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Thursday 17 February
2000
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Today's weather extremes
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Showers
and storms continue across the tropics |
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Highest rainfall, 24
hours to 9am
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193.2
Coolibah NT
165.2 Dellisaville Belyuen NT
136.0 Howard Springs NT
126.0 McMinns Lagoon NT |
Patchy
heavy rainfalls from thunderstorms and areas of rain continued across tropical
Australia today to the north of the monsoon trough. The Darwin
area had a second day of heavy rain, with 53mm falling at the Airport in
showers and rain between 9am and midday. This followed a 24 hour gauging
of 104mm to 9am. Other heavy 24 hours falls in the area were 165.2 at Dellisaville,
20km to the southwest and 136 at Howard Springs, about 20km to the
east. There were heavy falls in NW NT with Coolibah station, around
50km east of Timber Creek topscoring with 193.2mm.
In Qld, there were isolated heavy
falls along the Central and North Tropical Coasts, and across the Gulf
and Channel Country. See box for some of the heavier falls.
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Highest & Lowest
Temps
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| Maximum |
Minimum |
| 41.2
Eneabba WA |
29.0
Thevenard Is WA |
| 18.0
Crackenback NSW |
2.7
Charlotte Pass NSW |
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Greatest variations from
normal
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| Maximum |
Minimum |
+12.3
36.6 Wonthaggi Vic
+11.7
37.0 Laverton AP Vic |
+7.7
18.8 Weeaproinah Vic |
-6.8
26.2 Clermont Qld
-6.8
24.9 Injune Qld
-6.8
27.0 Charleville AP Qld |
-8.2
8.0 Narembeen WA |
| Other
extreme readings |
Rainfall:
Kalumburu WA: 62mm in 6hrs to 3pm
Channel Pt NT: 74mm in 12hrs to 3pm
Bedourie Qld: 33mm in 6hrs to 9pm
Cloncurry Qld: 33mm in 6hrs to 9pm
Georgetown Qld 39mm in 6hrs to 3am
Richmond AP Qld: 47.8mm in 1hr to 5pm
Townsville AP Qld: 56.4mm in 1hr10m to 2pm
Mackay MO Qld: 85mm in 5hr10m to 9.55pm
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