Australian Weather News -- 01 APR 2001

Australian Weather News

Sunday, 01 APR 2001

Heavy rain brings flooding south of Cairns Qld
Windy in Tasmania

Heavy showers and rain areas moving onto the Queensland North Tropical Coast in a moist trade wind have given coastal areas south of Cairns up to 250mm over the past two days. Tully McQuillan Street gauge recorded 245mm in the 2 days ended 9 this morning, while totals for the 3½ days to 9 this evening included 339 at Tully, 335 at Jarrah Creek and 284 at Bolinda Estate. The showers intensified today, with Innisfail recording 89mm between 9am and 3pm. Minor flooding occurred in the Tully River, with a peak of 7.4m, 1.4 above the minor flood level, expected at Euramo overnight into Monday.

Two cold fronts sweeping across Tasmania today produced storm force winds and hail in highland and coastal areas. Maatsuyker Island reported winds averaging 102km/h and gusting to 115 around 7pm as the second front moved through.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 22:06 EDST on 03/04/01
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. 139.0 MENAVALE ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD 135.0 JARRA CREEK TM N Coast--Herbert QLD 134.0 TULLY MCQUILLAN ST N Coast--Herbert QLD 132.0 BOLINDA ESTATE TM N Coast--Barron QLD 119.0 TULLY TM N Coast--Herbert QLD *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Darwin-Daly 78.0 GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS *QUEENSLAND* S Peninsula 59.8 LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT N Coast--Barron 132.0 BOLINDA ESTATE TM 112.6 TAMARIND GDNS RENNEL CL 96.0 COPPERLODE DAM ALERT 71.8 CAPE TRIBULATION STORE 68.0 TOPAZ 65.4 CAIRNS SEVERIN ST 57.0 TOPAZ ALERT 54.0 BARTLE VIEW ALERT N Coast--Herbert 139.0 MENAVALE ALERT 135.0 JARRA CREEK TM 134.0 TULLY MCQUILLAN ST 119.0 TULLY TM 97.0 CRAWFORDS LOOKOUT ALERT 84.0 CORSIS ALERT 70.0 DARADGEE 70.0 TUNG OIL TM 69.0 SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN 66.0 TUNG OIL ALERT 61.0 MARCO STREET ALERT 54.0 GAIRLOCH 52.0 NERADA ALERT	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Arnhem* MILINGIMBI 5.4mm in 12 min to 20:12 27.0mm/h 10.4mm in 18 min to 20:30 34.7mm/h *Roper-McArthur* CENTRE ISLAND 28.4mm in 1 hr to 13:30 28.4mm/h *Darwin-Daly* BATCHELOR AERO 9.6mm in 11 min to 19:43 52.4mm/h 19.0mm in 19 min to 20:02 60.0mm/h 41.0mm in 3 hr to 20:30 13.7mm/h 20.8mm in 1 hr to 21:30 20.8mm/h 31.0mm in 3 hr to 23:30 10.3mm/h GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS 21.2mm in 1 hr to 11:30 21.2mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *S Peninsula* LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT 39.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 13.0mm/h 48.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 16.0mm/h *Gulf Country* KOWANYAMA AIRPORT 24.0mm in 1 hr to 23:00 24.0mm/h MORNINGTON ISLAND 12.0mm in 34 min to 04:30 21.2mm/h *N Coast--Barron* CAIRNS AERO 24.0mm in 30 min to 09:00 48.0mm/h 24.0mm in 1 hr to 09:00 24.0mm/h LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE 22.6mm in 2 hr to 16:00 11.3mm/h *N Coast--Herbert* SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN 20.4mm in 1 hr to 09:00 20.4mm/h 38.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 12.7mm/h 26.4mm in 1 hr to 10:00 26.4mm/h 36.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 12.0mm/h *ISLANDS* *Islands* NORTH EAST ISLAND 35.0mm in 3 hr to 09:30 11.7mm/h 35.0mm in 3 hr to 10:30 11.7mm/h CAPE WESSEL 36.0mm in 3 hr to 13:30 12.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
39.5 ENEABBA Central West WA 39.0 GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA 38.0 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA 38.0 SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA 37.7 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA	27.3 WILLIS ISLAND Islands 26.6 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 26.0 VARANUS ISLAND Islands 25.2 NORMANTON POST OFFICE Gulf Country QLD 25.1 BLACK POINT Darwin-Daly NT
7.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 8.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 8.7 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 11.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 11.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC	1.8 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW 1.8 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 2.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW 2.5 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW 3.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+11.5 36.8 LANCELIN Lower West WA +11.4 39.0 GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA +10.7 39.5 ENEABBA Central West WA +9.5 35.7 JURIEN Lower West WA +9.0 35.2 MOORA Central West WA	+8.5 15.6 ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE C Tablelands S NSW +7.0 17.6 HILLSTON AIRPORT Riverina W NSW +6.1 18.3 WHITE CLIFFS POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW +6.0 17.7 WILCANNIA (REID ST) Far Northwest NSW +6.0 15.9 HAY MILLER STREET Riverina W NSW
-3.9 28.0 ALYANGULA POLICE Arnhem NT -3.9 25.3 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD -3.2 28.9 CENTRE ISLAND Roper-McArthur NT -3.1 26.1 CARDWELL EDEN ST N Coast--Herbert QLD -2.9 28.0 GOVE AIRPORT Arnhem NT	-8.3 8.0 KALBARRI Central West WA -5.4 15.7 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA -5.1 10.6 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA -4.5 16.0 TELFER AERO Interior WA -4.3 7.2 LAKE GRACE POST OFFICE Gt Southern WA -4.3 12.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE 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: 74 (240/ 63 ) at 23:30 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 115 (310/102 ) at 19:07 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 106 (250/ 82 ) at 17:12 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS: 87 (280/ 67 ) at 13:26	Other extremes ..