Australian Weather News -- 19 July 2000

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Wednesday 19 July 2000

Rainband brings moderate falls to SA, Vic, Tas

A pair of active cold fronts crossed Victoria this morning, bringing 10 to 30mm of rain overnight to much of South Australia's southeast, and this morning to western and northern Victoria and northwestern Tasmania. A sharp upper cold trough moved rapidly across the state with the fronts, dropping the temperature at 18,000 feet briefly to -30° and producing thunderstorms, one causing $40,000 worth of damage to a house in Melbourne when lightning struck. Crop farmers in central western Victoria were particularly chuffed, with the rain improving cropping outlooks after a dry start to winter.

Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am 41.8 Bridgewater SA 41.2 Echunga SA 39.0 Quamby Bluff Tas 38.6 Meadows SA	Today's highest & lowest temps		Other extremes Rainfall: Kuitpo SA: 13mm in 2h to 2am Thredbo Village NSW: 35mm in 6h to 3pm falling as snow Hunters Hill Vic: 33mm in 9h to 6pm Lookout Hill Vic: 24mm in 6h to 6am Wind gusts: Neptune Is SA: 106km/h at 5.11am Mt Lofty summit SA: 96km/h at 5.08am Mt Boyce NSW: 87km/h at 7pm Bellambi NSW: 93km/h at 11pm Thredbo Crackenback NSW: 107km/h at 1.43am Dunns Hill, Mt Dandenong Vic: 91km/h at 1.30am and 3.30am Records set this day .
	Maximum	Minimum
	34.0 Broome AP WA 34.0 Fitzroy Crossing AP WA	22.0 Coconut Is Qld
	-2.0 Crackenback NSW	-12.0 Thredbo Village NSW -11.5 Charlotte Pass NSW
	Greatest variations from normal
	Maximum	Minimum
	+7.0 28.5 Yuendumu NT	+8.9 13.0 Alice Springs AP NT
	-4.2 10.9 Wellington Town NSW	-9.0 9.1 Cooktown AF 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.