximum Minimum
37.0 Fitzroy Crossing AP WA 28.0 Milingimbi NT
9.5 Mt Wellington Tas -3.3 Charlotte Pass NSW

Greatest variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+8.9
30.6 Meningie SA		 +9.8
22.2 Warooka SA
-8.4
21.0 Giles MO WA		 -3.4
-2.5 Perisher Valley NSW

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