Australian Weather News -- 28 NOV 2001

Australian Weather News

Wednesday, 28 NOV 2001

Todays significant weather stories not yet written

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Late morning: The main floodwaters from the Macintyre River and the Dumaresq River are near Yetman and Bonshaw respectively. These combined flood waters are expected to reach Boggabilla Thursday morning with Minor flooding. The Severn River at Ashford had its third peak at 3.5 metres at 8.30 pm last night with Minor flooding, and is now falling. The Macintyre River at Yetman had its second peak at 5.96 metres around mid-night last with Minor flooding. It is expected to remain close to this level for the next few hours.

Late afternoon: The river levels at Ashford & Yetman in the Macintyre System are still at minor flooding, but have started to fall this afternoon

FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MACINTYRE RIVER Brisbane. Moderate flooding is occurring in the Macintyre River at Goondinwindi. The river level at Goondiwindi was 7.25 metres and steady at 9am this morning. River level rises are expected to continue during today at Goondiwindi, reaching a peak of about 8 metres during Thursday morning. In the Macintyre River upstream of the junction with the Dumeresq River, river levels are steady at Yetman Bridge with minor flooding. Further upstream all river levels are falling and minor flooding easing. River rises are occurring in the lower reaches of the Dumeresq River with flood levels at Bengalla expected to reach the minor flood level late today. High river levels in the Goondiwindi area are expected to be maintained during Thursday as these upstream floodwaters arrive.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 20:57 EDST on 03/12/01
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 (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets): Highest daily maximum temperature for November: Low Isles LH Qld: 36.0 (35.9, 34) Lucinda Point Qld: 32.6 (32.4, 11)
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. 59.0 TINDAL RAAF Darwin-Daly NT 58.0 DOON DOON (MCCABES ROAD) North Coast NSW 57.6 UPPER FERGUSSON Darwin-Daly NT 56.0 MALLAPUNYAH Roper-McArthur NT 52.0 MARY RIVER RANGERS Darwin-Daly NT *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Roper-McArthur 56.0 MALLAPUNYAH Darwin-Daly 59.0 TINDAL RAAF 57.6 UPPER FERGUSSON 52.0 MARY RIVER RANGERS 52.0 NITMILUK *NEW SOUTH WALES* North Coast 58.0 DOON DOON (MCCABES ROAD)	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *E Kimberley* KUNUNURRA AERO 20.0mm in 30 min to 10:00 40.0mm/h 21.6mm in 1 hr to 10:00 21.6mm/h 22.4mm in 1 hr to 10:30 22.4mm/h 24.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 8.0mm/h *Interior* TELFER AERO 15.6mm in 1 hr 19 min to 07:19 11.8mm/h 6.6mm in 3 min to 07:24 132.0mm/h 32.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 10.7mm/h *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Victoria* VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS 18.6mm in 1 hr to 05:30 18.6mm/h 33.0mm in 3 hr to 05:30 11.0mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 06:30 11.4mm/h *Darwin-Daly* JABIRU AIRPORT 11.2mm in 1 hr to 18:30 11.2mm/h PORT KEATS AERO 17.0mm in 3 hr to 08:30 5.7mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *N Coast--Barron* MAREEBA AIRPORT 31.0mm in 6 hr to 03:00 5.2mm/h MAREEBA AIRPORT AWS 31.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 10.3mm/h *Wide Bay/Burnett* ROCKHAMPTON AERO 22.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.3mm/h *ISLANDS* *Islands* LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO 15.8mm in 1 hr to 02:00 15.8mm/h 30.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 10.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
44.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA 43.9 TELFER AERO Interior WA 43.8 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA 42.1 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA 41.6 CARNEGIE Interior WA	29.4 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD 28.6 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 28.6 CARNEGIE Interior WA 28.2 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD 27.2 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA 27.2 BLACK POINT Darwin-Daly NT 27.2 CENTRE ISLAND Roper-McArthur NT
9.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 11.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 12.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 12.7 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 13.7 WEEAPROINAH W Coast VIC	2.0 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA 2.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 3.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+9.6 37.5 WONGAN HILLS RES.STATION Central West WA +9.0 37.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA +8.8 36.9 MOORA Central West WA +8.7 38.0 ENEABBA Central West WA +8.2 36.9 WONGAN HILLS Central West WA +8.2 36.3 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA	+9.5 28.6 CARNEGIE Interior WA +8.2 21.0 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA +7.7 20.5 SOUTHERN CROSS Goldfields WA +6.0 18.7 MOORA Central West WA +5.7 18.6 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA +5.7 17.7 NAREMBEEN Gt Southern WA +5.7 18.0 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA
-8.3 31.2 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA -7.1 32.0 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA -7.0 31.2 TIMBER CREEK Victoria NT -6.7 32.2 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA -6.4 32.0 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS Victoria NT	-7.1 5.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA -6.2 15.3 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD -6.2 5.0 ECHUCA AERODROME Lower North VIC -5.2 6.7 WINDY HARBOUR SW & S Coast WA -5.2 12.5 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. TELFER AERO Interior WA : 102 ( 10/ 61 ) at 07:21 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD: 78 (150/ 69 ) at 19:00	Other extremes ..