Up to 100 millimetres of rain has fallen over a wide range of northern New South Wales reducing the number of fires that have been burning for days.
Heavy rain has soaked the fire grounds of northern NSW overnight, bringing drought relief and greatly reducing the bushfire threat over the coming weeks.Scone was 22 degrees Celsius below the town's maximum on WednesdayIn the 24 hours to 9am today, a desperately needed 25 to 100 millimetres was welcomed from Newcastle to Byron Bay — easily the heaviest rain the north coast has received in months.
Some 120 fires were burning across NSW on Thursday evening. By 9am on Friday, that number had fallen to 108, and is likely to continue falling rapidly during the coming days. Scone on Thursday shivered at only 13 degrees Celsius, 22 degrees below the town's maximum on Wednesday, while also picking up 25mm of rain — the best fall in nearly a year.Northern NSW is the beneficiary of a clash between polar air from the south and warmer, humid air off the Tasman Sea – a perfect set up for rising air and cloud formation.
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