Australian Weather News

Sunday, 11 MAR 2001

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NSW North Coast floods continue
Scattered heavy rain across Qld, NSW
The NSW North Coast floods are covered in this special report.

Widely spread storms brought heavy downpours northwest of Brisbane, and to the west and north of Sydney today. Early morning storms in Queensland's South Coast Curtis region brought Biloela 35mm and Gayndah 50mm in the 6 hours period to 3am, while Mundubera reported 87mm for the day ended 9am, all likely to have fallen in a storm. A band of heavy rain, not apparently associated with thunder, crossed the NSW northern Blue Mountains west of Sydney mid-morning giving around 50mm in just over an hour to Blackheath and Mt Boyce. Storms in the early evening gave Narara, north of Gosford, 64mm in a few hours either side of 6pm. Kangy Angy, a little farther north, reported 110mm for the day to 9am Monday, most likely to have fallen in the storm. Albury reported an afternoon storm with hail, with 15mm falling in the hour to 3pm.

National weather extremes for today
Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 18:15 EDST on 12/03/01

Quality control note: Data is complete, and has been visually checked by AWN for gross errors. Less obvious errors may remain. See Explanation of Extremes Pages for more information
Records set this day (none known)

Todays highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am. It includes the top 5 totals received, and/or all reported falls of 50mm or more.

141.0 LOWANNA (CAVANAGHS ROAD) MidNorth Coast N NSW
113.0 MT TAMBORINE ALERT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
100.0 BOWRA SUGARLOAF MidNorth Coast N NSW
99.8 MT TAMBORINE FERN ST Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
99.4 LANARK Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    E Kimberley
50.4 MOUNT WINIFRED
    W Kimberley
57.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO
51.4 ROEBUCK PLAINS

NORTHERN TERRITORY
    Darwin-Daly
50.3 TERRITORY WILDLIFE PARK

QUEENSLAND
    Wide Bay/Burnett
87.0 MUNDUBBERA
50.4 GAYNDAH POST OFFICE
    Brisbane/SE Coast
113.0 MT TAMBORINE ALERT
99.8 MT TAMBORINE FERN ST
99.4 LANARK
90.0 CLEARVIEW TM
87.0 CLEARVIEW ALERT
82.0 COOLANGATTA AIRPORT
80.4 DUNOLLIE
78.0 FORESTDALE(JOHNSON RD)AL
77.0 GLENGAVEN
74.8 NERANG GILSTON RD
69.0 GREENBANK(THOMPSON RD)AL
65.0 LOWER SPRINGBROOK ALERT
62.0 WONGAWALLAN ALERT
50.0 CANUNGRA FINCH ROAD
    Darling Downs E
56.6 BALLON TM
    Darling Downs W
54.6 BARAKULA FOREST STN

NEW SOUTH WALES
    N Tablelands E
84.0 DRAKE GENERAL STORE
56.2 TABULAM (MUIRNE)
    North Coast
82.0 BUSBY FLAT
79.0 MURWILLUMBAH (BRAY PARK)
60.0 MULLUMBIMBY (FAIRVIEW FARM)
57.0 NASHUA (WILSONS RIVER)
56.6 ALSTONVILLE TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH STAT
50.7 WHIPORIE POST OFFICE
    MidNorth Coast N
141.0 LOWANNA (CAVANAGHS ROAD)
100.0 BOWRA SUGARLOAF
98.0 DORRIGO (OLD CORAMBA RD)
92.0 DORRIGO POST OFFICE
55.0 GIRRALONG

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    W Kimberley
BROOME AIRPORT
9.8mm in 7 min to 03:16 84.0mm/h

NORTHERN TERRITORY
    Darwin-Daly
GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS
18.4mm in 1 hr 1 min to 15:30 18.1mm/h

QUEENSLAND
    Brisbane/SE Coast
TEWANTIN RSL PARK
20.2mm in 1 hr to 05:00 20.2mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
    NW Plains E
MOREE AERO
13.2mm in 30 min to 22:00 26.4mm/h
    Hunter Valley
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS
42.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 14.0mm/h
64.0mm in 6 hr to 21:00 10.7mm/h
NORAH HEAD AWS
26.0mm in 30 min to 19:00 52.0mm/h
26.2mm in 1 hr to 19:00 26.2mm/h
38.2mm in 1 hr to 19:30 38.2mm/h
43.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 14.3mm/h
    C Tablelands S
MOUNT BOYCE AWS
27.4mm in 40 min to 09:00 41.1mm/h
34.4mm in 1 hr to 09:00 34.4mm/h
45.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 15.0mm/h
    Sydney--west
HOLSWORTHY CONTROL RANGE
14.2mm in 30 min to 16:00 28.4mm/h
HORSLEY PARK EQUESTRIAN CENTRE AWS
13.2mm in 30 min to 16:30 26.4mm/h
    Goulburn/Monaro
TUGGERANONG (ISABELLA PLAINS)
19.2mm in 30 min to 21:30 38.4mm/h
23.6mm in 1 hr to 22:00 23.6mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures

Maximum Minimum
41.3 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
41.0 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
40.9 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD
40.6 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
40.0 PHOSPHATE HILL AIRPORT Northwest QLD
40.0 WINTON POST OFFICE Northwest QLD
 28.0 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
28.0 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
27.9 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
27.5 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
27.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.0 SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
27.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
9.3 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS
10.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
11.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
12.2 CRADLE MOUNTAIN AIRSTRIP Central Plateau TAS
12.5 BARREN TIER Central Plateau TAS
 -3.1 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS
-1.3 CRADLE MOUNTAIN AIRSTRIP Central Plateau TAS
-1.2 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
-0.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
0.0 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+11.2   37.0 PRICE Yorke Peninsula SA
+8.5   37.0 GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS Riverina W NSW
+7.9   36.1 NARRANDERA GOLF CLUB Riverina E NSW
+7.6   36.7 HILLSTON AIRPORT Riverina W NSW
+7.3   38.0 IVANHOE POST OFFICE Southwest Plains NSW
 +8.0   23.2 HILLSTON AIRPORT Riverina W NSW
+7.8   20.2 COWRA AIRPORT CW Slopes S NSW
+7.3   21.5 NARRANDERA GOLF CLUB Riverina E NSW
+7.2   16.8 ORANGE AIRPORT COMPARISON C Tablelands S NSW
+7.1   20.5 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
-10.2   24.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
-8.6   24.2 LEONORA Goldfields WA
-8.4   21.0 BALGAIR Eucla WA
-8.1   21.8 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
-8.0   26.4 CARNEGIE Interior WA
 -5.6   8.1 WINDY HARBOUR SW & S Coast WA
-5.4   2.5 GROVE RESEARCH STATION Southeast TAS
-5.1   9.0 LAKE GRACE POST OFFICE Gt Southern WA
-5.0   0.5 TARRALEAH CHALET Derwent Valley TAS

Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets.

No reports of wind gusts above 90km/h or sustained winds above 63km/h

Other extremes

Flood peaks in NSW:

Severn at Ridgelands: 6.01m at 1pm
Macintyre at Yetman: 6.11m at 7.30pm with minor flooding
Clarence at Ulmarra: estimated 6.2m around 2am with major flooding
Clarence at Maclean: around 3.26m at 6pm with major flooding