Rainfall Update

Highest weekly rainfall totals for Tasmania and coastal north Queensland

• Settled weather dominated much of Australia during the week, as a high pressure system extended a ridge across southern parts of the continent and gradually moved eastwards.
• Rainfall was limited to the far-north, parts of the eastern and southern coasts, Tasmania, and patchy areas in the inland west of Western Australia.
• A cold front passed over Tasmania on 23–24 April and brought cool conditions, gusty winds and showers through most of the state.
• A mid-level trough brought some showers and thunderstorms to the south-west Gascoyne and Central West districts on the 25th, and extended inland to south-east Gascoyne, Goldfields and Central Wheatbelt districts on 26 April.
• Weekly totals greater than 100 mm were recorded in north tropical Queensland. Weekly totals between 50–100 mm were recorded in coastal Queensland, the Top End of the Northern Territory, north-eastern New South Wales and north-eastern and western Tasmania. Areas in southern Victoria and Western Australia received between 5–25 mm of rainfall during the week.
• The highest daily total, 106.8 mm, was recorded at Bingil Bay (Queensland), in the 24 hours to 9 am on the 24th, and the highest weekly total, 150.0 mm, was recorded at Topaz Alert (Queensland).