Week’s Weather 15 – 21 February
Monday was hot and muggy with a northerly moist air stream raising afternoon temperature to over 31°C, and overnight temperatures to four degrees above the norm.
A southeast change came through on Tuesday with a thunderstorm at 2.00pm clearing the stifling air with torrential rain. In fact, we had 42 mm in 45 minutes. The greatest rate of fall was 130mm per hour, enough to trigger off the MWS flash flood warning alarm system. 24 hour rain to 9.00am Wednesday was 139.2mm, bringing the total rainfall to date this month to 481.2, representing 151mm over and above the 117 year average for Maleny. Creeks are again in full spate and local dams are filled to capacity.
The southerly airflow continued over the next few days bringing stream showers on to the Blackall Ranges and a return to normal temperatures