Press Release

Adelaide's wettest week in six years

26/08/2010: Adelaide is having its wettest week in six years, accumulating more than 53 millimetres of rain, according to weatherzone.co.au.

"This is also now the wettest month in five years and wettest August in 18 years with 110mm for the month so far, 43mm more than average," Weatherzone meteorologist Brett Dutschke said.

Heavy and persistent showers have been drenching the Adelaide and the Hills since yesterday morning bringing 27mm to the city, its wettest 24 hours since April.

It's been even wetter on the Hills where 30 to 50mm has fallen since 9am yesterday, adding to the 15 to 25mm the previous 24 hours.

Along with several other showery days in the last week, parts of the Hills have gained more than 100mm, giving a big boost to dams and reservoirs. Uraidla has been one of the wettest spots with about 120mm since last Thursday.

"Showers are gradually easing along with the cold winds, but we could still pick up another five to 10 millimetres by the weekend, a bit more on the hills," Dutschke said.

"But with low cloud still persisting, driving conditions will still be a bit dicey this morning."

Winds so far have peaked at 102 km/h at Mt Crawford early this morning.

"It will dry out and become much calmer and sunnier over the next few days. By early next week we may even reach 20 degrees, for the first time since May."

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Brett Dutschke
media@weatherzone.com.au
02 9965 9269

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