Australian Weather News

Tuesday, 27 MAR 2001

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Warm, humid and thundery in SE Qld
Cold and windy in Tasmania
Record cold nights continue in WA
The Brisbane area again experienced a very warm, muggy night, with the temperature only dropping to 24.4 at the airport and 24 at the Brisbane City AWS. Humidity levels were close to 100% for much of the night, as the trough that brought heavy rain to the NSW North Coast on Sunday stalled over SE Qld and continued to feed moist, unstable northeasterlies over the capital. Storms developed late last night and gave some heavy falls, with Cape Moreton recording 52.6mm in the hour to 1am, Brisbane Airport 33mm in 30 minutes to 7.30am, and Toombul, just NW of central Brisbane, recording 110 for the day ended 9am.

In the south, cold winds, hail showers and light highland snow gave Tasmania another taste of winter, while Wilsons Promontory in Victoria recorded wind gusts to 126km/h and sustained winds of 104km/h early this morning.

Overnight temperatures continued to set new records in northern Western Australia. See special report.

National weather extremes for today
Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 17:59 EDST on 28/03/01

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 (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets):
Lowest minimum temperature for March:
Western Australia:
Roebourne: 18.5 (19.0, 42)
Onslow Airport: 16.0 (17.8, 34)
Carnarvon Airport: 13.0 (13.4, 55)
Gascoyne Junction: 13.0 (13.4, 27)
Nyang Station: 15.6 (17.4, 28)
Murchison: 9.0 (10.0, 11) 10.0 was the record set yesterday
Three Rivers: 8.4 (9.4, 29)
Carnegie: 12.3 (12.6, 11)
Telfer Airfield: 14.4 (16.0, 24)

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.

110.0 TOOMBUL BOWLS CLUB Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
82.0 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
65.0 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA
60.2 CAPE KEERWEER N Peninsula QLD
57.6 BANYO SEMINARY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    N Kimberley
65.0 KURI BAY
50.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND

NORTHERN TERRITORY
    Darwin-Daly
54.8 CHANNEL POINT

QUEENSLAND
    N Peninsula
60.2 CAPE KEERWEER
    Brisbane/SE Coast
110.0 TOOMBUL BOWLS CLUB
82.0 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE
57.6 BANYO SEMINARY
51.6 KILKIVAN POST OFFICE

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


NORTHERN TERRITORY
    Arnhem
MILINGIMBI
5.8mm in 8 min to 13:02 43.5mm/h
19.0mm in 28 min to 13:30 40.7mm/h
24.8mm in 1 hr to 13:30 24.8mm/h
30.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 10.0mm/h
GOVE AIRPORT
7.6mm in 10 min to 08:30 45.6mm/h
7.6mm in 16 min to 08:46 28.5mm/h
12.2mm in 1 hr 8 min to 17:00 10.8mm/h

QUEENSLAND
    N Peninsula
WEIPA AERO
20.6mm in 1 hr to 17:30 20.6mm/h
    Brisbane/SE Coast
CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE
52.6mm in 1 hr to 01:00 52.6mm/h
BRISBANE AERO
33.0mm in 30 min to 07:30 66.0mm/h
33.0mm in 1 hr to 08:00 33.0mm/h
24.8mm in 30 min to 09:00 49.6mm/h
24.8mm in 1 hr to 09:00 24.8mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures

Maximum Minimum
36.8 JULIA CREEK POST OFFICE Gulf Country QLD
36.8 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
35.8 NORMANTON POST OFFICE Gulf Country QLD
35.7 ENEABBA Central West WA
35.6 CROYDON TOWNSHIP Gulf Country QLD
 27.3 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
27.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
26.4 CENTRE ISLAND Roper-McArthur NT
26.3 HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
3.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
3.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
4.9 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
5.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
5.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
 -0.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
0.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
0.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
0.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+6.5   30.5 ALBANY AIRPORT SW & S Coast WA
+6.4   29.0 CAPE LEEUWIN SW & S Coast WA
+6.3   30.5 PEMBERTON SW & S Coast WA
+5.5   30.0 MANJIMUP SW & S Coast WA
+5.3   29.3 MOUNT BARKER SW & S Coast WA
 +6.0   24.2 NAMBOUR DPI Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+5.9   24.0 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+5.9   24.0 MURWILLUMBAH (BRAY PARK) North Coast NSW
+5.8   23.9 ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+5.4   22.7 LISMORE (CENTRE STREET) North Coast NSW
+5.4   22.6 CASINO AIRPORT North Coast NSW
-8.8   15.8 CASTLEMAINE PRISON N Central VIC
-8.8   8.5 TARRALEAH CHALET Derwent Valley TAS
-8.1   14.0 BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
-7.9   26.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
-7.9   17.0 COONAWARRA Lower SE SA
 -12.4   8.4 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA
-11.1   9.0 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
-10.0   14.4 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
-9.7   11.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
-9.5   14.4 TELFER AERO Interior WA

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

WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 126 (240/104 ) at 18:32
KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 W Gippsland VIC: 76 (264/ 67 ) at 00:00
CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. N Coast TAS: 98 (230/ 63 ) at 16:00
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 98 (280/ 85 ) at 04:14
MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 109 (240/ 78 ) at 04:40

Other extremes

Flood peaks:
Macintyre at Yetman: 5.67m at midday with minor flooding