Cold,
windy in NSW, Vic, Tas 
14Oct01|
Australian Weather News |
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Wednesday, 08 AUG 2001 |
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| Cold,
windy in NSW, Vic, Tas 14Oct01 |
| Cold, gusty southwesterly winds spread across Victoria and southern and central NSW today as a secondary low pressure system that developed west of Tasmania yesterday deepened to 989hPa before crossing the island state this morning. The strong winds developed as a tight pressure gradient formed between the low and a high of around 1025hPa moving in across northern South Australia. The strongest winds were reported from the usual, most exposed coastal locations, with Wilsons Promontory Vic recording 133km/h and Cape Grim Tas 115km/h, both around the middle of the day. On the Victorian Alps, a gust of 130km/h was recorded on the summit of Mt Hotham. A tongue of cold air with an embedded cold pool moved across central NSW during the day, giving light snow that did not settle to Oberon and Orange. Patchy snowfalls continued on the NSW Snowy Mountains, giving some hope to skiers after a dismal start to the season. Perisher Valley has recorded 104mm (melted) precipitation in the 4 days to 9am, most falling as snow. Even Thredbo Village was able to report 10cm of snow on the ground at its 3pm observation today. Falls Creek in the Victorian Alps recorded 27mm (melted) during the past 4 days, and had a snow depth of just 57cm at 9 this morning. |
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National
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| Quality control note: Data is final. It includes late-received rainfall data and has been subject to BoM and AWN quality control checks. See Explanation of Extremes Pages for more information | |
| Records set this day (none known) | |
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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. 47.0 WEEAPROINAH W Coast VIC |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. |
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Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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35.2 DOUGLAS RIVER Darwin-Daly NT 35.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 35.0 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA 35.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 35.0 PORT KEATS AERO Darwin-Daly NT 35.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS |
25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 25.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR 24.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 23.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL 22.4 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL |
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-3.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -2.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -2.0 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC -1.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -1.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -1.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC |
-6.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -5.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -5.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -4.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
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+5.5 25.9 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE
Coast QLD +5.1 17.6 TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE Goulburn/Monaro NSW +4.9 29.4 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA +4.9 26.5 WILUNA Interior WA +4.9 27.3 MACKAY MO Central Coast E QLD +4.9 29.5 ROCKHAMPTON AERO Wide Bay/Burnett QLD +4.9 26.0 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA |
+4.3 12.5 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA +3.6 9.5 LIVERPOOL (WHITLAM CENTRE) Sydney--west NSW +3.5 9.4 BURNIE (ROUND HILL) N Coast TAS +3.1 10.6 ALBANY AIRPORT SW & S Coast WA +3.1 12.0 WINDY HARBOUR SW & S Coast WA |
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-5.7 6.5 TUMBARUMBA POST OFFICE SW Slopes S NSW -5.1 8.2 DARTMOUTH RESERVOIR Lower NE VIC -4.6 7.0 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW -4.5 6.4 KATOOMBA (NARROW NECK RD) C Tablelands S NSW -4.5 6.0 ORANGE AIRPORT COMPARISON C Tablelands S NSW |
-6.3 0.1 EYRE Eucla WA -6.1 1.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA -5.9 -1.4 GAWLER RANGES (NONNING) NW Pastoral SA -5.7 1.7 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA -5.7 1.0 KULGERA Alice Springs NT |
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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. KURNELL AWS Sydney--east NSW:
87 (260/ 63 ) at 16:00 |
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