 Unseasonally
warm in Tasmania, cool in NSW, Qld
Wet and windy in eastern Victoria, SE NSW |
| Warm air originating from north
of New Zealand swept across Tasmania today, directed by a trough
extending NE from Bass Strait. The mining town of Waratah in the
state's northwest recorded a top of 12.5°, its warmest July day in
18 years of computer records. Elsewhere on the West Coast, Strahan recorded
14.0, Queenstown 14.2 and Strathgordon 13.6 as a föhn effect dried out the
mild easterlies descending Tasmania's Central Plateau. North of the trough,
central and northern NSW shivered as a cold pool stagnated over the
area, the temperature at Glen Innes only reaching 6°. Inland Northern
Queensland experienced an unusually widespread frost for the tropics.
Dry, descending air under a broad ridge combined with calm conditions to
drop the thermometer to 0° at Richmond and Urandangie, and around 2° at
Mt Isa, Julia Creek and Georgetown, all 7 to 9 below average.
A tight pressure gradient around the western
end of the trough in eastern Bass Strait produced moderate falls of rain
in East Gippsland and in far southeastern NSW. Falls of
40 to 50mm were recorded along the coast and nearby mountains to 9 this
morning. A small low in the trough, which remained stationary near Gabo
Island overnight, moved slowly up the NSW South Coast during the day bringing
wind gusts to 100km/h at Green Cape, 25km SE of Eden, and thrusting the
rainband into the NSW Snowy Mountains and the tablelands to their east
(see report for 8 July 2001).
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National
weather extremes for today
Data provided
by the Bureau
of Meteorology
Last updated at 18:12 EDST on 08/07/01
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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
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Records
set this day (previous
record and years of computerised record shown in brackets):
Highest maximum temperature for July:
Waratah Tas: 12.5 (12.2, 18) |
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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.
49.0 EDEN (CARAVAN PARK) South
Coast NSW
47.8 AVON RIVER (THE CHANNEL) W Gippsland VIC
47.0 MT MOORNAPA W Gippsland VIC
43.0 VALENCIA CREEK (LITTLE PLAIN) W Gippsland VIC
NEW SOUTH WALES
South
Coast
49.0 EDEN (CARAVAN PARK)
VICTORIA
W
Gippsland
47.8 AVON RIVER (THE CHANNEL)
47.0 MT MOORNAPA
43.0 VALENCIA CREEK (LITTLE PLAIN)
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High rainfall for periods
of 6 hours or less.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Central
West
GERALDTON AIRPORT
11.0mm in 30 min to 01:30 22.0mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 02:00 11.0mm/h
VICTORIA
E Gippsland
ORBOST
16.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.3mm/h
W Gippsland
BAIRNSDALE AIRPORT
11.4mm in 1 hr to 03:00 11.4mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.3mm/h
MT BAW BAW
17.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.7mm/h
MT MOORNAPA
19.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.3mm/h
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Todays highest & lowest
temperatures
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| Maximum |
Minimum |
33.4 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
33.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
32.7 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
32.2 MANGO FARM Darwin-Daly NT
32.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
32.0 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA
32.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
32.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT
32.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT
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24.3 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
24.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands
23.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
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0.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.7 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
2.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
2.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
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-3.2 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS
-3.0 ARLTUNGA Alice Springs NT
-3.0 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA
-3.0 KINGAROY AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-3.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
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Todays greatest temperature
variations from normal
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| Maximum |
Minimum |
+6.4 25.4 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+6.4 25.5 WILUNA Interior WA
+5.3 26.2 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA
+5.3 12.5 WARATAH (WILLIAM STREET) W Coast TAS
+5.0 23.8 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT Murchison WA
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+7.2 10.8 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+7.0 21.0 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA
+6.6 20.3 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
+6.4 19.0 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
+6.3 17.5 ELLIOTT Barkly NT
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-6.8 9.0 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S NSW
-6.7 8.4 PEAK HILL POST OFFICE CW Plains S NSW
-6.6 6.0 GLEN INNES POST OFFICE N Tablelands W NSW
-6.3 8.0 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW
-6.2 9.0 TRANGIE RESEARCH STATION AWS CW Plains
N NSW
-6.2 11.6 NARRABRI WEST POST OFFICE NW Plains E
NSW
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-9.6 2.5 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria
QLD
-8.8 9.4 COOKTOWN MISSION STRIP N Coast--Barron
QLD
-8.7 0.0 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria
QLD
-8.5 -2.4 EYRE Eucla WA
-7.0 2.2 JULIA CREEK POST OFFICE Gulf Country QLD
-7.0 1.9 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
-7.0 10.1 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
-7.0 0.0 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD
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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.
GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW:
100 ( 70/ 80 ) at 19:25
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 76
(100/ 65 ) at 22:00
KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 W Gippsland VIC: 82 (115/
65 ) at 19:40
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