Rain is moving in on Alice Springs for the first time in three months.
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The Bureau of Meteorology says there could be 5-15mm by the end of the day before the rain band clears to the east overnight.
The forecast for the Alice is for a cool day too with a maximum temperature of just 15 degrees.
The annual build up guessing game with rain radars is about to begin right across the Northern Territory.
In Katherine, it is more about "that" force field which turns aside promising looking storms as they track towards the town.
The arrival of rain is desperately needed with trees dying, gardens parched and rivers recording some of their lowest flows in human memory.
Katherine can expect temperatures to rise toward the end of the week with a succession of 39 degree days.
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