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Flooded Carpentaria only slowly drying out
Brett Dutschke, Thursday February 23, 2017 - 10:48 AEDT
Queensland's Carpentaria is still flooding due to a stubborn Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred and will only slowly dry out as the system moves away.
Despite the ex-cyclone weakening and moving west, there has still be enough instability to soak the Lower Carpentaria with heavy rain overnight.
Mornington Island picked up 159mm in the past 24 hours, taking its weekly total to 633mm.
Burketown gained about 70mm overnight and has now had its wettest week in six years, about 500mm all up. Nearby, Normanton has had its wettest week in five years, receiving 304mm. Across the NT border, Borroloola has had its wettest week in 14 years, totalling 376mm.
This wet season has now delivered about 1100mm to Burketown (400mm more than average) and about 900mm to Normanton (60mm more than average).
This persistent rain has maintained flooding in the area, albeit generally minor. The deep black soil the region is well known for is used to soaking up big rain.
As the weakening ex-cyclone moves further west and an associated trough weakens, showers and thunderstorms will gradually become sparse and light over the coming week.
During the next week rain should only amount to less than 20mm in Borroloola and Burketown and 20-50mm to Mornington Island and Normanton.
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