 Lengthy
front brings rain to W and N Tas, SW WA |
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| The surface analyses
at 10pm Wednesday and 4am, 10am and 4pm today show the bent back front
skimming the Tasmanian north coast. BoM |
A front bent back over northern Tasmania
gave the area steady moderate to heavy rain for most of the day. The rain
was particularly heavy in the ranges behind the west and northwest coasts
and in the northeastern highlands. Mt Read, behind Rosebery on the
west coast, recorded 74mm for the 24 hours to 9 this morning, with 50mm
of that falling between 9pm and 9am as the front moved through. A further
44mm fell to 9am Friday. The focus of heavy rain moved east during the day,
giving Ben Lomond in the northeast highlands 66.2mm for the 24 hours
to 9am Friday and causing minor flooding in the upper South Esk River
and low level flooding farther downstream.
The far end of the same front moved through
southwestern WA overnight and this morning, bringing falls of 10
to 25mm southwest of a line from north of Perth to east of Albany. Falls
from 25 to over 50mm occurred in an area from south of Perth to Bunbury
with Dardanup, 10km SE of Bunbury, recording 59.2mm to 9am. Farther inland,
Kojonup, 150km ESE of Bunbury, recorded 41.1mm, its highest one-day total
for August in 94 years of record.
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National
weather extremes for today
Data provided
by the Bureau
of Meteorology
Last updated at 23:47 EDST on 12/10/01
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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 (previous
record and years of computerised record shown in brackets):
Highest daily rainfall for August:
Kojonup WA: 41.1 (39.4, 94)
Lowest daily maximum temperature for August:
Warruwi NT: 23.9 (24.0, 34) |
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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.
74.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
63.1 ROELANDS VILLAGE SW & S Coast WA
59.2 DARDANUP SW & S Coast WA
51.4 TULLOKE SW & S Coast WA
48.0 ROELANDS SW & S Coast WA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
SW
& S Coast
63.1 ROELANDS VILLAGE
59.2 DARDANUP
51.4 TULLOKE
48.0 ROELANDS
TASMANIA
W Coast
74.0 MOUNT READ
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High rainfall for periods
of 6 hours or less.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Central
West
GERALDTON AIRPORT
10.0mm in 1 hr to 05:30 10.0mm/h
Lower West
PERTH AIRPORT
12.4mm in 1 hr to 04:30 12.4mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 6.7mm/h
PEARCE RAAF
11.0mm in 1 hr to 06:00 11.0mm/h
PERTH METRO
10.0mm in 1 hr to 02:00 10.0mm/h
VICTORIA
Upper
NE
FALLS CREEK
8.4mm in 11 min to 00:11 45.8mm/h
TASMANIA
N
Coast
WYNYARD AIRPORT
19.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.3mm/h
DEVONPORT AIRPORT
11.2mm in 1 hr to 06:00 11.2mm/h
W Coast
MOUNT READ
16.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.3mm/h
King Island
KING ISLAND AIRPORT
10.8mm in 28 min to 06:28 23.1mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 07:00 11.0mm/h
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Todays highest & lowest
temperatures
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| Maximum |
Minimum |
35.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
34.0 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA
34.0 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
34.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
34.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS
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25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR
23.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
23.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
22.8 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
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-2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
0.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
1.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
1.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
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-6.3 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-6.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.4 COONABARABRAN (NAMOI STREET) CW Slopes N NSW
-5.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.8 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
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Todays greatest temperature
variations from normal
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| Maximum |
Minimum |
+8.4 27.3 EYRE Eucla WA
+7.7 27.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA
+7.6 26.6 EUCLA Eucla WA
+7.5 26.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+5.9 23.5 POLDA (GUM VIEW) W Agricultural SA
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+5.1 9.0 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW
+5.0 9.6 BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE SW & S Coast WA
+5.0 9.1 WANDERING COMPARISON Gt Southern WA
+4.8 5.7 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+4.5 9.2 CORRIGIN Gt Southern WA
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-5.5 12.2 ESPERANCE SW & S Coast WA
-5.2 23.9 WARRUWI Arnhem NT
-4.7 12.4 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA
-3.6 13.5 HYDEN Gt Southern WA
-3.5 14.5 SOUTHERN CROSS Goldfields WA
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-7.8 -3.0 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
-7.4 -1.0 EYRE Eucla WA
-7.1 0.1 LISMORE (CENTRE STREET) North Coast NSW
-6.9 4.0 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP 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.
THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy
Mtns NSW: 95 (320/ 70 ) at 21:18
MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC: 91 (330/ 50 ) at 23:00
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 98
(270/ 54 ) at 08:20
COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC: 72 (310/ 63 )
at 13:30
CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. N Coast TAS: 104 (280/ 69 ) at
16:00
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 91 (320/
69 ) at 01:34
MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 100 (260/ 72 ) at
02:30
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