Australian Weather News -- 03 APR 2001

Australian Weather News

Tuesday, 03 APR 2001

Heavy showers on NSW Mid North Coast
Storms cause damage in NSW Central West

The tail of a cold front weakening on the NSW Mid North Coast brought several hours of heavy rain this morning. Port Macquarie recorded 59mm at the airport between 3 and 9am, while the town's Hill Street gauge, on the coast, recorded 70mm. Smoky Cape, 60km to the north, recorded 50mm between 6am and noon.

Storms that developed in an inland trough through Central Western NSW this afternoon caused widespread power outages and some damage in an area from Cowra through Orange to Coonabarabran and west to Narromine. A house was damaged in the village of Dripstone, south of Wellington, while hail turning to ice made conditions unsafe on the Mitchell Highway near Wellington.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 21:50 EDST on 04/04/01
Quality control note: Data is not yet complete, with some NT rainfall data, and all data between 03 and 08UTC missing. This page will be rerun with the missing data added on Monday 10 April. Data is as received in real time, and may contain errors. 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. 149.0 NORTH EAST ISLAND Islands 84.0 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands 70.2 PORT MACQUARIE (HILL STREET) MidNorth Coast S NSW 59.0 PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS MidNorth Coast S NSW 56.8 LOWER PORTLAND (HAWKESBURY RIVER) Sydney--west NSW *NEW SOUTH WALES* MidNorth Coast S 70.2 PORT MACQUARIE (HILL STREET) 59.0 PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS C Tablelands S 50.4 KURRAJONG HEIGHTS (BELLS LINE OF ROAD) Sydney--west 56.8 LOWER PORTLAND (HAWKESBURY RIVER) *ISLANDS* Islands 149.0 NORTH EAST ISLAND 84.0 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Arnhem* MANINGRIDA 31.0mm in 3 hr to 20:30 10.3mm/h WARRUWI 20.6mm in 30 min to 19:30 41.2mm/h 20.6mm in 1 hr to 19:30 20.6mm/h 24.4mm in 1 hr to 20:00 24.4mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *MidNorth Coast N* SOUTH WEST ROCKS (SMOKY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE) 31.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 10.3mm/h *MidNorth Coast S* PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 27.6mm in 1 hr to 06:00 27.6mm/h 30.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 10.0mm/h *ISLANDS* *Islands* NORTH EAST ISLAND 48.0mm in 3 hr to 02:30 16.0mm/h 50.0mm in 3 hr to 03:30 16.7mm/h 40.0mm in 3 hr to 04:30 13.3mm/h 34.0mm in 3 hr to 11:30 11.3mm/h 33.0mm in 3 hr to 12:30 11.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
39.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA 38.9 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA 38.3 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA 38.2 DAMPIER PORT E Pilbara WA 38.1 KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA	27.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 27.0 VARANUS ISLAND Islands 26.5 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 26.4 DAMPIER PORT E Pilbara WA 26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
9.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 10.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 10.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 11.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 11.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC	-3.9 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS -1.7 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -1.6 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC -1.2 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS -1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+10.6 34.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA +9.8 34.9 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA +9.8 35.2 HYDEN Gt Southern WA +9.0 33.0 CORRIGIN Gt Southern WA +9.0 33.4 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA	+7.6 23.2 QUILPIE AIRPORT Far SW QLD +7.0 19.2 WHITE CLIFFS POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW +6.8 16.2 DUNEDOO POST OFFICE CW Slopes N NSW +6.2 18.2 PEAK HILL POST OFFICE CW Plains S NSW +5.8 19.0 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
-4.9 27.0 ALYANGULA POLICE Arnhem NT -4.8 19.0 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW -4.2 19.6 PARRAMATTA NORTH (MASONS DRIVE) Sydney--east NSW -4.1 19.4 PROSPECT DAM Sydney--west NSW -3.9 27.0 GOVE AIRPORT Arnhem NT -3.9 19.8 BANKSTOWN AIRPORT AWS Sydney--east NSW	-7.7 3.0 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS -7.5 3.4 PHILLIP ISLAND PENGUIN RESERVE E Central VIC -6.4 3.8 SCORESBY RESEARCH INSTITUTE E Central VIC -6.1 4.8 CAPE NORTHUMBERLAND Lower SE SA -5.9 2.5 HORSHAM (POLKEMMETT) Wimmera S VIC
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. CENTRE ISLAND Roper-McArthur NT : 72 (130/ 63 ) at 01:55 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD: 80 (130/ 69 ) at 20:00	Other extremes ..