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Sunday 15 October 2000

Snow to low levels in Tasmania
Still cold in the Centre
Snow fell as low as 300m near Geeveston in southeastern Tasmania this morning, and snow and hail were widespread across the Central Plateaux as a wave of colder air embedded in a strong southwesterly stream crossed the island. Aided by a 180km/h southwesterly jet stream, the upper trough dropped temperatures to -5 at 850hPa (about 1,400m), with thickness levels around the mid-520s, which would be cold for mid-winter.

Cold nights continue in central Australia. Alice Springs recorded its second successive overnight minimum of 4°, 10.7 below normal, while similar departures from normal were recorded farther east at Jervois, and across the Queensland border at Urandangie.

Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am

49.6 Timber Creek NT
35.0 Jabiru AP NT
34.0 Weipa AP NT
32.8 Eurobin Vic

High falls for other periods:

Northern Territory
Darwin AP: 25.6mm in 35m to 1.39pm, 14.8 falling in 10m to 1.30pm
Channel Point: 48mm in 6h to 3pm
Cape Don: 21mm in 1h to 3pm

 

Today's highest & lowest temps

Wind (mean refers to the average windspeed over 10 minutes; gust is the highest speed recorded):
Mt Boyce NSW: gusts to 93km/h at 8am

Records set this day

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Maximum Minimum
39.7 Curtin AP Derby WA 28.0 Fitzroy Crossing AP WA
-1.0 Crackenback NSW
-1.0 Mt Baw Baw Vic
-1.0 Mt Read Tas		 -5.3 Mt Wellington Tas

Greatest variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+9.7
34.0 Geraldton AP WA
+9.7
32.7 Jurien WA		 +5.6
22.0 Onslow WA
+5.6
15.8 Carnamah WA
-11.2
9.5 Donald Vic
-8.3
5.2 Tarraleah Tas		 -10.7
4.0 Alice Springs AP NT
-10.0
5.0 Jervois NT
-9.3
8.1 Urandangie Qld