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 A trough
moved through much of QLD and the NT overnight and today, accompanied by
widespread
thunderstorms, patchy light to moderate rain, heavy cloud cover and resultant
cold daytime temperatures. At daybreak, the surface trough lay from around
Brisbane to the Gulf of Carpentaria, but the upper trough sloped well back
to the west where it interacted with abundant moisture that has streamed south
ahead of the trough over the past few days. The result was a cold, cloudy day
for much of the NT, western and southern QLD and far northern NSW with temperatures
4 to 11 below average.
The Territory experienced its first widespread thunderstorms
of the approaching storm season, with all except western and eastern border
areas recording falls
of around 5 to 15mm though Jabiru reported 27.6mm in 2 hours to 2.30pm and
Point Stuart, 120km WNW on the coast, had 46mm in the hour to 4pm. In
QLD,
storms that developed yesterday afternoon west of the ranges broke down into
rain areas that moved coastwards overnight, then redeveloped into storms this
morning along the coast. Kingaroy recorded 58mm and Injune 56 to 9 this morning,
while Gladstone Airport recorded 53mm to 9am Wednesday, 38 of that falling
between 3 and 6 this afternoon. Rockley, 60km west of Gladstone, recorded 63.6
to 9am Wednesday The ABC reported falls of "over 90mm" at East End, 30km west
of Gladstone, and South Ullam (location unknown), and that strong winds had
brought down trees in
parts of the
Central
Coast.
Scattered storms along the NSW
coast gave
some heavy falls, too, with Nelson Bay north of Newcastle reporting a very
isolated 51mm to 9 this morning
and Kempsey receiving 10.0mm in 16 minutes to 4pm.
News sources: ABC |
