Australian Weather News -- 15 SEP 2001

Australian Weather News

Saturday, 15 SEP 2001

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National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 19:18 EDST on 16/09/01
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. 47.0 ULLADULLA AWS South Coast NSW 44.4 CHILDERS SOUTH Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 35.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 23.0 TOWN OF 1770 Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 22.6 MILTON POST OFFICE South Coast NSW *QUEENSLAND* Wide Bay/Burnett 44.4 CHILDERS SOUTH 23.0 TOWN OF 1770 *NEW SOUTH WALES* South Coast 47.0 ULLADULLA AWS 22.6 MILTON POST OFFICE *TASMANIA* W Coast 35.0 MOUNT READ	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *N Kimberley* KALUMBURU 11.8mm in 31 min to 18:00 22.8mm/h 11.8mm in 1 hr to 18:00 11.8mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *Wide Bay/Burnett* TOWN OF 1770 20.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 6.7mm/h *Brisbane/SE Coast* TOOLARA (KELLY) 11.0mm in 1 hr to 06:00 11.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
40.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 39.2 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA 39.1 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA 39.0 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA 39.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS 39.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT	26.5 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA 26.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 26.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 26.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT 26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR
2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 2.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 3.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 4.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 5.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW	-2.0 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW -1.7 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW -1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -0.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -0.3 BATHURST AGRICULTURAL STATION C Tablelands S NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+11.0 32.1 EUCLA Eucla WA +8.6 31.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA +7.8 29.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +7.4 31.6 BALGAIR Eucla WA +7.1 27.2 STREAKY BAY W Agricultural SA	+7.2 12.1 WANDERING COMPARISON Gt Southern WA +7.1 11.8 DOVER (PARKS AND WILDLIFE OFFICE) Southeast TAS +7.1 11.0 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS +6.9 21.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA +6.6 25.0 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS Victoria NT
-2.7 29.8 ALI CURUNG Alice Springs NT -2.4 32.8 ELLIOTT Barkly NT -2.3 21.3 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA -2.3 30.6 TELFER AERO Interior WA -2.0 21.7 KALBARRI Central West WA	-7.5 6.9 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD -7.3 0.6 EYRE Eucla WA -6.6 6.3 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD -5.8 4.4 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT -5.8 5.0 JERVOIS Alice Springs NT
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: 82 (310/ 70 ) at 23:00 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC: 82 (340/ 65 ) at 16:00 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 113 (320/ 91 ) at 02:11 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 106 (310/ 78 ) at 23:00 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS: 100 (270/ 74 ) at 14:39 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS: 76 (280/ 63 ) at 13:00	Other extremes ..