Australian Weather News -- 21 September 2000

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Thursday 21 September 2000

Warm across much of the nation
Fires continue in NSW

Maximum temperature anomalies today BoM

Continuing hot dry weather across NSW and southern Queensland is causing concern in the lead-up to the bushfire season, with a number of blazes reported in NSW. Top temperatures today were 8 to 12° above average across northern NSW and southern Queensland. A fire north of Manila, northwest of Tamworth, has burnt through over 3000 hectares of farmland over the past 4 days, while another fire has started in the Wombeyan Caves area east of Mittagong. A fire which has been burning for several days near Holsworthy on the southern outskirts of Sydney has been nearly extinguished.

Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am 28.0 Mt Read Tas 24.0 Strathgordon Tas 22.0 Scotts Peak Dam Tas 16.4 Franklin Tas High falls for other periods: .	Today's highest & lowest temps		Other extremes Wind gusts: Neptune Is SA: 109km/h at 6.05am Mt Wellington summit Tas: 107km/h several times between 2 and 2.30am Flood peaks: Lachlan at Euabalong NSW: 6.42m this morning with moderate flooding Records set this day .
	Maximum	Minimum
	38.0 Kalumburu WA 38.0 Bradshaw NT 38.0 Daly Waters AP NT	26.0 McCluer Is NT
	4.4 Mt Read Tas	-1.0 Perisher Valley NSW
	Greatest variations from normal
	Maximum	Minimum
	+11.4 35.7 Tibooburra NSW +10.8 34.5 White Cliffs NSW +10.7 32.0 Cobar MO NSW	+12.2 13.7 Woolbrook NSW +9.3 16.8 Texas Qld +9.2 17.9 White Cliffs NSW
	-3.3 28.0 Milingimbi NT	-7.2 0.8 Eyre WA

Times stated are the clock time in force in the relevant state or territory
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Australian Weather News gratefully acknowledges the Bureau of Meteorology as the collector and main source of meteorological data in Australia, along with the thousands of observers who record the weather and rainfall daily. I also thank Don White, Blair Trewin and the many contributors to the Aussie Weather mailing list who routinely provide much appreciated information.