Noteworthy synoptic observations for Friday, 21 March 2008 lo prepared 1001 EST, 27/03/08
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Max Var Min Var Grs Min Rainfall Station Mth/ Date Time local Cloud amounts & types Wind Temp Dew Pt Rel Hum Pressure Weather Description Vis Comments
° C ° C ° C ° C ° C mm/ hr mm/ hr       Tot Cov Low Cloud(base m x 100) Mid High Dir °/ km/h ° C ° C % hPa/ 3hr tendency Pre- sent Past km  
Western Australia
003 West Kimberley
34.0 +0.0 - - - - - BROOME AIRPORT 0321 1500 10/E 270/17 33.0 23.2 57 1006.51.8 35.0 -
Northern Territory
014 Northern Rivers
- - - - - 133/18 - CAPE DON 0321 0330 - - - - 060/11 26.4 - - 1006.51.5 - - - -
31.0 - 22.0 - - 133/24 - CAPE DON 0321 0930 - - - - 080/08 28.5 25.8 85 1008.21.7 - - - -
33.0 - 25.0 - 24 - - CHANNEL POINT 0321 0930 3/SE 360/04 30.0 25.6 77 1008.21.3 28.0 /
- - - - - - 8/3 PIRLANGIMPI 0321 1830 - - - - Calm 26.3 24.2 88 1005.71.0 - - - -
34.0 - 22.0 - - 29/24 - PORT KEATS AERO 0321 0930 - - - - Calm 29.5 25.7 80 1008.11.8 - - - -
015 Northern Plateau--Barkly/Alice Spgs
36.0 +3.4 22.0 +4.7 21 - - ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 0321 0930 25/SW 110/22 26.5 5.7 26 1014.31.8 25.0 -
- - 22.3 +5.0 - - - ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 0321 1230 25/SW 110/28 29.5 5.5 22 1012.81.4 35.0 -
33.0 +0.4 - - - - - ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 0321 1530 25/SE 100/09 32.0 4.9 18 1010.22.5 35.0 -
- - - - - - - ARLTUNGA 0321 0630 -/- - 160/15 24.0 8.8 38 1012.61.2 10.0 1500hr wed,0600/0900/1500 reads thurs missed. (eme
- - - - 22 - - ARLTUNGA 0321 0930 -/- - 160/24 24.9 7.4 33 1014.01.3 7.0 viz. reduced by white dust heavier to e than to w.
38.0 +3.6 24.0 +5.1 22 - - JERVOIS 0321 0930 -/ - 150/26 28.7 7.0 25 1012.72.0 2.0 -
38.0 - 21.0 - 19 - - RABBIT FLAT 0321 0930 -/- - 070/22 31.3 8.1 24 1008.81.5 35.0 -
- - 20.9 - - - - RABBIT FLAT 0321 1230 -/- 050/28 36.7 17.3 32 1008.00.8 35.0 -
South Australia
019 Northern Agricultural - Upper North
29.0 -1.1 12.0 -2.8 - - - HAWKER 0321 0930 - - - 110/31 15.0 10.9 76 1018.61.2 40.0 -
Queensland
027 North Peninsula
- - - - - 24/12 24/3 SCHERGER RAAF 0321 2100 - - - Calm 24.9 24.2 96 1007.93.3 - - - -
029 Lower Carpentaria (Gulf Country)
- - - - - - 12/3 KOWANYAMA AIRPORT 0321 1800 - - - - 260/09 24.8 22.9 89 1005.40.7 - - - -
040 South Coast Moreton & Brisbane
- - - - - - - ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT 0321 0600 - - - 230/05 17.2 17.1 99 1013.21.0 - - 0.1 -
New South Wales
047 Lower Western - Lower Darling
- - - - - - Tr/15 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) 0321 0600 -/W - 130/18 14.9 7.4 61 - 50.0 -
049 Lower Western - Southwest Plains
35.0 +4.3 13.0 -1.7 - 0.2/24 - IVANHOE POST OFFICE 0321 0900 - - - 130/15 16.2 9.5 64 1019.22.3 50.0 -
052 Northwest Plains - west
- - - - - 10/12 10/3 WALGETT AIRPORT AWS 0321 2100 - - - 270/17 19.8 17.8 88 1014.74.1 - - 1.5 -
053 Northwest Plains - east
- - - - - - - MOREE AERO 0321 0600 25/- - 040/11 18.6 14.3 76 1012.00.2 25.0 -
056 Northern Tablelands - west
25.0 - - - - 0.2/6 0.2/6 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) 0321 1500 6/S - - 160/18 19.0 12.3 65 - 6.0 -
- - - - - 20/12 20/3 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS 0321 2100 - - - - 110/18 14.7 14.4 98 1014.82.2 - - - -
061 Hunter
29.0 +2.2 17.0 +1.4 16 - - PATERSON (TOCAL AWS) 0321 0900 - - - 210/17 21.1 18.2 84 - 0.0 -
30.0 +5.6 16.0 +1.6 16 1/24 1/18 PEATS RIDGE (WARATAH ROAD) 0321 0900 3/SW - - 180/09 16.6 16.3 98 - 6.0 -
063 Central Tablelands - south
- - - - - - 8/3 BATHURST AIRPORT AWS 0321 1800 - - - 210/02 13.9 12.7 92 1016.71.0 - - 8.0 -
- - - - - - 1/15 KATOOMBA (MURRI ST) 0321 0600 0/ - - 020/09 13.1 13.1 100 - 0.2 present - fog and rain
12.0 -8.1 - - - 3/6 3/6 KATOOMBA (MURRI ST) 0321 1500 - - - Calm 11.3 11.3 100 - 0.2 -
27.0 - 13.0 - - 3/24 3/18 LITHGOW (COOERWULL) 0321 0900 1/ - - 090/05 13.4 12.7 96 - 1.0 -
21.0 - - - - 20/6 20/3 ORANGE AIRPORT AWS 0321 1500 - - - - 040/15 14.5 13.1 91 1014.60.3 - - - HR014
- - - - - - 8/3 ORANGE AIRPORT AWS 0321 1800 - - - - 090/17 13.0 12.4 96 1015.60.9 - - - HR007
- - - - - 0.2/12 0.2/12 ORANGE AIRPORT COMPARISON 0321 0300 10/NW - Calm 15.8 12.3 80 - 30.0 -
21.0 -1.3 - - - 19/6 19/6 ORANGE AIRPORT COMPARISON 0321 1500 6/W - - 050/15 15.0 14.2 95 - 6.0 -
064 Central Western Slopes - north
26.0 -2.3 - - - - - COONABARABRAN (NAMOI STREET) 0321 1500 10/SW - - 270/04 21.1 17.6 80 - 50.0 -
065 Central Western Slopes - south
- - - - - - 3/15 COWRA AIRPORT COMPARISON 0321 0600 -/NW - 090/04 15.4 11.4 77 - 50.0 -
27.0 -2.3 - - - - - WELLINGTON (AGROWPLOW) 0321 1500 15/ - 050/04 25.0 15.2 55 - 5.0 -
066 Sydney Metropolitan - east
28.1 +3.4 - - - - - SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) 0321 0000 6/NW -/- 22.2 17.0 72 1011.11.5 20.0 -
30.2 +5.0 - - - - 4/3 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 0321 0000 25/W 070/09 21.1 17.8 81 1011.5 22.0 -
068 Illawarra
- - - - - - 4/15 BOWRAL (PARRY DRIVE) 0321 0600 1/S - - 180/15 11.4 10.8 96 - 10.0 -
11.0 -11.4 - - - 0.2/6 0.2/6 BOWRAL (PARRY DRIVE) 0321 1500 1/SE - - 130/15 10.8 9.8 94 - 10.0 -
28.0 +3.5 16.0 -0.8 15 23/24 23/18 WOLLONGONG UNIVERSITY 0321 0900 -/- - 180/04 16.7 13.5 81 - 40.0 -
069 South Coast
30.0 +7.2 10.0 -0.5 - 1/24 1/18 NERRIGA COMPOSITE 0321 0900 - - - Calm 11.5 8.6 82 - 50.0 -
070 Southern Tablelands-Goulburn/Monaro
14.0 -10.4 - - - - - CANBERRA AIRPORT 0321 1500 6/SE - - 120/17 13.9 6.8 62 1019.3 40.0 -
13.0 -10.9 - - - - - GOULBURN TAFE 0321 1500 3/SE - - 130/17 12.5 7.8 73 - 15.0 -
28.0 +5.6 10.0 +0.2 - 7/24 7/24 TARALGA POST OFFICE 0321 0900 3/E - - 070/05 10.0 9.8 99 - 1.0 50000 Overnight thunderstorm.
071 Southern Tablelands-Snowy Mountains
3.0 -10.4 - - - - - THREDBO AWS 0321 1500 - - - - 060/13 2.2 1.9 98 1019.20.4 - - - -
073 Southwest Slopes - north
33.0 +3.9 13.0 -0.6 - 1/24 1/18 QUANDIALLA POST OFFICE 0321 0900 -/W 200/09 14.8 9.4 70 - 50.0 -
Victoria
085 West Gippsland
22.0 -0.3 5.0 -4.7 - Tr/24 Tr/18 NOOJEE (SLIVAR) 0321 0900 6/NE - - Calm 6.3 5.4 94 - 50.0 -
Tasmania
094 Southeast and Hobart
- - - - - - - HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) 0321 0300 - - - 360/174 - 1.1 - 1014.91.7 - - 0.5 -
097 West Coast
5.0 - 0.0 - - 31/24 0.6/3 MOUNT READ 0321 0900 - - - - 200/34 1.5 1.5 100 1018.22.4 - - - -
Islands
200 Islands
- - - - - - 9/3 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO 0321 0200 - - - 280/09 23.2 23.1 99 1009.1 - - 3.3 -
- - - - - 57/18 1/3 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO 0321 0500 - - - 290/13 22.8 22.7 99 1006.32.7 - - 4.7 -
31.0 - - - - 12/6 12/3 POINT FAWCETT 0321 1530 - - - - 360/11 25.8 23.9 89 1006.02.0 - - - -