Australian Weather News -- 17 OCT 2001

Australian Weather News

Wednesday, 17 OCT 2001

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National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 22:00 EDST on 19/10/01
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. 55.7 NUMERY Alice Springs NT 41.0 RIVERSLEA TM Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 40.0 ROCKLEY Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 39.6 WESTWOOD TM Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 29.0 FAIRBAIRN DAM Central Highlands QLD *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Alice Springs 55.7 NUMERY *QUEENSLAND* Central Highlands 29.0 FAIRBAIRN DAM Wide Bay/Burnett 41.0 RIVERSLEA TM 40.0 ROCKLEY 39.6 WESTWOOD TM	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Roper-McArthur* CENTRE ISLAND 11.0mm in 26 min to 11:56 25.4mm/h WOLLOGORANG 25.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 8.3mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *N Coast--Barron* LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE 19.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 19.0mm/h *Central Coast E* SAMUEL HILL AERO 39.4mm in 2 hr to 18:00 19.7mm/h 43.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 14.3mm/h *Wide Bay/Burnett* LADY ELLIOT ISLAND 20.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.7mm/h ROCKHAMPTON AERO 16.8mm in 45 min to 10:30 22.4mm/h 16.8mm in 1 hr to 10:30 16.8mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.0mm/h 45.0mm in 2 hr to 15:30 22.5mm/h GLADSTONE RADAR 13.8mm in 1 hr to 11:30 13.8mm/h 11.2mm in 1 hr to 12:00 11.2mm/h 21.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 7.0mm/h TOWN OF 1770 18.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.0mm/h GLADSTONE AIRPORT 10.0mm in 1 hr to 11:30 10.0mm/h *Brisbane/SE Coast* CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE 6.6mm in 38 min to 20:38 10.4mm/h GYMPIE 30.8mm in 3 hr to 16:00 10.3mm/h MARYBOROUGH 26.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 8.7mm/h BRISBANE AERO 20.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.7mm/h BRISBANE 14.0mm in 30 min to 11:30 28.0mm/h 17.2mm in 1 hr to 11:30 17.2mm/h 21.4mm in 1 hr to 12:00 21.4mm/h 31.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 10.3mm/h 12.0mm in 1 hr to 12:30 12.0mm/h *Darling Downs E* OAKEY AERO 10.4mm in 33 min to 07:48 18.9mm/h 14.6mm in 1 hr to 08:00 14.6mm/h 32.8mm in 1 hr to 11:30 32.8mm/h 45.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 15.0mm/h TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 14.4mm in 1 hr to 11:00 14.4mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 7.7mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
40.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 39.2 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA 39.1 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA 39.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 39.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA	28.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 28.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT 28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR 27.5 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA 27.3 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
1.8 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 2.5 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 3.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 4.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS	-1.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS -0.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -0.1 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 0.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 0.0 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+8.6 34.5 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA +8.1 32.0 WONGAN HILLS RES.STATION Central West WA +7.4 32.7 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA +6.7 33.6 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD +5.0 25.7 KARNET Lower West WA	+7.5 20.0 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW +6.5 22.7 CLERMONT POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD +6.3 23.0 TE KOWAI EXP STN Central Coast E QLD +5.4 23.0 ST LAWRENCE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD +5.2 25.0 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD +5.2 23.2 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD +5.2 19.3 GAYNDAH POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
-12.1 21.0 JERVOIS Alice Springs NT -10.3 24.1 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD -9.2 18.2 TEXAS POST OFFICE Darling Downs E QLD -8.9 21.9 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT -8.5 26.4 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD	-6.0 2.8 KELLERBERRIN Cent Wheatbelt WA -5.6 3.4 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA -5.6 3.2 POLDA (GUM VIEW) W Agricultural SA -5.5 4.2 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA -5.2 5.0 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
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: 83 (310/ 65 ) at 11:48 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 109 (310/ 98 ) at 08:24	Other extremes ..