Australian Weather News -- 02 APR 2001

Australian Weather News

Monday, 02 APR 2001

Storms cause damage around Sydney
Heavy rain as low develops of Arnhem Land Coast NT

A severe storm running up the coast off Sydney brought strong winds, heavy rain and 2.5cm hail to coastal suburbs from Cronulla to Coogee shortly before midday. Trees were brought down and a few buildings damaged, with the Maroubra Surf Club losing its roof. The SES received over 20 calls for help. 21mm fell at Little Bay in the hour to noon. Later in the afternoon, a storm that tracked NE from around Oberon dumped over 50mm at Kurrajong Heights and Lower Portland, about 50km NW of Sydney.

A developing tropical low pressure system in the western Gulf of Carpentaria dumped 83mm in 3 hours to 6am on Gove Airport this morning for a 24 hour to 9am total of 118mm. The system went on to give North East Island 149mm in the day ended 9am Tuesday.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 21:45 EDST on 04/04/01
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. 129.0 NABALCO MINE SITE Arnhem NT 123.2 WILDMAN RANGERS Darwin-Daly NT 118.0 GOVE AIRPORT Arnhem NT 104.0 INNISFAIL N Coast--Herbert QLD 97.0 DARADGEE N Coast--Herbert QLD *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Arnhem 129.0 NABALCO MINE SITE 118.0 GOVE AIRPORT Roper-McArthur 68.0 CENTRE ISLAND Darwin-Daly 123.2 WILDMAN RANGERS 80.8 LABELLE DOWNS 75.0 BATCHELOR AERO 53.0 ADELAIDE RIVER POST OFFICE *QUEENSLAND* S Peninsula 79.2 LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT N Coast--Barron 94.2 CAPE TRIBULATION STORE 70.0 TOPAZ 68.0 DAINTREE TEA 68.0 TOPAZ ALERT 61.0 LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE 56.0 BOLINDA ESTATE TM 56.0 COPPERLODE DAM ALERT 50.0 SOUTH MOSSMAN ALCHERA DVE N Coast--Herbert 104.0 INNISFAIL 97.0 DARADGEE 88.0 INNISFAIL WHARF ALERT 76.0 TUNG OIL TM 73.0 TUNG OIL ALERT 67.0 CORSIS ALERT 64.0 MARCO STREET ALERT 61.0 JARRA CREEK TM 58.0 TULLY MCQUILLAN ST 58.0 NERADA ALERT 53.0 TULLY TM 50.0 SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Arnhem* GOVE AIRPORT 13.4mm in 30 min to 03:00 26.8mm/h 20.4mm in 1 hr to 03:30 20.4mm/h 22.2mm in 30 min to 05:30 44.4mm/h 32.2mm in 1 hr to 05:30 32.2mm/h 83.0mm in 3 hr to 05:30 27.7mm/h 38.0mm in 1 hr to 06:30 38.0mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *Gulf Country* KOWANYAMA AIRPORT 34.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 11.3mm/h *ISLANDS* *Islands* NORTH EAST ISLAND 43.0mm in 3 hr to 11:30 14.3mm/h 55.0mm in 3 hr to 13:30 18.3mm/h 70.0mm in 6 hr to 14:30 11.7mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
38.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA 38.0 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA 37.7 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA 37.6 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 37.3 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA	28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 26.5 WILLIS ISLAND Islands 26.1 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 25.7 NORMANTON POST OFFICE Gulf Country QLD 25.5 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA
3.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 4.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 6.2 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 8.5 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 9.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC	-1.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 0.0 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 0.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 1.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC 1.0 LAUNCESTON AIRPORT N Coast TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+11.7 33.5 ALBANY AIRPORT SW & S Coast WA +10.9 32.0 MOUNT BARKER SW & S Coast WA +10.4 33.0 ONGERUP Gt Southern WA +10.0 36.0 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA +10.0 32.9 NARROGIN Gt Southern WA +10.0 33.7 WANDERING COMPARISON Gt Southern WA	+8.8 21.9 MARREE NE Pastoral SA +7.4 16.4 WANDERING COMPARISON Gt Southern WA +7.1 24.1 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD +6.9 20.9 CARNAMAH Central West WA +6.9 17.0 DWELLINGUP FORESTRY SW & S Coast WA +6.9 16.6 WYALONG POST OFFICE SW Slopes N NSW
-5.8 12.3 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS -5.1 27.0 CENTRE ISLAND Roper-McArthur NT -4.9 27.0 ALYANGULA POLICE Arnhem NT -4.7 13.8 OMEO Upper NE VIC -4.4 3.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS -4.4 9.4 TARRALEAH CHALET Derwent Valley TAS	-6.1 10.5 SOUTH WEST ROCKS (SMOKY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE) MidNorth Coast N NSW -5.6 1.0 LAUNCESTON AIRPORT N Coast TAS -5.2 2.6 ST HELENS POST OFFICE E Coast TAS -5.0 10.7 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA -4.9 4.3 KEITH Upper SE SA
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: 78 (240/ 69 ) at 00:30 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 91 (290/ 80 ) at 00:05	Other extremes ..