Australian Weather News -- 14 NOV 2001

Australian Weather News

Wednesday, 14 NOV 2001

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National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 13:46 EDST on 21/11/01
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. 110.5 BULMAN Roper-McArthur NT 101.6 PETER FAUST DAM Central Coast E QLD 96.5 SELLHEIM Central Coast W QLD 87.0 BATCHELOR AERO Darwin-Daly NT 61.0 PENTLAND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Roper-McArthur 110.5 BULMAN Darwin-Daly 87.0 BATCHELOR AERO *QUEENSLAND* Upper Carpentaria 61.0 PENTLAND POST OFFICE Central Coast E 101.6 PETER FAUST DAM Central Coast W 96.5 SELLHEIM	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* MIDDLE POINT AWS 17.0mm in 3 hr to 80:00 5.7mm/h *Arnhem* GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS 18.0mm in 1 hr to 11:30 18.0mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 11:30 7.3mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *Gulf Country* KOWANYAMA AIRPORT 8.6mm in 42 min to 23:42 12.3mm/h 12.0mm in 9 min to 23:51 80.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
37.8 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 37.5 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA 37.5 CARNAMAH Central West WA 37.5 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD 37.3 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA	29.4 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD 27.5 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 27.5 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD 27.0 MILINGIMBI Arnhem NT 26.8 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA
7.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 12.0 WEEAPROINAH W Coast VIC 12.6 LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC 12.7 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS 13.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 13.0 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS	-4.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -2.9 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -1.7 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+10.8 33.8 ESPERANCE SW & S Coast WA +8.4 30.1 MOUNT BARKER SW & S Coast WA +8.0 34.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA +7.8 29.0 CAPE NATURALISTE SW & S Coast WA +7.7 37.5 CARNAMAH Central West WA +7.7 32.4 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA +7.7 31.7 EYRE Eucla WA	+10.5 21.8 BEVERLEY Gt Southern WA +9.6 22.0 WONGAN HILLS RES.STATION Central West WA +9.5 20.7 PINGELLY Gt Southern WA +9.4 22.6 DALWALLINU COMPARISON Central West WA +8.9 21.9 WONGAN HILLS Central West WA
-14.7 22.0 ALI CURUNG Alice Springs NT -12.8 23.0 JERVOIS Alice Springs NT -12.6 24.8 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD -10.7 26.1 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD -10.1 23.5 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT	-9.5 10.3 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA -8.8 2.2 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW -8.6 11.3 YUENDUMU Alice Springs NT -8.6 1.9 COONABARABRAN (NAMOI STREET) CW Slopes N NSW -8.3 16.0 BALGO HILLS Interior WA -8.3 13.0 ALI CURUNG 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. No reports of wind gusts above 90km/h or sustained winds above 63km/h	Other extremes ..