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Unseasonable rain for northern Australia
Guy Dixon, Thursday July 14, 2016 - 14:50 AEST
Parts of northern Australia have seen their wettest July day in 30 years.
In the wake of a strong cold front which has swept over the nation's south, lingering cold air in the upper levels of the atmosphere is enhancing a moisture-laden trough over parts of the Northern Territory and Queensland.
In the 24 hours to 9am today, Comooweal and Mount Isa have each collected 20mm making it the heaviest July rainfall since 1986. Across the border, parts of the Barkly have picked up similar figures, with Brunette Downs seeing a 30 year July high with 18mm collecting in the tin.
Tennant Creek and Cloncurry managed to also pick up some good figures, with 20mm and 12mm respectively, each the heaviest July total in six years. Tennant Creek's effort places it as the heaviest day of rain since late February.
Today, the rain has eased over the NT and has shifted eastward over vast areas of QLD. In the coming days a coastal trough looks to deepen, causing rainfall to become heavy, particularly over eastern and central parts of the state.
Locations from the North Tropical Coast and Tablelands to Capricornia and as far inland as the Gulf Country, North West and Central West have the potential to pick up widespread totals of 25-50mm. Isolated heavier falls upwards of 60mm are a chance over the Central Coast and Central Highlands and Coalfields.
Into the weekend, areas of thick cloud and heavy rain should shift south, before easing on Sunday and into early next week.
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