Rainfall for 24 hours to 9am Week to 9am      SE AUS detail

Minimum temperature departure from normal      Actual temperatures

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Weather events

Descriptions of significant weather events replace this text when reliable information is available and time permits. Information comes from many sources, and updates may be made well after the event! For weather news as it happens, your best sources are ABC News and the breaking weather forum on Weatherzone.

The graphics and statistical information fill gradually as they become available, to the following approximate schedule:

• Downpours and gales and gusts: every 30 minutes through the day.
• Three-hourly observations for major cities, alpine centres and noteworthy reports: every 15 minutes through the day.
• Surface charts for each 6 hours: about 2 hours after valid time.
• Satellite images for each hour: about 30 minutes after valid time (if available).
• Rainfall charts: 2pm EST.
• Temperature charts: 2pm EST next day.
• Minimum temperatures (warmest, coldest and major centres):
  To the nearest degree: soon after 9am local time.
  Detailed readings (to 1/10th ° C): 12.45pm EST.
• 24-hour rainfall totals (wettest and major centres):
  Initial synoptic reports: soon after 9am local time.
  Daily-reporting rainfall stations: 3.45pm EST.
  Monthly postal reporting rainfall stations: about the end of next month
• Wind run (windiest and major centres): 12.45pm EST
• Evaporation (major centres): 12.45pm EST
• Maximum temperatures (warmest, coldest and major centres):
  To the nearest degree: soon after 3pm local time.
  Detailed readings (to 1/10th ° C): 12.45pm EST next day.
• Sunshine and maximum wind gusts for today (midnight to midnight): 12.45pm EST next day.