RE: [austpacwx] Rain northern NSW ! [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Blair Trewin]

Good to see the rain falling where it's really needed :-).

Don't have the numbers handy, but some of the sites in this region must be getting within striking distance of 3000mm for the year.

Blair
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From: Michael King [msk...@yahoo.com.au]
Sent: Friday, 6 November 2009 9:46 PM
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Hi Clyve

I think that makes five floods in that Coffs Bellingen area this year.

Michael

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From: Clyve Herbert <mes...@iprimus.com.au>
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Sent: Fri, 6 November, 2009 9:31:28 PM
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Hi all.
Some whopping rainfall totals around the Coffs Harbour district this evening.....227mm since 0900 and near 120mm between 2000 and 2100, added to this total 99mm fell to 0900...thats 312mm today.....and I was happy with 10mm on the weekend from a storm....!!!,, regards Clyve H Trentham Vic

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[Keith Barnett]

From the rainfall data that I download daily from the BOM site, the following are the totals for 2009 so far that exceed 1000mm for stations 59000-59200 (mid north coast):

 

      DORRIGO (OLD CORAMBA RD)     3103.8
      KALANG (KOOROOWI (SHARABEL))     2786.8
      BOWRA SUGARLOAF     2646
      COOKS CK (KALANG)     2512.6
      KALANG (SPICKETTS CK (NOONANNI     2468.4
      LOWANNA (GRAFTON ST)     2161.4
      UPPER DARKWOOD     1882
      WOOLGOOLGA (CLEAR PLACE)     1873.6
      KEMPSEY (WIDE STREET)     1871.3
      BELLWOOD (NAMBUCCA HEADS (NAMB     1870.9
      WITTITRIN     1860.5
      SOUTH WEST ROCKS (SMOKY CAPE L     1849.4
      COFFS HARBOUR MO     1741.4
      GLENREAGH (ERTS)     1714.2
      KEMPSEY AIRPORT AWS     1660
      FISHERMANS REACH      1502
      BELLBROOK (MACLEAY RIVER)     1424
      BELLBROOK (EAST STREET)     1387.2
      NYMBOIDA (NYMBOIDA RIVER)     1246
      MELDRUM (COOLAWARRAH)     1213.2
      MACKSVILLE COUNTRY CLUB     1173.3
      MILLBANK     1155
      TAYLORS ARM     1048

Dorrigo is no surprise. The online list is only a selection and excludes Bellingen which must be pretty near the top of the list

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[Michael King]

Hi All

 

I said five floods, but checking daily data would probably be more accurate to say six floods this year.  For Bellingen 14 -17/2: ~ 535 mm, 31/3 - 1/4: ~ 492mm, 22 - 23/5: ~ 292 mm, 20 - 22/6 ~ 310mm, according to reports on W'Zone ~ 400mm, b/n 26 & 28/10, and as of 1 hr ago, ~ 240 mm in the latest event.

 

Looking back it seems for three of the first five months this year they recorded over 700mm, and they'd clocked up 2,400 by end of May, so Bellingen would no doubt be giving Dorrigo a run for their money.

 

It's a bit of a hippy new age enclave, so looks like someone there has learnt the rain dance.

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[Clyve Herbert]

Hi Keith...I can only dream of 3100mm in  a year.!...I watched 252mm fall in 2 hours and 2 minutes at Port Douglas once it was  stunning stuff  Clyve H

[Ken Kato]

Incidentally I just listened to a bit of today's podcast of the ABC's Country Hour and they also mentioned 6 flood events to date.
 
Ken. 
 

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[Marcus]

Clyve I’m hoping that you’ll get your 3100mm next year.

 

It will surely mean the dry spot might get a 300 again.

[Keith Barnett]

Hi Clyve, the rain at Dorrigo had me seriously thinking of moving up there a couple of years ago, though it seems Coff's is getting it at the moment! Crazy reason for most people but not for a weather nut. Beautiful place too.

Chances are that had I arrived, the rain would have said 'Goodbye, it's through the Door-I-go'...I've got a Coff.'

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[Clyve Herbert]

Hi Keith....I know what you mean when you talk of a weather place....I moved
from Geelong to Trentham for the same reason....Weather people cant help it
....Clyve H

[Blair Trewin]

I have Bellingen (Crystal Creek) at 2643.5 to the end of May. Based on data from the likes of Coffs Harbour (1031.6 since 1 June) and Urunga (735.4 for June-October), and the occasional real-time reports from the site itself, I would estimate something in the 800-1200 range for Crystal Creek since 1 June, taking its annual total to somewhere in the mid-upper 3000s. This is starting to get within range of the NSW annual record, which is 4539.7 (Tallowwood Point in 1950).

 

Note that Crystal Creek is 12km north of Bellingen; there is no official gauge in the town itself.

 

Blair

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