| A pair of small low pressure
centres caused locally heavy rain on South Australia's west coast and in
Tasmania's southeast overnight. The low centres were embedded in a broader
area of low pressure lying from the Great Australian Bight to east of Tasmania.
Elliston on the west coast of SA's Eyre Peninsula recorded
30mm between 9 last night and 3 this morning as a small low that has been
ambling across the Bight for the past two days came ashore and weakened.
A stronger low centre just east of Hobart produced a valuable 30 to 60mm
on the Tasman Peninsula and farther north along Tasmania's east coast.
Much of SE Tasmania has been in the grip of a drought for nearly 4 years,
and the falls today were the heaviest since early January this year. Palmers
Lookout, just south of Port Arthur, recorded 41.8mm in the 24 hours to 9am;
Copping, 40km north, received 38mm; and Rosemount Flat, 35km north of Swansea,
had 41.4mm. Twilight Valley, north of Copping, recorded 64mm for the 48
hours to 9am Monday.
Storms developed in NE NSW and SE Queensland
this afternoon, rather unusually for this time of year. One large cell
moved across the Lismore area in NE NSW late afternoon dropping
40mm in a short time near Casino and giving the Lismore official gauge
27.6mm for the 24 hours to 9am Monday.
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