Australian Weather News -- 23 July 2000

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Sunday 23 July 2000

Strong winds across SE Australia as cold front approaches 24Jul00

Departures from normal for top temperatures today

Gusty northwesterly winds covered much of southern SA and NSW, and most of Victoria and Tasmania today as a weakening cold front clipped southern Tasmania this morning and a stronger front approached the region this evening. Gusts to storm force (89 to 117km/h) were reported across all four states, while windy Mt Wellington behind Hobart reported several gusts of hurricane speed (118km/h and above). Details are below. The northwesterlies swept a pool of very warm air that has been hanging around Alice Springs for over a week to the southeast, giving parts of SA, Victoria and Tasmania a taste of spring. Port Arthur had its warmest July day in 20 years at 16.4°, while Colac, west of Geelong in Victoria, recorded its warmest July day in 16 years with the thermometer rising to 17.9°

Today's highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am 46.0 Mt Read Tas 38.0 Quamby Bluff Tas 36.8 Wayatinah B Power Station Tas 33.8 Beauty Flat Road South Esk River Tas High falls for other periods: Tasmania: Luncheon Hill, Northwest: 17.4mm in 2h30m to 10.13pm Mt Read, West Coast: 22mm in 6h to 3am	Today's highest & lowest temps		Other extremes Wind gusts, SA: Neptune Is: 93km/h at 8pm Mt Lofty summit, Adelaide: 102km/h at 7am Wind gusts, NSW: Crackenback, Snowy Mtns: 109km/h at 10.20pm and 11.02pm Wind gusts, Vic: Mt Buller, Northeast: 107km/h at 10.10pm Dunns Hill, Dandenongs: 100km/h at 10.30pm Rhyll, Phillip Is: 91km/h at 9.47pm Kilmore Gap, North Central: 91km/h at 6.51pm, 9.30pm and 10.30pm Wind gusts, Tas: Friendly Beaches, East Coast: 102km/h at 9pm Mt Wellington summit: 128km/h at 11.49am and noon Records set this day Highest maximum temperature for July (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets): Palmers Lookout Port Arthur Tas: 16.4 (16.0, 20)
	Maximum	Minimum
	34.0 Fitzroy Crossing AP WA	23.0 McCluer Is NT 23.0 Coconut Is Qld
	0.0 Crackenback NSW 0.0 Falls Creek Vic	-8.0 Woolbrook NSW
	Greatest variations from normal
	Maximum	Minimum
	+8.7 32.5 Urandangie Qld	+8.9 14.6 Oodnadatta AP SA
	-3.1 14.0 Esperance MO WA	-6.6 -8.0 Woolbrook NSW

Times stated are the clock time in force in the relevant state or territory
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Australian Weather News gratefully acknowledges the Bureau of Meteorology as the collector and main source of meteorological data in Australia, along with the thousands of observers who record the weather and rainfall daily. I also thank Don White, Blair Trewin and the many contributors to the Aussie Weather mailing list who routinely provide much appreciated information.