Australian Weather News -- 22 OCT 2001

Australian Weather News

Monday, 22 OCT 2001

Torrential overnight rain around Innisfail Qld 25Oct2001
Gusty storms raise dust across the Centre

Between 150 and over 300mm of rain fell along a short stretch of the north Queensland coast south of Cairns overnight. Babinda Post Office reported 317mm for the 24 hours to 9am. Innisfail recorded 145mm between 3pm yesterday and 9 this morning, while South Johnstone Mill, 8km to the SSW, recorded 139mm in the 12 hours to 9am, 50mm of which fell in the 3 hours before midnight. Falls to the north and south were considerably lighter, Cairns Airport receiving 36mm in 3 hours to 9am for a 24 hour total of 43mm. The succession of torrential showers appears to have resulted from local convergence in a light southeasterly airflow, combined with the strong uplift for onshore winds provided by the 1500 metre Bartle Frere range just behind Innisfail. The focus of heavy rain moved north during the day and evening, giving Port Douglas 107.7 and Daintree Village 90.6mm for the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday.

A pair of active trough lines advanced across northern SA and the southern NT during the afternoon and evening, spawning scattered but intense electrical storms and dust storms. Alice Springs Airport recorded a gust of 91km/h just after 2pm and hail was reported from Watarrka, 250km to the WSW. By midnight, high cloud generated by the cumulonimbus anvils of the storms had spread east to cover all of eastern SA and western NSW.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 17:48 EDST on 23/10/01
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. 317.0 BABINDA POST OFFICE N Coast--Barron QLD 182.0 TUNG OIL TM N Coast--Herbert QLD 158.8 INNISFAIL N Coast--Herbert QLD 153.6 DARADGEE N Coast--Herbert QLD 142.0 SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN N Coast--Herbert QLD *QUEENSLAND* N Coast--Barron 317.0 BABINDA POST OFFICE 60.6 TAMARIND GDNS RENNEL CL N Coast--Herbert 182.0 TUNG OIL TM 158.8 INNISFAIL 153.6 DARADGEE 142.0 SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN 106.0 NERADA ALERT 86.0 TULLY MCQUILLAN ST 84.0 JARRA CREEK TM 82.0 TULLY TM	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Victoria* LAJAMANU 4.8mm in 3 min to 16:30 96.0mm/h 2.6mm in 1 min to 16:31 156.0mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 17:30 10.6mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 17:30 5.7mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *N Coast--Barron* CAIRNS AERO 7.6mm in 36 min to 07:30 12.7mm/h 11.2mm in 1 hr to 07:30 11.2mm/h 20.8mm in 1 hr to 08:30 20.8mm/h COOKTOWN MISSION STRIP 45.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 15.0mm/h LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE 16.4mm in 1 hr to 04:00 16.4mm/h 21.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 7.0mm/h COOKTOWN AIRPORT 43.4mm in 2 hr 6 min to 15:00 20.7mm/h 45.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 15.0mm/h *N Coast--Herbert* SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN 10.8mm in 1 hr to 02:00 10.8mm/h 32.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 10.7mm/h 82.0mm in 6 hr to 03:00 13.7mm/h 17.6mm in 1 hr to 06:00 17.6mm/h 36.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 12.0mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 07:00 10.6mm/h 10.0mm in 1 hr to 08:00 10.0mm/h 21.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
40.2 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD 40.1 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD 40.0 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD 39.8 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD 39.4 BRUNETTE DOWNS Barkly NT	31.1 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD 27.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 27.0 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR 26.8 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA
11.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 11.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 12.0 MANJIMUP SW & S Coast WA 12.8 ROCKY GULLY SW & S Coast WA 13.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA	-6.2 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -2.9 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW -2.2 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW -1.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW -0.5 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+9.8 23.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS +9.5 33.3 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA +9.2 37.5 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW +9.2 26.0 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC +9.1 26.5 PHILLIP ISLAND PENGUIN RESERVE E Central VIC	+13.6 31.1 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD +8.8 21.2 LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA +8.5 8.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW +8.4 23.2 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT +8.3 19.8 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide Plains SA +8.3 15.5 MOUNT BARKER Mt Lofty Ranges SA
-11.1 20.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA -10.9 13.9 NAREMBEEN Gt Southern WA -10.2 13.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA -9.0 13.4 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA -8.6 16.2 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA -8.6 16.4 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA	-8.4 1.6 BARADINE FORESTRY NW Plains E NSW -6.8 2.0 KELLERBERRIN Cent Wheatbelt WA -6.7 1.5 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW -6.5 12.1 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD -6.5 -6.2 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -6.5 4.4 SCONE SCS Hunter Valley NSW
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT : 91 (270/ 28 ) at 14:05 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Kangaroo Is SA : 89 (340/ 69 ) at 05:54 NORTH RANKIN Islands ISL: ******* (230/ 63 ) at 75:00	Other extremes ..