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Saturday 13 May 2000

Gales spread across SE Australia
The low pressure system that has tracked ESE after developing two days ago under WA deepened further today to 976hPa as it moved south of Kangaroo Island and on under Tasmania. Strong winds were widespread across southern SA, southern NSW, Victoria and Tasmania, with gale to storm force winds in exposed mountain and coastal areas. Heavy rain accompanied the passage of the cold front attached to the low as it crossed the Victorian and NSW Alps. Late in the day, heavy rain arrived in northern Tasmania. Rainfall and wind gust details are given in the box below.

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

77.0 Cape Wessel NT
46.2 Mt Lofty summit SA
45.0 Uraidla SA
38.0 Clarendon SA

Other heavy falls in SA and Vic:
37.6 Parndana SA
36.0 Falls Ck Vic
36.0 Mt Hotham Vic
35.4 Whitlands Vic
35.0 Eurobin Vic
34.6 Hahndorf SA
33.0 Kuitpo SA
33.0 Yankalilla SA
32.6 Belair SA

Today's highest & lowest temps

Other extremes

Rainfall:
Northcliffe PO WA: 65.8mm in 48h to 9am
Elcho Is NT: 72mm in 12h to 9pm, 55 falling in 6h to 9pm
Thredbo Village NSW: 23mm in 6h to 3pm
Crackenback NSW: 43mm in 6h to noon
Albury AP NSW: 18mm in 6h to noon
Falls Ck Vic: 36mm in 6h to 9am
Mt Hotham Vic: 34mm in 6h to 9am

Wind gusts:
Neptune Is SA: 111km/h at 1.50am
Mt Lofty summit SA: 89km/h at 4am
Crackenback NSW: 102km/h at 4.48am
Mt Hotham Vic: 104km/h at 12.59am
Aireys Inlet Vic: 94km/h at 10.57am
Cape Grim Tas: 100km/h at 10pm and 11pm
Mt Wellington Tas: 102km/h at 7.11pm and 7.52pm

Records set this day

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Maximum Minimum
34.0 Kuri Bay WA
34.0 Kalumburu WA		 26.8 Troughton Is WA
4.0 Crackenback NSW -0.6 Glen Innes AP NSW

Greatest variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+6.1
26.0 Sydney AP NSW		 +7.7
11.0 Strathbogie Vic
-4.9
24.9 Nyang WA		 -9.1
1.0 Warburton AF WA

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