Weatherzone, By: Ben McBurney, 11/18/2013

Very heavy rain drenched the Hunter region overnight, with several places seeing their heaviest November rain on record. A small but moisture-packed east coast low approached the region overnight, bringing gusty winds and heavy, unprecedented November rain. Clarence Town copped one of the heaviest falls of the region, recording 200mm in the 24 hours to 9am today, its heaviest rain for any month since 1946 and for November on record. Nearby Dungog collected 167mm, its heaviest fall since 2009 and for November on record, while Maitland received 120mm, also its heaviest in four years. Tocal saw its heaviest November rain on record and the most for any month since 2007, being drowned with a 24 hour total of 173mm. The town is now also experiencing its wettest November on record, with already more than 200mm for the month, two and a half times the monthly average.

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By: Andree Withey and Paul Robinson, 11/15/2013

The State Emergency Service (SES) has had another busy night after severe storms lashed parts of Queensland again yesterday. Crews says they have received 71 calls for help in the past 24 hours. The weather bureau says the Central Highlands bore the brunt of yesterday's wild weather. Nearly 120 millimetres fell near Woorabinda, 100mm at Thangool, and many other areas received about 60mm. Weather bureau spokesman Benj Blunt says one particular storm cell affected a wide area. "One particular super-cell started up about 5:30[pm] yesterday just to the south of Rolleston and it went for about eight hours, tracked a good 300 kilometres, clearing off the coast just south of Emu Park "It was a beauty all right, so they can hang around for a while." Ergon is reporting some places are without power. The rain also forced the postponement of Rockhampton's annual Christmas parade along Musgrave Street to a major shopping centre. More rain is forecast over the next few days.

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Weatherzone, By: Max Gonzalez, 11/13/2013

After months of very dry weather, rainfall is finally on the cards for eastern QLD and eastern NSW, bringing the heaviest rains since last summer. Even though April to September are the driest months for areas east of the divide, the past six months have been exceptionally dry for areas extending from Newcastle to Cairns.

The upper Hunter, the Mid North Coast and the southern parts of the Northern Tablelands in NSW received very much below average rainfall from May to October, 100 to 300mm below their six-month average. In QLD, Wide Bay and Burnett and parts of the Central Highlands and Coalfields were the hardest hit, with as much as a 200mm deficit when compared to their April-to-October average. Finally, the season seems to be turning just in time to help mitigate fires along the east with the heaviest falls since last summer.

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By: Guy Dixon, 11/12/2013

A cool spell in Melbourne is forecast to continue, potentially making it the coolest November period in almost two decades. Melbourne is well on track recording for the coolest 8 day spell in November since 1994. Today is the fifth day in a row that Melbourne's maximum temperature has not exceeded 20 degrees, and is expected to remain below 20 degrees until Friday.

A complex low pressure system which is sitting off the coast of Eden is moving in a south westerly direction, directing cool onshore winds towards Melbourne from Bass Strait. These winds are contributing to the period of cold weather which Melbourne has been experiencing for the past few days.

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