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Monday 28 August 2000 |
Warm,
strong winds bring bushfires to SE Qld Thunderstorms and hail in eastern NSW |
Strengthening dry northwesterly
winds fanned numerous small bushfires around and north of Brisbane
today. The worst were at The Gap, west of the city, Kuraby to the south,
and Mt Petrie to the city's north. North of Brisbane, fires were reported
at Kilcoy, Toogoolawah, Clontarf, Caboolture, Strathpine and Samsonvale.
The wind grew strong enough during the afternoon to force the closure of
Brisbane's Gateway Bridge, high above the Brisbane River.
Heavy thunderstorms swept across Sydney and the Central, Hunter and Mid North Coasts today. They accompanied a weak low pressure system and attendant trough that crossed the coast near Sydney around dawn. Hail to 4cm diameter was reported with a storm at Camden Haven, near Port Macquarie, while hail to 2cm was reported from Laurieton early in the afternoon. During late morning, fast moving storms swept through Sydney's northern suburbs dropping copious small hail, with 6mm of rain falling in 5 minutes at Glenorie in Sydney's northwest. |
Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am 28.0 Cape Jaffa SA High falls for other periods: Western Australia: |
Today's highest & lowest temps |
Other extremes Wind Gusts: Records set this day . |
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Maximum | Minimum | ||
36.0
Wollogorang NT 36.0 Victoria River Downs NT 36.0 Warmun Halls Creek WA |
24.0 Coconut Island Qld | ||
-1.0 Crackenback NSW | -9.0 Perisher Valley NSW | ||
Greatest variations from normal |
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Maximum | Minimum | ||
+7.5 30.0 Kairi Res Stn Qld +7.4 32.0 Rockhampton AP Qld |
+10.0 17.0 Springsure Qld +8.7 15.0 Taroom Qld +8.6 13.0 Texas Qld |
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-5.5 11.0 Narooma NSW |
-4.7 -9.0 Perisher Valley NSW |
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