Australian Weather News -- 23 OCT 2001

Australian Weather News

Tuesday, 23 OCT 2001

Widespread storms and rain across eastern SA, western Vic and NSW and northern Tas
Very warm night in western Vic, NSW and SW Qld

A major cloudband that developed yesterday over SA ahead of a trough brought widespread falls of 10 to 50mm across eastern SA overnight before spreading into NSW, Victoria and Tasmania today. The euphoniously named Oodla Wirra, 100km ENE of Port Pirie, recorded 48.4mm for the 24 hours to 9am. Other heavy overnight falls in the state's north were Andamooka 31mm and Hawker 35mm in the 15 hours to 6am, and Yongala 37mm in 9 hours to 6am. The rain closed many roads in the state's northeast around Oodnadatta, Coober Pedy and Roxby Downs. See the report on 24 October for details of rain in eastern states. Overnight minimum temperatures were between 6 and 11° above normal across the western halves of Victoria and NSW and the southwestern third of Queensland due to the cloud cover and rain.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 16:59 EDST on 25/10/01
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. 107.7 PORT DOUGLAS POST OFFICE N Coast--Barron QLD 90.6 DAINTREE VILLAGE N Coast--Barron QLD 76.2 CAPE TRIBULATION STORE N Coast--Barron QLD 48.4 OODLA WIRRA Upper North SA 46.0 COOKTOWN AIRPORT N Coast--Barron QLD *SOUTH AUSTRALIA* Upper North 48.4 OODLA WIRRA *QUEENSLAND* N Coast--Barron 107.7 PORT DOUGLAS POST OFFICE 90.6 DAINTREE VILLAGE 76.2 CAPE TRIBULATION STORE 46.0 COOKTOWN AIRPORT	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Darwin-Daly* POINT STUART AWS 16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:30 5.3mm/h *SOUTH AUSTRALIA* *NW Pastoral* WOOMERA AERODROME 11.8mm in 1 hr to 23:30 11.8mm/h *NE Pastoral* LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT 15.0mm in 3 hr to 05:30 5.0mm/h *Northeast* YUNTA AIRSTRIP 6.4mm in 36 min to 03:30 10.7mm/h *Lower SE* MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 5.8mm in 15 min to 13:30 23.2mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *Riverina E* DENILIQUIN AIRPORT AWS 16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h *Riverina W* HAY CSIRO AWS 16.0mm in 1 hr to 23:00 16.0mm/h *VICTORIA* *Lower North* KYABRAM (INST SUSTAINABLE AG) 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h *Upper North* TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h SHEPPARTON AIRPORT 8.8mm in 53 min to 17:53 10.0mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h *Upper NE* FALLS CREEK 15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h 10.0mm in 1 hr to 21:30 10.0mm/h MT HOTHAM 11.4mm in 1 hr to 22:00 11.4mm/h *N Central* REDESDALE 13.6mm in 1 hr to 17:00 13.6mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.3mm/h KILMORE GAP 10.2mm in 1 hr to 22:30 10.2mm/h *TASMANIA* *N Coast* WYNYARD AIRPORT 18.0mm in 3 hr to 20:00 6.0mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 23:00 5.3mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
40.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 39.6 KIDMAN SPRINGS Victoria NT 39.5 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA 39.1 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA 39.0 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA 39.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT 39.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT	28.1 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA 28.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 28.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT 28.0 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD 27.2 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
10.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 11.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 12.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 12.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 14.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS	0.2 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW 1.2 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW 1.4 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW 1.7 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA 2.0 WANDERING Gt Southern WA
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+10.1 17.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS +10.0 29.0 LAKES ENTRANCE E Gippsland VIC +9.8 29.5 ORBOST (COMPARISON) E Gippsland VIC +9.8 23.0 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS +9.7 24.1 CAPE BRUNY LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS	+11.2 22.4 MENINDEE POST OFFICE Lower Darling NSW +11.1 25.0 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW +10.8 19.6 DENILIQUIN POST OFFICE Riverina E NSW +10.8 16.1 STRATHBOGIE Lower NE VIC +10.6 18.0 MANGALORE AIRPORT N Central VIC
-7.7 24.4 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD -7.6 24.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA -7.2 21.5 LEONORA Goldfields WA -7.0 19.6 BALGAIR Eucla WA -6.9 25.2 CARNEGIE Interior WA	-7.9 11.0 MANDORA E Pilbara WA -7.5 13.2 TELFER AERO Interior WA -7.3 2.9 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA -6.3 3.9 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA -6.1 8.8 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT Murchison WA
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD: 78 (290/ 63 ) at 15:44 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW: 89 (340/ 70 ) at 22:59 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC: 85 (360/ 63 ) at 18:30 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC: 91 (360/ 69 ) at 20:00 KILMORE GAP N Central VIC: 95 ( 10/ 78 ) at 13:56	Other extremes ..