Australian Weather News -- 11 JUL 2001

Australian Weather News

Wednesday, 11 JUL 2001

Further heavy rain on NSW Coast

After heavy overnight falls on the Illawarra coast (see story yesterday), there were scattered heavy falls again today along the length of the NSW coastline. Among the more notable falls were 50mm at Narooma on the South Coast between 9am and 3pm, and 45.8mm in 30 minutes to 11pm at Narara, just north of Gosford on the Central Coast. A moist, unstable easterly airflow continues to bring slow-moving, heavy showers and small rain areas onto the coast.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 12:21 EDST on 13/07/01
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. 97.2 DARKES FOREST (KINTYRE) Illawarra NSW 87.0 WATTAMOLLA (GRIFFITHS) Illawarra NSW 83.0 WYONG (KANGY ANGY (OURIMBAH CREEK)) Hunter Valley NSW 81.6 BERRY (GRAHAM PARK) Illawarra NSW 80.7 WOLLONGONG UNIVERSITY Illawarra NSW *NEW SOUTH WALES* Hunter Valley 83.0 WYONG (KANGY ANGY (OURIMBAH CREEK)) 59.0 GOSFORD NORTH (GLENNIE ST) 51.2 GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS Sydney--east 68.3 LUCAS HEIGHTS AWS 55.0 CRONULLA SOUTH BOWLING CLUB 53.2 LUCAS HEIGHTS ANSTO Illawarra 97.2 DARKES FOREST (KINTYRE) 87.0 WATTAMOLLA (GRIFFITHS) 81.6 BERRY (GRAHAM PARK) 80.7 WOLLONGONG UNIVERSITY 76.0 KIAMA BOWLING CLUB 70.5 WOLLONGONG POST OFFICE 70.0 ROBERTSON (ST.ANTHONYS) 67.0 ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) 64.0 ALBION PARK POST OFFICE 63.0 WEDDERBURN (BOOALBYN) 63.0 HAMPDEN BRIDGE (KANGAROO RIVER) 58.0 BELLAMBI AWS	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *E Kimberley* HALLS CREEK AIRPORT 18.0mm in 30 min to 09:00 36.0mm/h 18.0mm in 1 hr to 09:00 18.0mm/h *SW & S Coast* WITCHCLIFFE 14.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 14.4mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *MidNorth Coast N* COFFS HARBOUR MO 15.4mm in 30 min to 23:30 30.8mm/h *Hunter Valley* GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 10.0mm in 1 hr to 04:30 10.0mm/h 21.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 7.0mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 06:30 11.6mm/h 11.8mm in 1 hr to 08:00 11.8mm/h 26.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 8.7mm/h 45.8mm in 30 min to 23:00 91.6mm/h 45.8mm in 1 hr to 23:00 45.8mm/h NORAH HEAD AWS 11.4mm in 1 hr to 08:00 11.4mm/h *Sydney--east* SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 10.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 10.4mm/h CANTERBURY RACECOURSE AWS 10.4mm in 1 hr to 01:00 10.4mm/h HOMEBUSH (OLYMPIC STADIUM) AWS 13.6mm in 30 min to 01:00 27.2mm/h 13.8mm in 1 hr to 01:00 13.8mm/h 16.4mm in 1 hr to 01:30 16.4mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.7mm/h *Illawarra* CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS 17.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.7mm/h BELLAMBI AWS 19.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.3mm/h ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) 18.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.0mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.3mm/h *South Coast* MORUYA HEADS PILOT STATION 16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h NAROOMA RVCP 50.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 8.3mm/h ULLADULLA AWS 7.8mm in 18 min to 13:18 26.0mm/h 10.4mm in 1 hr to 14:00 10.4mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.0mm/h MORUYA AIRPORT AWS 15.6mm in 1 hr to 21:00 15.6mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
33.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 33.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT 32.6 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA 32.2 FLYING FOX Roper-McArthur NT 32.0 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA 32.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT	26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 25.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 23.9 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.5 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 23.0 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA 23.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands
1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 1.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 3.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 3.6 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 4.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 4.3 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS	-3.0 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW -3.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -3.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -2.6 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW -2.6 COONABARABRAN (NAMOI STREET) CW Slopes N NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+5.5 17.0 EDI UPPER Upper NE VIC +5.1 14.2 ORANGE AIRPORT COMPARISON C Tablelands S NSW +4.8 15.3 TUMBARUMBA POST OFFICE SW Slopes S NSW +4.5 15.9 BURRINJUCK DAM SW Slopes N NSW +4.4 28.7 WINTON POST OFFICE Northwest QLD +4.4 17.2 BENALLA SHADFORTH STREET Lower NE VIC +4.4 16.1 LAKE EILDON GOULBURN MURRAY WATER (LAKE N Central VIC	+9.0 13.2 WANDERING COMPARISON Gt Southern WA +8.9 20.0 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS Victoria NT +8.2 11.0 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW +7.8 21.8 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA +7.7 22.1 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA
-7.9 20.5 WAVE HILL Victoria NT -6.2 23.0 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS Victoria NT -6.0 10.3 IVANHOE POST OFFICE Southwest Plains NSW -5.8 11.2 WILCANNIA (REID ST) Far Northwest NSW -5.7 11.4 WHITE CLIFFS POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW	-7.3 4.0 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD -6.6 2.0 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA -6.4 -1.4 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA -6.4 7.6 BOWEN AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD -5.7 2.4 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA -5.7 4.4 MORANBAH WATER TREATMENT PLANT Central Coast W QLD
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. None reported	Other extremes ..