Australian Weather News -- 01 June 2000

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Thursday 01 June 2000

Continent warms up after cold outbreak

The cold weather that has gripped much of the eastern and later northern parts of the continent eased today. While early morning minimum temperatures were below normal over most of the country again, departures were generally only 4 to 8 below average, and much of the south returned to normal morning temperatures. Maximum temperatures were also below normal over most of the country apart from southern WA and small areas of Victoria, NSW and Tasmania, but departures from normal were typically 2 to 6 below. Light overnight snow was again reported from Guyra in the NSW Northern Tablelands, and strong southerly winds lashed Tasmania and Bass Strait briefly as a small low developed late morning on the western flank of the major low in the Tasman and moved north up the island's east coast. As a last Hurrah for this long-lived cold outbreak, instability associated with the small low gave overnight thunderstorms along Victoria's East Gippsland coast, with Orbost recording 25mm between 6 this evening and 3am Friday.

Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am 18.8 Powelltown Vic 17.4 Weeaproinah Vic 17.2 Forest Grove Margaret River WA 16.8 Kinglake Camp Vic	Today's highest & lowest temps		Other extremes Wind gusts: Cape Grim Tas: 102km/h at 4pm Keogh's Pimple Hartz Mountains Tas: 98km/h at 11.30am Mt Wellington summit Tas: 109km/h at 12.30pm Records set this day Lowest minimum temperature for June (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets): Cape Byron LH NSW: 5.0 (6.2, 23)
	Maximum	Minimum
	29.0 Weipa AP Qld	23.0 Coconut Is Qld
	-2.0 Crackenback NSW	-5.0 Crackenback NSW -4.8 Isabella Plains Tuggeranong ACT -4.4 -4.4 Falls Creek Vic -4.0 -4.0 Charlotte Pass NSW
	Greatest variations from normal
	Maximum	Minimum
	+5.3 23.0 Balladonia WA	+5.0 9.0 Mangalore AP AWS Vic
	-7.1 19.0 Richmond PO Qld	-9.7 1.1 Moranbah Qld -8.9 1.0 Camooweal PO Qld -8.7 1.5 Collinsville Qld

Times stated are the clock time in force in the relevant state or territory
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Australian Weather News gratefully acknowledges the Bureau of Meteorology as the collector and main source of meteorological data in Australia, along with the thousands of observers who record the weather and rainfall daily. I also thank Don White, Blair Trewin and the many contributors to the Aussie Weather mailing list who routinely provide much appreciated information.