Australian Weather News -- 27 JUL 2001

Australian Weather News

Friday, 27 JUL 2001

Low brings rain to NSW and SE Qld, gales to coastal NSW

The low that developed in an inland trough in NE NSW yesterday continued to track SE overnight. Around dawn, it crossed the coast north of the Hunter, then deepened dramatically from 1005hPa at 4pm to 990hPa at 10pm. Gales developed around the low as it span up, while moderate to heavy rain, resulting mostly from convergence into the trough, was widespread from the central Queensland coast south to around Sydney. Rain on the Queensland and NSW North Coast petered out mid morning after giving falls of 50 to 70mm in the mountains and exposed coastal locations around Brisbane and across the border in NE NSW. During the evening, as the low span up off the Hunter coast, moderate rain fell in the Hunter with Cessnock recording 20mm in 3 hours to 6pm.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 18:45 EDST on 29/07/01
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 (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets): Highest daily rainfall for July: Stanthorpe (Granite Belt HRS) Qld: 40.0 (39.2, 29)
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. 71.2 SPRINGBROOK TM Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 70.6 ROSEDALE POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 66.0 SANDY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 63.0 LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 61.4 LILLIAN ROCK (WILLIAMS ROAD) North Coast NSW *QUEENSLAND* Wide Bay/Burnett 70.6 ROSEDALE POST OFFICE 66.0 SANDY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE 63.0 LADY ELLIOT ISLAND 51.2 GIN GIN POST OFFICE Brisbane/SE Coast 71.2 SPRINGBROOK TM 58.8 MT GLORIOUS FAHEY RD 57.6 MT NEBO POST OFFICE 52.0 MURGON POST OFFICE 51.0 LOWER SPRINGBROOK ALERT 50.0 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE *NEW SOUTH WALES* North Coast 61.4 LILLIAN ROCK (WILLIAMS ROAD) 59.3 NIMBIN POST OFFICE *ISLANDS* Islands 55.2 WILLIS ISLAND	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *QUEENSLAND* *Wide Bay/Burnett* LADY ELLIOT ISLAND 17.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.7mm/h SANDY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE 17.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.7mm/h *Brisbane/SE Coast* CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE 16.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.3mm/h COOLANGATTA AIRPORT 17.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.7mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *North Coast* BALLINA AIRPORT AWS 13.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 13.8mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.3mm/h 12.8mm in 1 hr to 01:00 12.8mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.0mm/h CASINO AIRPORT AWS 26.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 8.7mm/h *MidNorth Coast N* COFFS HARBOUR MO 20.0mm in 30 min to 23:00 40.0mm/h 20.0mm in 1 hr to 23:00 20.0mm/h *Hunter Valley* WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 13.2mm in 1 hr to 00:00 13.2mm/h CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS 6.0mm in 18 min to 15:18 20.0mm/h 10.0mm in 42 min to 16:00 14.3mm/h 16.0mm in 1 hr to 16:00 16.0mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.7mm/h *Sydney--east* SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 10.8mm in 30 min to 23:00 21.6mm/h *ISLANDS* *Islands* LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO 25.6mm in 30 min to 22:30 51.2mm/h 26.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 26.4mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 23:00 6.3mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
32.0 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD 31.0 COEN AIRPORT N Peninsula QLD 31.0 PALMERVILLE S Peninsula QLD 30.8 MUSGRAVE S Peninsula QLD 30.0 MILINGIMBI Arnhem NT 30.0 KOWANYAMA AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD	25.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 24.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands 23.8 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 22.2 WILLIS ISLAND Islands
0.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 0.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 2.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 2.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC 2.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC	-1.6 MELTON MOWBRAY(NORTH STOCKMAN) Southeast TAS -1.5 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS -1.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC -1.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -1.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+5.9 17.4 EDI UPPER Upper NE VIC +5.2 26.7 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA +5.2 20.0 ONGERUP Gt Southern WA +5.2 21.7 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA +4.9 27.0 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA	+9.3 9.5 BARRABA POST OFFICE NW Slopes N NSW +8.7 7.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW +8.4 10.0 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S NSW +8.2 12.8 LIVERPOOL (WHITLAM CENTRE) Sydney--west NSW +8.2 11.0 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW
-6.0 23.3 WOLLOGORANG Roper-McArthur NT -5.8 22.5 ELLIOTT Barkly NT -5.6 13.7 MILES POST OFFICE Darling Downs W QLD -5.4 12.4 NARRABRI WEST POST OFFICE NW Plains E NSW -5.1 21.5 BRUNETTE DOWNS Barkly NT	-8.2 0.7 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD -8.1 2.5 BRUNETTE DOWNS Barkly NT -7.5 5.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT -7.1 4.0 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS Victoria NT -6.5 2.7 JULIA CREEK POST OFFICE Gulf Country QLD
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA : 85 (360/ 70 ) at 18:30 BUSSELTON JETTY SW & S Coast WA : 78 ( 20/ 67 ) at 18:00 MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW: 85 (210/ 67 ) at 23:58 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 72 (240/ 63 ) at 18:00	Other extremes ..