 2000km
line of storms in northern NSW, inland Qld
 Minimum
temperature records continue to fall in WA |
Thunderstorms which developed
in a troughline lying through central Queensland and northeastern NSW
today brought widely scattered heavy falls of up to 110mm. The trough harboured
several storms early this morning, with scattered locations on the NSW
North West Slopes and Queensland Darling Downs recording 50 to
60mm to 9 this morning. Storms recurred through the day at some places west
of the divide -- Inverell had three -- before the troughline began
a slow eastward movement around the middle of the day. Murrurundi in
the upper Hunter Valley recorded 53mm between 9am and noon from a storm
complex that moved northeast. By late afternoon, a line of storms
arced gracefully for nearly 2,000 km from the southeastern corner of the
Gulf of Carpentaria to the NSW Mid North Coast. A large area of storms,
which developed in this trough over the NSW Northern Tablelands moved southeast
during the evening, giving another round of heavy rain to parts of the Northwest
Slopes and Mid North Coast just drying out from the afternoon storms. The
heaviest falls for the day ended 9am Monday were at Macksville with
109.5mm and Nambucca Heads 106, while there were many registrations
between 60 and 80mm from Taree to Coffs Harbour and inland to Murrurundi
to Armidale. Woolbrook, 50km ENE of Tamworth, had its heaviest March day's
rain in 43 years of observations with 84mm in the gauge, while nearby Walcha
had 90mm. In Queensland, falls were very isolated, but Blackall
received 66mm between 3 and 9pm, and several centres in the parched Warrego
to Darling Downs area recorded over 50mm. Full details are below
and in the heavy 24-hour rain list for 26 March.
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| Minimum temperatures
compared to normal this morning. BoM |
Cold southeasterlies continued to bring
record cold overnight temperatures to Western Australia this morning,
with the chilliest area moving into the east and north of the state, and
into northern South Australia where Marla recorded its coldest
March morning since records began 15 years ago. In WA's east, Warburton
and Carnegie again broke their record low temperatures set yesterday morning.
Cashmere Downs recorded 7.7 after the minimum of 7.6 yesterday broke its
record of 8.2 in 28 years of observation. See also this special
report.
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National
weather extremes for today
Data provided
by the Bureau
of Meteorology
Last updated at 22:12 EDST on 26/03/01
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| 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 (previous record and years of computerised record shown in
brackets):
Lowest minimum temperature for March:
Marble Bar Comparison WA: 17.0 (17.5,
44)
Yeelirrie WA: 6.6 (7.5, 27)
Warburton Airfield WA: 10.0 (10.0, 10) equal to the record set yesterday
Carnegie WA: 9.1 (11.7, 11) 11.7 was the record set yesterday
Telfer AP WA: 14.5 (16.0, 23)
Marla Police Station SA: 8.2 (9.0, 15) |
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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.
71.6 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA
60.0 CENTRE ISLAND Roper-McArthur NT
57.0 BEARDY JUNCTION Darling Downs E QLD
52.6 PINDARI DAM NW Slopes N NSW
51.0 BUKKULLA (ASHFORD ROAD) NW Slopes N NSW
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N
Kimberley
71.6 KURI BAY
NORTHERN
TERRITORY
Roper-McArthur
60.0
CENTRE ISLAND
QUEENSLAND
Upper
Carpentaria
50.0
VAN LEE
Darling Downs E
57.0 BEARDY JUNCTION
NEW
SOUTH WALES
NW
Slopes N
52.6
PINDARI DAM
51.0 BUKKULLA (ASHFORD ROAD)
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High rainfall for periods
of 6 hours or less.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
E
Kimberley
ARGYLE AERODROME
19.2mm in 25 min to 17:00 46.1mm/h
26.0mm in 1 hr to 17:00 26.0mm/h
39.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 13.0mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Arnhem
WARRUWI
18.6mm in 30 min to 22:00 37.2mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N
Peninsula
WEIPA AERO
7.8mm in 12 min to 18:12 39.0mm/h
10.4mm in 18 min to 18:30 34.7mm/h
24.8mm in 1 hr to 19:00 24.8mm/h
Central West
BLACKALL POST OFFICE
66.0mm in 6 hr to 21:00 11.0mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
NW
Slopes S
TAMWORTH AIRPORT AWS
10.6mm in 22 min to 14:00 28.9mm/h
MidNorth Coast N
KEMPSEY AIRPORT AWS
22.2mm in 1 hr to 18:00 22.2mm/h
COFFS HARBOUR MO
14.0mm in 30 min to 23:30 28.0mm/h
MidNorth Coast S
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT
AWS
32.6mm in 2 hr to 18:00 16.3mm/h
33.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 11.0mm/h
TAREE AIRPORT AWS
19.0mm in 12 min to 14:50 95.0mm/h
28.6mm in 1 hr to 15:00 28.6mm/h
Hunter Valley
MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE
53.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 17.7mm/h
CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS
12.8mm in 29 min to 13:00 26.5mm/h
24.6mm in 1 hr to 13:00 24.6mm/h
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Todays highest &
lowest temperatures
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| Maximum |
Minimum |
37.5
SURAT POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
37.0 ROMA AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
36.9 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
36.1 BLACKALL POST OFFICE Central West QLD
36.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT
36.0 CLERMONT POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD
36.0 EMERALD AIRPORT Central Highlands QLD
36.0 LONGREACH AERO Central West QLD
36.0 INGLEWOOD FOREST Darling Downs E QLD
36.0 GOONDIWINDI AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
36.0 MILES CONSTANCE STREET Darling Downs W QLD
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27.4
MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
27.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
27.0 ALVA BEACH Central Coast E QLD
27.0 RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
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7.2
MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
8.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
9.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
9.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
10.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
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3.0
CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
4.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
4.8 LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC
4.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
5.0 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
5.0 LONGERENONG Wimmera S VIC
5.0 HORSHAM AERODROME Wimmera S VIC
5.0 BENDIGO AIRPORT Upper North VIC
5.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
5.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
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Todays greatest temperature
variations from normal
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| Maximum |
Minimum |
+6.4
35.0 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD
+6.3 30.0 STANTHORPE (GRANITE BELT HRS) Darling
Downs E QLD
+6.0 36.9 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
+5.7 37.5 SURAT POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
+5.6 33.5 LISMORE (CENTRE STREET) North Coast NSW
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+7.1
22.6 TEXAS POST OFFICE Darling Downs E QLD
+6.9 24.4 TAMBO POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD
+6.3 16.2 GUYRA HOSPITAL N Tablelands W NSW
+6.2 23.9 SURAT POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
+6.0 23.0 MILES POST OFFICE Darling Downs W QLD
+6.0 22.7 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
+6.0 17.4 GLEN INNES POST OFFICE N Tablelands W
NSW
+6.0 17.5 GLEN INNES AG RESEARCH STN N Tablelands
W NSW
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-11.9
22.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
-11.2 23.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
-10.3 22.5 LEONORA Goldfields WA
-10.3 23.5 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT
-10.3 21.9 KULGERA Alice Springs NT
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-11.8
6.6 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
-11.4 9.1 CARNEGIE Interior WA
-10.5 13.9 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
-10.3 7.7 CASHMERE DOWNS Goldfields WA
-10.1 9.5 WILUNA Interior WA
-10.1 8.3 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT
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Highest wind gusts above
89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean
windspeed shown in brackets.
NORTH RANKIN PLATFORM E Pilbara
WA : *** (110/ 72 ) at 09:00
OUTER DOLPHIN PYLON Lower West WA : 113 (260/ 19
) at 13:30
NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA : 87 (320/ 72 )
at 11:00
COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA : 117 (240/
43 ) at 11:54
CAPE WILLOUGHBY Kangaroo Is SA : 91 (330/ 65 ) at
12:16
MOUNT LOFTY Mt Lofty Ranges SA : 98 (300/ 70 ) at
12:28
MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC: 130 (300/ 24 ) at
18:30
CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. N Coast TAS: 100 (280/ 54 ) at
15:00
MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 78 (290/ 63 ) at
21:00
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Other extremes
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