Australian Weather News -- 13 AUG 2001

Australian Weather News

Monday, 13 AUG 2001

Heavy rain in Perth
Fog slow to lift in southern SA
Storms up NSW coast

Heavy rain preceded a front as it passed through Perth late this afternoon. Swanbourne, on the coast 10km west of Perth CBD, recorded 38mm between 3 and 9pm for a total of 49mm in the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday. Bedfordale, 30km SE of Perth CBD, recorded 41.2mm for the 24 hour period.

A broad area of fog developed in southeastern SA overnight on the back edge of a 1031hPa high pressure system. At dawn, the fog extended from the Murray Valley south to near Mt Gambier and west to the Mt Lofty Ranges. It was slow to clear in southern and coastal areas, lasting for most of the day at Victor Harbour, 70km south of Adelaide.

An unstable cloudmass in a weak trough that moved up the NSW coast this afternoon and evening gave some moderate thunderstorms from Sydney northwards into southeast Queensland. Light hail was reported from western Sydney suburbs and Jerrys Plains in the Hunter Valley. Port Macquarie reported 27mm and Evans Head and Ulladulla 21mm in the 3 hours to midnight. The unexpected winter storm rolled into Sydney around midday with some exceptionally loud and isolated thunderclaps.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 00:29 EDST on 15/08/01
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. 15.0 TRARALGON CREEK (KOORNALLA) W Gippsland VIC 14.4 AMBERGATE SW & S Coast WA 14.2 GLENMORE SW & S Coast WA 12.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 10.8 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION W Coast TAS *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *SW & S Coast* 14.4 AMBERGATE 14.2 GLENMORE *VICTORIA* W Gippsland 15.0 TRARALGON CREEK (KOORNALLA) *TASMANIA* W Coast 12.0 MOUNT READ 10.8 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *Lower West* PEARCE RAAF 15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h SWANBOURNE 6.2mm in 36 min to 17:30 10.3mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.7mm/h 18.0mm in 30 min to 18:30 36.0mm/h 25.8mm in 1 hr to 18:30 25.8mm/h 20.4mm in 1 hr to 19:00 20.4mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.3mm/h BICKLEY 15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *North Coast* EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE 11.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 11.2mm/h *MidNorth Coast S* PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 17.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 17.0mm/h *South Coast* ULLADULLA AWS 11.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 11.4mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
39.0 LAJAMANU Victoria NT 36.8 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 36.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 36.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA 36.0 PORT KEATS AERO Darwin-Daly NT	26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR 23.4 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 23.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL 22.6 BLACK POINT Darwin-Daly NT
3.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 3.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 5.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 5.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 6.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW	-5.9 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS -3.8 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW -3.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+11.3 30.2 EYRE Eucla WA +11.0 31.3 BALGAIR Eucla WA +10.8 29.2 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA +10.4 28.6 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA +10.1 29.1 CASHMERE DOWNS Goldfields WA	+11.6 16.4 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA +9.6 16.3 WILUNA Interior WA +8.5 15.4 LEONORA Goldfields WA +8.2 22.0 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA +7.8 16.3 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT Murchison WA +7.8 13.2 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
-2.2 11.0 FINGAL (FORESTRY LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS -1.8 30.0 PIRLANGIMPI Darwin-Daly NT -1.7 22.8 LUCINDA POINT N Coast--Herbert QLD -1.3 13.3 SCAMANDER E Coast TAS -1.3 17.0 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL	-4.7 2.1 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide Plains SA -4.6 0.9 POLDA (GUM VIEW) W Agricultural SA -4.5 9.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT -4.5 2.0 KADINA Yorke Peninsula SA -4.4 -2.0 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW: 78 (180/ 67 ) at 15:00	Other extremes ..