Heavy
rain moves to NSW Mid North Coast|
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Monday, 07 MAY 2001 |
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| Heavy
rain moves to NSW Mid North Coast |
| A low pressure system developed east of the NSW Mid North Coast overnight, strengthening winds and moving heavy coastal rain north from the Hunter toward Taree and Port Macquarie. Overnight and into this morning, the heaviest rain was on the northern side of the lower Hunter Valley, with Clarence Town recording 140mm in the day ended 9am, and locations between Nelson Bay and Gloucester reporting falls of more than 100mm. Forster recorded 84.8mm, all falling between 3pm yesterday and 9 this morning. Minor flooding was reported in lower Hunter streams. During the day, steady moderate to heavy rain continued in the same area. Short-duration falls were not heavy enough to make it into the high rainfall list below, with most places reporting periods of steady rain between 5 and 10mm/hour. Clarence Town recorded a further 126.2mm to 9am Tuesday, giving it a 2-day total of 266.2mm, while Dungog PO's 104mm this morning and 109.8 on Tuesday morning gave a respectable 2-day total of 213.8mm. Comboyne recorded 159 and Taree Airport 122mm for the day ended 9am Tuesday. Rain eased after midnight tonight as the low moved slowly away to the east. |
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National
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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 | |
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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. 140.0 CLARENCE TOWN (GREY ST) Hunter
Valley NSW |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. |
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Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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37.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA 36.0 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA 36.0 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA 35.5 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 35.3 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA |
27.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 27.0 VARANUS ISLAND Islands 27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 26.8 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 26.0 BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA 26.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT |
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2.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 3.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 4.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 5.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 6.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC |
-5.3 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS -3.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -1.8 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS -1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -1.0 CRESSY RESEARCH STATION AWS N Coast TAS -1.0 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
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+10.1 31.0 EUCLA Eucla WA +7.2 28.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +6.8 27.5 BALLADONIA Eucla WA +6.6 28.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA +6.3 35.0 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA |
+9.6 17.9 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA +9.0 18.6 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA +8.6 17.5 BALGAIR Eucla WA +8.6 18.5 WILUNA Interior WA +8.5 16.6 BALLADONIA Eucla WA |
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-5.8 15.5 SOUTH WEST ROCKS (SMOKY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE) MidNorth
Coast N NSW -4.9 14.2 PEATS RIDGE (WARATAH ROAD) Hunter Valley NSW -4.8 8.1 KATOOMBA (NARROW NECK RD) C Tablelands S NSW -4.7 15.7 PARRAMATTA NORTH (MASONS DRIVE) Sydney--east NSW -4.6 15.8 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S NSW -4.6 18.0 KEMPSEY (WIDE STREET) MidNorth Coast N NSW |
-7.2 2.4 PHILLIP ISLAND PENGUIN RESERVE E Central
VIC -4.9 4.2 CAPE NORTHUMBERLAND Lower SE SA -4.4 12.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT -4.3 4.5 MOORABBIN AIRPORT E Central VIC -4.3 1.3 ARARAT PRISON Western Plains VIC |
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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. CAPE LEEUWIN SW & S Coast WA
: 113 (300/ 87 ) at 12:27 |
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