Australian Weather News -- 10 August 2000

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Thursday 10 August 2000

Damaging gales, snow in Tasmania

Cold, galeforce southwesterlies swept across Tasmania and Bass Strait today, damaging houses in the state's north and bringing heavy, widespread snow across the highlands and upland areas. The wind was at its strongest around dawn and again during the evening as two troughs in the southwesterly stream crossed the island. Ten houses and several outbuildings around Barrington, 20km SSW of Devonport, suffered roof damage during the evening or overnight into Friday. Snow settled down to the 500m level during the morning, with hail and ice pellets falling to sea level and overnight snow reported from Maydena. Liawenee, on the western shore of Great Lake on the state's Central Plateau, reported 30cm of snow on the ground at 9am, while heavy snow was also reported from Lake St Clair and Tarraleah, blocking the Lyell and Lake Highways.

Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am 40.0 Perisher Valley NSW 38.0 Lake St Clair Tas 33.6 Rosebery Tas 32.0 Derwent Bridge Tas High falls for other periods: .	Today's highest & lowest temps		Other extremes Wind gusts: Cape Grim Tas: 113km/h at 6am Keogh's Pimple, Hartz Mtns Tas: 107km/h at 9.33pm Flood peaks: King River at Docker Road, Vic: 3.6m around 3am, 10cm below minor flood level Records set this day .
	Maximum	Minimum
	34.0 Jabiru AP NT 34.0 Victoria River Downs NT 34.0 Timber Creek NT 34.0 Elliott NT	23.0 Black Point NT 23.0 McCluer Is NT
	-3.0 Crackenback NSW	-6.0 Crackenback NSW
	Greatest variations from normal
	Maximum	Minimum
	+5.6 28.0 Amberley AP Qld +5.6 29.0 Gympie Qld	+5.3 10.0 Nulkaba Cessnock NSW
	-6.2 3.0 Tarraleah Tas	-6.9 3.0 Kalbarri WA

Times stated are the clock time in force in the relevant state or territory
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