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Friday 19 May 2000

Heavy showers on Queensland North Tropical Coast
A strong, moist easterly stream deposited up to 270mm in 2 days on parts of the north Queensland coast around Innisfail. The heaviest falls have been in areas where the higher parts of the Atherton Tablelands and the Bartle Frere range have forced the moist air to rise. Topaz, 30km inland from Innisfail, 20km SE of Malanda and at an altitude of 686m, recorded 149mm for the 48 hours to 9 this morning, though almost all would have fallen in the last 24 hours. A further 134mm was in the gauge at 9am Saturday, for a three-day (mostly two-day) total of 283mm. Tully, 45km south of Innisfail, recorded 273mm for the two days to 9am Saturday, and Innisfail itself reported 131.4 over the same period. 

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

130.0 Tully Qld
108.0 Babinda Qld
101.2 Innisfail Qld
94.0 South Johnstone Qld

Today's highest & lowest temps

Other extremes

Rainfall:
Topaz Malanda Qld: 149mm in 48h to 9am
Innisfail Qld: 98mm in 15h to 6am
South Johnstone Qld: 58mm in 9h to 6am

Wind gusts:
Keoghs Pimple Hartz Mountains Tas: 111km/h at 11pm
Mt Wellington summit Tas: 106km/h several times during the evening

Flood peaks:
Paroo at Hungerford Qld: 2.15m today with major flooding
Bulloo at South Comongin Qld: 3.10m at 6pm with minor flooding
Bulloo at Thargomindah Qld: 4.41m at 6am with minor flooding

Records set this day

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Maximum Minimum
33.0 Weipa AP Qld 25.4 Troughton Is WA
6.0 Mt Wellington Tas -5.6 Bombala PO NSW
-5.6 Cooma AP NSW

Greatest variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+5.9
18.7 Katoomba NSW		 +6.8
11.0 Grove Res Stn Tas
+6.8
11.0 Bushy Park Tas
-10.1
18.9 Richmond PO Qld		 -8.4
1.1 Three Rivers WA

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