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Monday 31 January 2000

Today's weather extremes

 Microburst causes damage in Darwin07May00

Highest rainfall, 24 hours to 9am

95.2 Warrawigine Marble Bar WA
94.6 Koonmarra Meekatharra WA
89.0 Rutland Plains Normanton Qld
86.0 Meringa Sugar Exp Stn Gordonvale Qld
 A sustained microburst which lasted about half an hour damaged trees and caravan annexes in a caravan park south of Darwin NT during the afternoon. Wind gusts estimated at between 100 and 150km/h produced a trail of dmage about half a kilometre long and 20 to 100m wide along the Stuart Highway. Heavy rain caused some local flooding.

Highest & Lowest Temps

Maximum Minimum
42.0 Camooweal PO Qld 27.6 Pardoo WA
27.6 Gumbalunya Oenpelli NT
27.6 Centre Is NT
11.4 Mt Wellington Tas 3.0 Crackenback NSW
3.0 Liawenee Tas

Greatest variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+11.7
37.4 Eucla AP WA		 +7.6
23.3 Norseman PO WA
-6.8
22.5 Kempsey NSW		 -8.0
16.0 Urandangie Qld
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