Apart from these features, the radar performs well and gives a reasonably accurate representation of rainfall intensity. August Rainfall Townsville Airport (5km) 2020 July August. Townsville rainfall history (19.2581°S, 146.8184°E, 6m AMSL) RAINFALL Wettest This Month: 0.6mm 07/08/2020: Total This Month: 0.6mm 1.0 days: Long Term Average: 16.1mm 2.6 days: Wettest August on record: 258.2mm 1998: Driest on record: 0.0mm 1945: Townsville Year To Date Average Rainfall To Aug 908.8mm 66.2 day(s) Total For 2020 775.4mm 75.0 day(s) Total To This Day 2019 1748.0mm … Invalid postcode. Path attenuation also occurs when the radar beam passes through an intense thunderstorm cell; the returned signal from cells further along that path will be reduced. This is also known as Online Behavioural Advertising. The Bureau of Meteorology said in the 24 hours to 9:00am yesterday the deluge at Ayr, south of Townsville, broke records — the 320mm daily rainfall total smashed the previous 1998 record of 190mm. Information supplied by Weatherzone based on data from the Bureau of Meteorology Interpretation Notes: The site at Hervey Range is at elevation (590m) making it a fairly good site for Townsville's main weather watch radar. The coldest month is July with an average maximum temperature of 24°C (75°F). Very distant showers in the Coral Sea may also not be better detected by these adjacent radars due to their superior ocean outlook.
Weatherzone offers a range of free weather products that you can easily incorporate into your website.Weatherbrief is a premium telephone service allowing anyone to speak to a professional meteorologist.Choose between Pro and Essential account and get access to more!Weatherzone Business offers solutions that are innovative, tailored, flexible and responsive. ALMOST 150mm of rain has fallen north of Townsville in the past 24 hours as a monsoonal trough, connected to a cyclone forming in the Gulf of Carpentaria, brings heavy rain to North Queensland.At the Stony Creek station 148mm of rain has been recorded, while Toolakea has recorded 145mm of rain.The Bureau of Meteorology says rainfall totals of 200mm or more were expected in the next 24 hours in the Townsville area.The monsoonal trough is expected to stick around for the coming days.Flood warnings are still in place for the Bohle River, Black River and Bluewater Creek.This deluge comes as parts of Far North Queensland prepare for a potential tropical cyclone.BOM meteorologist Lauren Pattie said a tropical low sitting in the Gulf of Carpentaria, was expected to turn into Tropical Cyclone Esther this evening.Some areas north of Cairns are experiencing short-lived, destructive tornadoes.The system is expected to move into the Northern Territory from late Monday.On Saturday, widespread rainfall totals of 70mm to 130mm in the Townsville region were recorded.ABOUT 100mm of rain has been dumped on Townsville in the past 24 hours causing minor flood warnings to be issued.On Saturday 87.8mm of rain fell and already since 9am this morning there has been 25mm of rain recorded at Townsville Airport.The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a minor flood warning for some of the catchments surrounding the city.This morning a minor flood warning for Bohle River and a flood warning for Black River and Bluewater Creek were issued by the bureau.It said minor flooding was easing in the Bohle River at Mt Bohle this morning.“During Saturday widespread rainfall totals of 70 to 130mm were recorded in the catchments of the Bohle and Black Rivers, and Bluewater Creek,” the BOM said.“Further showers and storms are likely during Sunday.”The bureau said in the Bohle River levels were expected to be above the minor flood level but they were falling.“The Bohle River at Mt Bohle is likely to remain above the minor flood level (4m) for the majority of Sunday before easing later in the day,” it said.Bureau meteorologist Shane Kennedy said it had been a very wet 24 hours for Townsville.“From 9am Saturday to 9am Sunday, Townsville got just over 100mm,” he said.“We had fairly widespread 100mm-plus falls along the Townsville coast area.”Mr Kennedy said heavy rain would continue today and was likely to stick around for the start of the week.“There’s a very high chance of showers for the next two days,” he said. It does however suffer some obstruction to its view due to the higher terrain around the region. Low level drizzle can also go undetected due to the radar beam going over the top of the precipitation. Townsville 256km radar - BoM weather radar loop and rainfall readings. The Hervey Range itself to the west and the Paluma Range to the northwest can obscure early development of thunderstorms, but fully developed storms are picked up well. The Bureau of Meteorology's extreme weather forecaster, Grace Legge, said that was a record breaker for the city. Rain, flooding, damaging winds and damaging surf are all occurring in eastern NSW today as a complex low pressure system spins over the Tasman Sea.Farmers in WA's Great Southern may have been crying out for rain, but severe weather in recent weeks has proven that occasionally it is possible to have too much of a good thing.Weatherzone makes it easy for you to choose the access level that suits you best from a huge range of weather information and tools unrivalled in Australia.Increase web traffic and loyalty with dynamic weather contentWeatherzone makes it easy for you to choose the access level that suits you best from a huge range of weather information and tools unrivalled in Australia. Townsville has dry periods in July, August and September. Heavy rain over the radar site will cause attenuation of all signals. Rita Island, close to Ayr and south of Townsville, recorded a massive 529mm of rain in the 24 hours to 9am, the BOM said. The warmest month is January with an average maximum temperature of 31°C (87°F). It is possible that coastal locations between these towns and locations inland of Ingham may experience light to moderate showers that are not picked up on the Hervey Range radar, that might be detected by the adjacent radars at Bowen (Abbot Point) and Cairns (Saddle Mountain). The colours and symbols used on the radar and satellite maps are described on