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Tuesday 16 May 2000

No reports of significant weather
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Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am

16.8 Taperoo Adelaide SA
14.0 Uraidla PO SA
13.4 Blyth SA
13.2 Milman Qld

Some heavy 4 day totals in SA:
74.4 Bridgewater PO
68.0 Lenswood Res Centre
60.2 Magill Training Centre Adelaide
56.2 Glen Osmond
54.8 Morphettville Racecourse

Some heavy 3 day totals in SA:
51.0 Mount Compass
50.2 Willunga
45.5 Lobethal

Today's highest & lowest temps

Other extremes

Wind gusts:
Cape Grim Tas: 98km/h at 8pm
Devonport AP Tas: 83km/h at 8.12pm
Keogh's Pimple, Hartz Mtns Tas: 100km/h at 8.30am
Mt Wellington summit Tas: 102km/h at 9.30pm

Flood peaks:
Warrego at Fords Bridge Bywash NSW: 2.36m today with minor flooding

Records set this day

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Maximum Minimum
32.6 Kuri Bay WA 25.6 Troughton Is WA
0.0 Crackenback NSW -5.5 Cooma AP NSW

Greatest variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+5.3
25.3 Hyden WA		 +4.9
14.9 Victor Harbor SA
-6.2
23.1 Balgo Hills WA		 -7.2
1.1 Yeelirrie WA

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