Australian Weather News -- 21 NOV 2001

Australian Weather News

Wednesday, 21 NOV 2001

Torrential rain on Norfolk Island
Gales, heavy seas continue on NSW coast

The frontal/trough system that brought widespread thunderstorms to eastern Australia last Sunday rolled over Norfolk Island this morning, giving the airport 123mm between midnight and 3 this afternoon. A thunderstorm delivered some of the rain around dawn, but most fell steadily through the period. The island's highest one-day total for November, in a record stretching back to 1890, has been 112mm, but official one-day totals span the 24 hours from 9am to 9am, thus splitting this rain event across two days.

Gusty gale force winds eased along the NSW coast today as the low responsible moved away into the Tasman Sea. Little Bay, on the coast north of La Perouse in southeastern Sydney, recorded the highest gust of 95km/h just after 9am. Waverider buoys along the coast from Eden to Byron Bay recorded 4 metre seas for much of the day, easing in the north. The Sydney buoy reported seas consistently between 5 and 6m throughout the day.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 17:28 EDST on 22/11/01
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. 72.6 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands 65.0 MERLUNA N Peninsula QLD 62.8 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW 58.0 RIFLE RANGE ROAD TM Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 34.0 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW *QUEENSLAND* N Peninsula 65.0 MERLUNA Brisbane/SE Coast 58.0 RIFLE RANGE ROAD TM *NEW SOUTH WALES* Hunter Valley 62.8 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) 34.0 NORAH HEAD AWS *ISLANDS* Islands 72.6 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *W Kimberley* DERBY AERO 9.2mm in 24 min to 02:21 23.0mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.3mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *Hunter Valley* WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 12.4mm in 30 min to 22:00 24.8mm/h 12.4mm in 1 hr to 22:00 12.4mm/h *ISLANDS* *Islands* NORFOLK ISLAND AERO 12.2mm in 22 min to 04:00 33.3mm/h 11.2mm in 53 min to 04:53 12.7mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 05:00 11.6mm/h 8.2mm in 35 min to 06:35 14.1mm/h 13.6mm in 1 hr to 07:00 13.6mm/h 14.2mm in 21 min to 09:00 40.6mm/h 12.2mm in 1 hr to 10:00 12.2mm/h 39.0mm in 3 hr to 11:00 13.0mm/h 6.6mm in 18 min to 13:30 22.0mm/h 20.4mm in 1 hr to 21:00 20.4mm/h 52.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 52.2mm/h CAPE FOURCROY 15.8mm in 13 min to 14:30 72.9mm/h 16.0mm in 1 hr to 14:30 16.0mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 5.3mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
45.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA 44.6 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA 43.8 TELFER AERO Interior WA 43.0 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA 43.0 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA	30.0 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA 29.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 28.6 TELFER AERO Interior WA 28.6 WARRUWI Arnhem NT
7.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 9.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 11.0 GELANTIPY E Gippsland VIC 11.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 11.2 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW	-1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -0.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC -0.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS -0.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -0.4 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+11.4 37.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA +9.4 32.6 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA +9.2 35.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +7.3 34.0 POLDA (GUM VIEW) W Agricultural SA +7.0 31.7 CLEVE W Agricultural SA	+6.5 30.0 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA +5.6 28.6 TELFER AERO Interior WA +4.4 27.0 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA +4.4 16.4 EYRE Eucla WA +4.2 16.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA
-10.8 15.2 LOSTOCK DAM SITE Hunter Valley NSW -10.4 16.9 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW -9.1 17.2 PATERSON (TOCAL) Hunter Valley NSW -8.9 20.4 JERRYS PLAINS POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW -8.6 19.8 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S NSW	-9.8 13.1 WOLLOGORANG Roper-McArthur NT -9.2 13.0 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD -8.8 11.7 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD -8.6 7.3 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD -8.4 9.3 CHARLEVILLE AERO Warrego QLD
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION Hunter Valley NSW: 83 (*/ 67 ) at 20:05 NORAH HEAD AWS** Hunter Valley NSW: 83 (190/ 69 ) at 18:20 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW: 80 (190/ 65 ) at 13:11 LITTLE BAY (THE COAST GOLF CLUB) Sydney--east NSW: 95 (190/ 59 ) at 09:07 MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW: 89 (180/ 69 ) at 05:01 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands : 70 ( 30/ 67 ) at 15:45 LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands : 91 (240/ 61 ) at 21:06	Other extremes Flood peak: Macquarie at Cressy Pumps Tas: 3.21m around 2pm.