Australian Weather News -- 07 June 2000

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Wednesday 07 June 2000

Cold night in NE NSW, SE Qld

Much of NE NSW and SE Qld reported sub-zero minimum temperatures this morning (above), with departures from normal commonly 6 to 10° below the June average (below).

Clear skies and low humidity caused overnight temperatures to plummet to their lowest point so far this winter in SE Qld and NE NSW this morning. Many inland Brisbane suburbs reported the unusual experience of frost. Amberley RAAF Air Base, 6km west of Ipswich, recorded a low of -3°, 10 below average, while on the Granite Belt, the temperature dropped to -6 at Applethorpe, 9 below the June norm. The NSW Northern Tablelands reported heavy frosts and the coldest temperatures on the continent, even exceeding those on the Snowy Mountains, when the thermometer dropped to -8.4 at Glen Innes Airport, and -9.0 at the University of New England Armidale site.

Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am 23.0 Cape Wessel NT 19.0 Palmers Lookout Port Arthur Tas 14.0 Noojee Vic 14.0 Dunns Hill Vic	Today's highest & lowest temps		Other extremes . Records set this day .
	Maximum	Minimum
	31.2 Gumbalunya Oenpelli NT	24.4 Horn Is Qld
	-1.0 Crackenback NSW	-9.0 Armidale Uni NSW -8.4 Glen Innes AP NSW -8.0 Charlotte Pass NSW -7.8 Woolbrook NSW
	Greatest variations from normal
	Maximum	Minimum
	+4.4 24.6 Eneabba WA	+5.2 17.3 Wollogorang NT +5.2 10.0 Arkaroola SA
	-7.4 17.2 Winton PO Qld	-10.1 -3.0 Amberley AP Qld -8.9 -6.0 Applethorpe Qld -8.9 -5.0 Oakey AP 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.