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Friday 21 July 2000 |
Wintry weather eases in Tas, but spreads into Vic and NSW |
The front that gave wild weather to northern Tasmania yesterday moved through eastern Victoria and NSW today bringing strong winds and highland snow. Winds were gusty with the passage of the front. Cooma Airport, in an exposed basin west of the town, recorded a wind gust of 109km/h just after 5am, about the time the front passed through. The NSW alps recorded yet more substantial snowfalls, with 25mm of precipitation, equating to about 30cm of fresh snow, recorded at Perisher Valley for the 24 hours to 3pm. Slight snow and snow grain showers fell through the day at Oberon on the NSW Central Tablelands, while sleet was reported at Orange Airport. Heavy rain and strong winds continued across northeastern Tasmania for the first few hours of the day, but gradually abated. However, the snow level across the state dropped to around 600m during the day as colder air moved in from the west. |
Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am 123.4 Beauty Flat Road South Esk
River Tas Other heavy 24 hour falls in northern
Tasmania: High falls for other periods Tasmania: |
Today's highest & lowest temps |
Other extremes Wind gusts: Flood
peaks, Tasmania: Records set this day Highest
daily rainfall for July
(previous record and years of
computerised record shown in brackets): |
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Maximum | Minimum | ||
34.0 Fitzroy Crossing AP WA | 23.0 McCluer Is NT | ||
-3.0 Crackenback NSW | -6.5 Woolbrook NSW | ||
Greatest variations from normal |
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Maximum | Minimum | ||
+6.5 25.6 Wiluna WA |
+6.9 4.0 Cooma Visitors Centre NSW |
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-3.9 4.2 Tarraleah Tas |
-6.4 -0.8 Latrobe Uni Vic |
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