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Innisfail's wettest May days in over a century

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Weatherzone, By: Rob Sharpe, 05/09/2013

 

Innisfail and South Johnstone gained over 250mm in a two day deluge, nearing May rain records. Rain has been dumping along the Queensland North Tropical Coast for the past two days. Innisfail gained 116mm to 9am yesterday, its heaviest May rain in 17 years. This morning it surpassed that total with a whopping 152mm to 9am, providing the wettest recorded pair of May days since 1912.

 

Nearby, South Johnstone has endured wet season style rainfall with 256mm in the past two days, its wettest two-day total in 26 years. Cairns has been picking up some much needed rainfall with its heaviest rain since January, gaining 72mm during the past two days. This month is the first since July to see above average rainfall, including a well below average wet season.

 

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Large storms take aim at WA

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Weatherzone, By: ABC, 05/09/2013

 

Western Australia's State Emergency Service has received about 110 calls for help from Perth residents, as thunderstorms and strong winds move across the state's south-west.

 

The Weather Bureau has issued a severe weather warning for a deep low that is expected to affect the region over the next 24 hours.

 

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Wild weather to continue lashing state's south west

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Weatherzone, By: ABC, 05/08/2013

 

The weather bureau says strong winds and heavy rainfall are set to continue in Perth and the South West until Friday. The warning comes as a wind gust of more than 100 kilometres per hour was recorded at Rottnest Island.

 

Heavy swells of up to seven metres and wind gusts exceeding 100 kilometres per hour will affect areas south of Bunbury tomorrow. Perth can also expect long periods of rainfall with strong winds strengthening late tonight into tomorrow.

 

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Heavy rain and and dangerous winds pummel WA

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Weatherzone, By: Ben McBurney, 05/08/2013

 

Western Australia has been lashed by heavy rain and damaging winds overnight, with more wild weather on the way. Many places saw their heaviest rain in almost a decade as a line of  rain and storms crossed the state's west overnight. Significant rain was widespread, extending from the South West Land division north to southern parts of the Pilbara.

 

Acton Park and Busselton in the southwest of the state both saw their heaviest rain since 2005, recording 86mm and 57mm respectively to 9am this morning. Aston Downs, also in the South West, picked up the heaviest official figure. Their 101mm was the heaviest rain in at least nine years. Learmonth in the southern Pilbara collected 34mm, its heaviest May fall in eight years.

 

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Adelaide sets heat record for May

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Weatherzone, By: ABC, 05/08/2013

 

Little more than three weeks out from winter, Adelaide has had its hottest day for May in more than 90 years. The mercury had soared above 30 degrees Celsius by lunchtime, the hottest temperature recorded for the city in May since 1921.

 

The reading was more than 10 degrees above the May average and the mercury peaked above 31 by early afternoon.

 

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Alice tipped to break another weather record

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Weatherzone, By: Gail Liston, 05/08/2013

 

 

The weather bureau is predicting the record for the hottest start to a year in Alice Springs will be broken this week.

Climatologist Joel Lisonbee says the average temperature is only 0.1 of a degree below the record of 35.6.

He says it has been a record breaking period for central Australia

 

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Waiting for rain in the long paddock

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Weatherzone, By: Lisa Herbert, 05/08/2013

 

A farmer who has been grazing his cattle on a stock route for months on the Liverpool Plains in north-west NSW says he has little choice but to stay there. Neville Hicks has properties at Nowendoc and Werris Creek but he's been holding watch over 250 bullocks, steers and cows in the long paddock of the Kamilaroi Highway near Breeza since Christmas.

 

He says he's having trouble off-loading his stock because the abattoirs are full and prices are low.

 

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Heavy rain dumped by cold front ahead of storm

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Weatherzone, By: ABC, 05/08/2013

 

Residents in Perth and the south-west of the state are are being warned to prepare for more severe weather. A cold front over the southern half of the state overnight has dumped 42 millimetres of rain in Perth.

 

Rottnest recorded 61 millimetres and wind gusts of more than 90 kilometres an hour. Jandakot, Swanbourne and Garden Island have had more than 50 millimetres of rain.

 

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Adelaide begins near-record late-autumn warm spell

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Weatherzone, By: Brett Dutschke, 05/08/2013

 

One day down, four to go.

 

Yesterday Adelaide reached 27 degrees and is forecast to reach 29 degrees (10 degrees above the May average) today and at least 25 degrees from Thursday to Saturday. Five consecutive days of 25 degrees or warmer - the first time in 92 years Adelaide has been this warm this late in autumn.

 

In 1921 there were six consecutive 25-degree days, from 13th May to 18th May. Also, if Adelaide reaches 29.3 degrees on Wednesday, it will be the warmest May day in 92 years. The May record is 32.3 degrees, set in 1921.

 

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Wet start to May for Central Queensland

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Weatherzone, By: Brett Dutschke, 05/07/2013

 

In the last 24 hours Central Queensland has copped a soaking with the rain set to ease inland but hang around on the coast. Persistent onshore winds associated with a weak trough have brought warm, moist air onto coastal regions. The result has been substantial rain to fall in parts of inland and coastal Central Queensland.

 

A significant amount of rain has fallen in Capricornia in the 24 hours till 9am Tuesday with 61 mm on the coast at Byfield, 42 mm at Samuel Hill Airport and 56 mm at the further inland Blackdown Tableland. This is the most rainfall in the area since March earlier this year and is especially significant for May which is normally a relatively drier month.

 

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