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Rain and Low baro 23rd to 24th August 2003.

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A  low pressure system bought excellent rains statewide with especially the mallee areas receiving decent falls, many close to the inch mark. Extremely low barometric pressures were also recorded, with areas south of us dropping below the 990 mark! I recorded 990.58 hPa and just over 40mm from the system.

Hail and Rain 13th to 14th Sept 2003

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Hail and good rains for the southern ag areas:See just how good the farming areas are looking this year - here.

Persistent drizzle 16th Sept 2003

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A S/westerly moisture stream from a bight high bought drizle and rain to a narrow band in the southern ranges. This weather persisted for a number of days bringing significant totals of close to 3 inches from some areas, most notable the Cherry Gardens/Longwood district. In Cherry gardens there was water everywhere, seeping out the hilltops, running down the road. It was completely sodden. Blackwood and Coro Valley were much the same. Some of the drizzle was substantial enough to call rain, big drops and loud on the roof!
The Clarendon Weir ominously close to the top on the morning of the 16th by 5:30 was flowing nicely. Not a flooding roar, but a steady and good flow. Looked like it had been at it most of the day. That is not so common these days. Even more uncommon was that it was overflowing continuously for more than 3 days from this time! The sturt river had also overflowed at wynns ford all day in Coro Valley.

Mt Pleasant NRC Rainfall Forum 18th Sept 2003

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A forum aimed at giving primary school kids an awareness of the importance of rainfall and water on ourselves and local environment.See the report of the day HERE

STORM! Lightning pics 20th Sept 2003

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First Spring Storm:Expected by some, but certainly not forecast was thunderstorms from a northern band of mid level moisture. The day started off sunny and clear, but by 5:00pm rain had started with some heavy but small showers in places. Totals around 1.5 -2mm were common. The rumbles started soon after - I caught my first ever lightning shots from Geranium in the Mallee. Check out the pics HERE...

Wind spike 22nd Sept 2003

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An approaching dry front bought strong winds that disappeared as fast as they came. The barometric pressure dropped quite low to bottom out at 997.10 hPa. As soon as the trough had passed and the the baro rose, the winds died as can be seen in the image below.

Downpour 24-09-03

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A late night downpour had the gutters overflowing. A slushy mix of small hail and more rain followed the initial burst.

South Coast deluge 1-10-03

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Check out the radar loop of that bought nearly 40mm to Goolwa and surrounds HERE

Squall line 21-10-03

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What more needs to be said about the following radar image. Late October bought rain rain and more rain!

15 days of consecutive rain 19 -10-03 to 02-11-03

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An amazing 15 days of precipitation in late October. Surely must be a record?

Oct 	rain		Oct 	rain		Oct 	rain
19	2		25	0.5		30	1
20	1.2		26	8.5		31	26
21	0.8		27	1		Nov 	rain
22	5		28	3		1	5.5
23	1.8		29	8.2		2	2.5
24	0.25

4 seasons in one day! 15-11-03

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A warm sunny day with a top of 31.6 degrees suddenly changed with the arrival of a SE wind change. The temperature dropped  8 degrees in just 1 hour and more than 20 degrees in a little over 5 hours. A  thick fog also rolled in reducing visibility to under 100 metres and completing the change from hot and dry to cold and wet! Check out the webcam image and temp graph below..

Storms! 19-11-03

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Possible tornadoes, damaging hail, strong winds, local flooding..... This was the forecast check out the report HERE

Lighning Pics!!!! 29-11-03

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A warm and humid unstable looking day gave me my best lighning capture to date! See the report HERE

Flooding and Heavy Rain 19-12-03 & 21-12-03

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A forecast that changed every 4 hours made life for the BOM difficult. The possibility of a light show from big storms diminished as the system approached, but local heavy falls were still a good possibility. Rain it certainly did! See the reports and photo gallery HERE.

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