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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 High falls for other periods: Northern Territory
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Today's highest & lowest temps |
Wind (mean
refers to the average windspeed over 10 minutes; gust is the
highest speed recorded): 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 |
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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 |
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-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 |
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