The photos of the floods are quite spectacular.
I had noted Sunday and early today slow moving rain cells on the north coast and some very large rainfall totals on the north coast as well as the Bellinger Valley. By 6 am this morning, I was aware of some rainfall totals between 150 and 200 mm on the New South Wales North Coast.
Sydney rainfall totals 4/10/2010 from BOM Weather station sites
Overnight some heavier rainfall totals for the Sydney area occurred. Interestingly, the heaviest falls have occurred towards the Camden / Campbelltown area or south west Sydney with 36 mm at Bringelly, 29 mm at Badgereys Creek and other falls of between 20 and 30 mm occurring.
Late Sunday and early Monday a burst of heavy showers across Blacktown / Parramatta region pushed rainfall totals to between 10 and 20 mm with a further 1 to 5 mm falling from 9 am to 11 am. For the first 4 days of October to 1 pm 4/10/2010, cumulative rainfall totals are becoming significant for October such as:-
Camden 40 mm.
Campbelltown 44.6 mm
Penrith 42.2 mm.
It has been a cool, cloudy and wet start to October with higher rainfall totals across the inland suburbs than across the coastal suburbs.
Harley Pearman
