Australian Weather News -- 23 SEP 2001

Australian Weather News

Sunday, 23 SEP 2001

Heatwave continues in SA, Vic, NSW
Heavy rain in northern Tasmania

Both overnight and daytime temperatures today were 8 to 14° above the September average across most of South Australia and in western NSW and Victoria. Robe, on South Australia's southeast coast, broke its September temperature record by a long margin when the mercury rose to 26.6. The previous highest was 24.8 in 44 years of computer records. A weak cold front crossed southern SA during the day bringing some relief after 6 days of generally well above average temperatures. The greatest departures from normal during the day were in western Victoria, where Mildura Airport recorded a top of 34.2, 14 above.

The warm, moist northwesterly flow ahead of the front brought a short period of heavy rain across northern Tasmania during the morning. Between midnight and 6am, Smithton Airport recorded 27mm, Wynyard Airport 42 and Sheffield 29, while Devonport Airport recorded 39mm between midnight and 9am. Wynyard Airport's 24 hour total of 51mm was the station's highest for September in nearly 30 years of record. The rainband lightened off as it moved east, but still gave Launceston 22mm between 3am and noon and Friendly Beaches on the NE coast 21mm between 6am and noon.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 12:12 EDST on 30/09/01
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 (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets): Highest daily rainfall for September: Wynyard Airport Tas: 51.0 (49.4, 29) Highest daily maximum temperature for September: Robe SA: 26.6 (24.8, 44) Coonawarra SA: 29.0 (28.9, 12) Weeaproinah Vic: 21.4 (21.2, 15)
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. 51.0 WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS 46.2 PREOLENNA 46.0 LATROBE (COAL ROAD) N Coast TAS 43.0 ULVERSTONE (KNIGHTS ROAD) N Coast TAS 43.0 STANLEY (MARINE PARADE) N Coast TAS *TASMANIA* 46.2 PREOLENNA N Coast 51.0 WYNYARD AIRPORT 46.0 LATROBE (COAL ROAD) 43.0 ULVERSTONE (KNIGHTS ROAD) 43.0 STANLEY (MARINE PARADE)	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *TASMANIA* *N Coast* WYNYARD AIRPORT 26.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 8.7mm/h DEVONPORT AIRPORT 21.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 7.0mm/h CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. 16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h SHEFFIELD SCHOOL FARM 19.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 6.3mm/h SMITHTON AERODROME 18.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.0mm/h *W Coast* STRAHAN AERODROME 15.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.0mm/h *King Island* KING ISLAND AIRPORT 18.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
39.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 39.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 38.6 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA 38.4 TIMBER CREEK Victoria NT 38.4 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA	26.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 26.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT 26.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 25.8 WARRUWI Arnhem NT 25.7 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
8.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 9.8 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 10.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 11.0 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 11.4 MOOGARA (UXBRIDGE BACK ROAD) Derwent Valley TAS 11.4 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS	-0.1 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW 0.5 GUYRA HOSPITAL N Tablelands W NSW 1.6 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW 1.9 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW 2.0 MELTON MOWBRAY(NORTH STOCKMAN) Southeast TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+14.2 33.5 WALPEUP RESEARCH Mallee N VIC +14.0 34.2 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC +13.9 31.4 HORSHAM (POLKEMMETT) Wimmera S VIC +13.7 36.0 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA +13.2 33.3 OUYEN (POST OFFICE) Mallee N VIC	+13.8 20.0 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA +13.3 19.9 OUYEN (POST OFFICE) Mallee N VIC +13.2 21.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +12.7 19.9 BALRANALD RSL Southwest Plains NSW +12.2 18.5 DENILIQUIN POST OFFICE Riverina E NSW
-5.0 11.8 MOUNT BARKER SW & S Coast WA -4.3 17.5 SOUTHERN CROSS Goldfields WA -3.9 27.9 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA -3.8 22.0 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA -3.7 21.8 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT Murchison WA -3.7 13.6 ALBANY AIRPORT SW & S Coast WA -3.7 14.0 ONGERUP Gt Southern WA -3.7 21.9 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA	-3.9 2.8 POLDA (GUM VIEW) W Agricultural SA -3.2 0.5 GUYRA HOSPITAL N Tablelands W NSW -2.7 5.2 PAYNES FIND Murchison WA -2.6 6.9 WINDY HARBOUR SW & S Coast WA -2.5 6.9 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. CAPE LEEUWIN SW & S Coast WA : 74 (220/ 63 ) at 06:53	Other extremes ..