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| | New meteorological office for Cobar Joint Media Release 19 May 2005 |
 | | "The Cobar Meteorological Office records upper air observations, surface temperatures, humidity, air pressure, evaporation, soil temperatures to a depth of 1 metre, sunshine, rainfall, rainfall intensity, wind speed and direction," Mr Hunt said. |
 | | It is also an important station in the Global Climate Observing System network and observations from Cobar are used around the world to monitor large-scale climate phenomena such as El Nino and the Southern Oscillation. |
 | | As part of today's ceremony, Mr Cobb presented Mrs Alma Cooney of Hermidale Tank, between Nyngan and Cobar, with a Rainfall Excellence Award in recognition of 50 years of individual, and 100 years of family rainfall observations at Hermidale Tank. |
| www.deh.gov.au /minister/ps/2005/psmr19may05.html (416 words) |
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