Its a bit damp at present.

Not as bad where we are (currently Canberra) as many places but still wet.  A number of places on the coast North of Sydney have had over 800mm in the last week.  Here is a map of rainfall for the week ending 16 March. it suggests that the soil was already well hydrated before this lot started.

Here is a map of rainfall for the last 7 days.
The dark blue patch in far NW NSW includes Tibooburra which copped 103mm on the 22nd.  BoM has annual rainfall data for Tibooburra airport for the past 21 years: for 10 of those years the ANNUAL rainfall has been <150mm, with a low of 49mm in 2002.

On our way up to Canberra we noticed that there was a lot of water in the Bombala River: that reflected rain about 50 km upstream on Brown Mountain.

Yesterday when I drove past Scrivener Dam water was being released in anticipation of what was to come.

Today (after 30mm yesterday and 13 mm so far today) they had dropped a sluice gate to allow more out.

By about 1800hrs they had opened a second gate! (Photo by Sally)

Meanwhile to the South of Canberra a normally minor stream at Naas has been on the angry pills.
Queanbeyan copped a moderate serve.  I think the maximum height was 6m, whereas we have seen it at 12m - well over the top of this shelter.

Rain is falling at Mallacoota but BoM has only recorded 2.8mm between 0900 and 1300,  By 1900 that is up to 38mm since 9am  That is approaching the low end of BoM probabilities.

Radar shows it all around us but getting diverted (possibly by the Howe range???)
That has seemed to continue all day, although the fall was picking up a bit in the afternoon (by 1630 it was up to 12.8mm.  Meteye suggests the heavy stuff will occur overnight.






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