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Heavy Rain At
Coober Pedy
Coober Pedy opal field received
1½ in. of rain in a thunderstorm on
Tuesday night.
Local residents said
that the lightning
illuminated the sky so
brilliantly, they could read
a sign half a mile away.
Sudden storms were re-
ported in other parts of the
North-West and Far North
Interior.
Mabel Creek registered
58 points of rain, Twins
station 52, Lake Everard
32, and Evelyn Downs,
near Oodnadatta 25.
Elsewhere in the State,
rainfall was scattered and
light throughout Tuesday
and yesterday.
Eucla, just over the WA
border, had one of the
worst dust storms on re-
cord. whipped up by high
winds. Twelve points of
rain fell.
The sky south of Cook
was blacked out by dust,
according to nurses at the
local hospital.
Hottest
Tuesday night in Ade-
laide was the hottest No-
vember night for 13 years.
The minimum temperature
was 72 degrees at 5.45 am.
yesterday — 17 degrees above
normal.
The maximum day tem-
perature in the city yes-
terday was 78 degrees at
11.45 am. The minimum
of 68 degrees was recorded
at 1.50 p.m.
The weather Bureau last
night forecast a south-
westerly change for today,
with further scattered light
rain in the eastern parts of
the State.
ALICE SPRINGS. Nov.
17. — Alice Springs again
sweltered today, when the
temperature reached 99 de-
grees, with very high
humidity.
It was raining south
and west of Alice Springs
tonight.
The Weather Office said
no reports of rain had been
received from outback sta-
tions, although scattered
heavy storms over a wide
area were predicted.
PERTH, Nov. 17. — West-
ern Australia's November
weather, as far as Perth is
concerned, is both bleak
and unseasonable. Tem-
peratures have ranged
from 63 degrees to a peak of
72 degrees compared with
an average of 76.
Minimum temperatures
this month have also been
unusually low.
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