The rains have finally eased over northeast New South Wales, but not after delivering another 100 millimetres of rain to coastal regions. A small low pressure cell developed off the Mid-North Coast yesterday afternoon, induced by warm sea surface temperatures and cold air in the upper layers of the atmosphere. The low funnelled in copious amount of tropical moisture, manifested in the form of flooding rain. Grafton was deluged with a huge 105mm, their wettest October day on record (11 years) and their wettest day for any month since May last year. But there were other, even greater falls. This included: - Sandstone Hill, 185mm - Woolgoolga, 140mm - Wooli, 163mm - Red Hill (west of Coffs Harbour), 139mm Although showers are continuing today, the kinds of totals seen in the last few days won't make another appearance just yet. However, as the storm season kicks off, every day in the next week will see either a shower or thunderstorm affect the area.