Bedourie and Birdsville, NSW, get full year rain dump on just one day |
First 9 of 9 paragraphs shown The inland downpour was similar to January 2007, January 1995, March 1983 and February 1973. The map shows the total rainfall for the 10-day period 22 February 3 March 2010; - Major rain events to occur during late summer or early autumn during a declining El Nino; - Notable historical examples including those of January 2007, January 1995, March 1983 and February 1973. Extraordinary rain dumps: Daily rainfall totals at Bedourie and Birdsville were near the long-term annual average rainfall totals at these locations; - in other words a full years worth of average rainfall fell on just one day. Birdsville doubled its annual average: Birdsville has received 375 mm for the year so far (as of 4 March), more than double its annual average and already enough to rank as its seventh wettest year on record, and its wettest year since 1974. Catchments of southern inland Queensland: Compared with a notable previous flooding event in the region of comparable extent and severity, April 1990, peak rainfall amounts have been smaller but heavy rains (10-day totals exceeding 200 mm) have covered a much larger area. ...Log in to read rest of Article or image. |