Gedday,

The amounts are not large, but the rainfall over Cape York and the Gulf
Country has persisted for several days now.  It seems to be diurnal
deep convection embedded in a large scale "up-slide looking" thin
altostratus.  From the charts I can find on the web, its difficult to see
whether there is any synoptic structure associated with this.  Is it
forced by the trailing front or equivalently a  surface trough line?

Any comments from those with on-the-bench experience and/or those with
detailed charts at their disposal?

Even though the grid-point statistics aren't all that impressive, the
models have been picking up the large area of rainfall and the general
quantities fairly well.

cheers

JMcB