Queensland Gets Some Wetness

Not as much rain as it had first promised, but still, not bad. Mt. Glorious was lucky and saw 67 mm just in one 24-hour period (ending at 9 a.m. Aug. 20), among the highest rainfalls of the storm!

The map on the left shows some of the erratic rainfalls in Queensland so far this month, from the swampy north to the desolate south. All arid areas tend to have erratic rainfall patterns - Queensland is no exception! It sure makes it hard to do stuff like agriculture, however....

The local press reports:

THE forecast was for rain and the wet stuff finally arrived yesterday and continued last night and into this morning, dropping up to 45mm into dam catchments.

For a change the western suburbs did the best out of the event, which eased as it moved eastwards after dumping up to 50 mm on places like Ipswich and Amberley.

The Gold Coast also fared well, scoring the highest rainfall in the state with 72 mm at Carrara, and 55 at Coolangatta.

Wivenhoe Dam did not miss out either, with 34 mm measured at its recording station and falls of up to 45 mm in other parts of the catchment.

Since nine o'clock yesterday, 24 mm has dampened dusty roads and gardens in Brisbane - the biggest single downpour since June 6, when a heavenly 52 mls fell.

Senior weather forecaster Brett Harrison said it is good rain for August - typically the driest month of the year in Queensland.

``Many of the falls are well above average for the month, and that's not bad - a month's worth in one day,'' he said.

Although this rain would clear this morning, Mr Harrison said further rain was expected to develop late tomorrow.

``That should continue Thursday and Friday, and into the weekend as well,'' he said.