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Thursday 18 May 2000

No reports of significant weather
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Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am

12.0 Mt Read Tas
10.0 Cape Tribulation Store Qld
7.4 Innisfail Qld
7.0 Hervey Bay AP Qld

Today's highest & lowest temps

Other extremes

Rainfall:
South Johnstone Qld: 27mm in 3h to 9pm

Flood peaks:
Bulloo at Quilpie Qld: 4.50m at 6am with moderate flooding
Bulloo at Autumnvale Qld: 5.03m this morning with minor flooding
Paroo at Wanaaring NSW: 3.54m at 9am with moderate flooding

Records set this day

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Maximum Minimum
32.0 Jabiru AP NT 25.0 McCluer Is NT
4.9 Mt Wellington Tas -7.6 Charlotte Pass NSW

Greatest variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+4.0
23.0 Cape Leeuwin WA
+4.0
22.3 Katanning PO WA		 +4.7
19.2 Te Kowai Exp Stn Mackay Qld
-5.3
24.0 Balgo Hills WA		 -8.9
-7.5 Cooma Visitors Centre NSW

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