Australian Weather News -- 03 DEC 2001

Australian Weather News

Monday, 03 DEC 2001

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National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 16:18 EDST on 04/12/01
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 (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. 53.0 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC 45.0 DOUGLAS RIVER Darwin-Daly NT 38.8 LEANYER Darwin-Daly NT 37.6 KARAMA Darwin-Daly NT 37.0 BENDOBA TM Maranoa QLD *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Darwin-Daly 45.0 DOUGLAS RIVER 38.8 LEANYER 37.6 KARAMA *QUEENSLAND* Maranoa 37.0 BENDOBA TM *VICTORIA* W Coast 53.0 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *N Kimberley* TROUGHTON ISLAND 8.8mm in 45 min to 22:45 11.7mm/h 6.2mm in 15 min to 23:00 24.8mm/h 15.0mm in 1 hr to 23:00 15.0mm/h *SW & S Coast* BUNBURY 10.6mm in 1 hr to 23:00 10.6mm/h *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Darwin-Daly* CAPE DON 17.0mm in 3 hr to 11:30 5.7mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 12:30 5.7mm/h PORT KEATS AERO 23.6mm in 1 hr to 00:30 23.6mm/h 24.0mm in 3 hr to 02:30 8.0mm/h *Alice Springs* ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 16.0mm in 3 hr to 23:30 5.3mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *NW Slopes S* GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS 4.6mm in 3 min to 18:00 92.0mm/h *Sydney--west* RICHMOND RAAF 2.0mm in 1 min to 13:44 120.0mm/h 1.8mm in 1 min to 13:45 108.0mm/h *VICTORIA* *W Coast* CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE 24.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 8.0mm/h *ISLANDS* *Islands* CAPE FOURCROY 12.2mm in 1 hr to 04:30 12.2mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
42.0 BREWARRINA HOSPITAL Upper Darling NSW 42.0 WALGETT AIRPORT NW Plains W NSW 41.8 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 41.2 TELFER AERO Interior WA 41.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 41.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA 41.0 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD 41.0 TRANGIE RESEARCH STATION AWS CW Plains N NSW 41.0 COONAMBLE AIRPORT CW Plains N NSW	30.3 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD 29.9 QUILPIE AIRPORT Far SW QLD 29.0 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD 28.5 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD 28.4 CUNNAMULLA POST OFFICE Warrego QLD
2.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 8.6 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS 8.9 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 10.0 TARRALEAH CHALET Derwent Valley TAS 10.0 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS	-1.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 0.7 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 1.3 WARATAH (WILLIAM STREET) W Coast TAS 1.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 1.4 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+13.9 36.7 MORUYA HEADS PILOT STATION South Coast NSW +11.9 39.1 PROSPECT DAM Sydney--west NSW +11.8 38.6 GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS Hunter Valley NSW +11.3 38.6 PARRAMATTA NORTH (MASONS DRIVE) Sydney--east NSW +11.1 38.5 BANKSTOWN AIRPORT AWS Sydney--east NSW	+9.2 24.7 CONDOBOLIN AG RESEARCH STN CW Plains S NSW +9.0 26.0 PEAK HILL POST OFFICE CW Plains S NSW +8.5 22.9 GRENFELL (QUONDONG RD) SW Slopes N NSW +8.1 24.0 WELLINGTON RESEARCH CENTRE CW Slopes S NSW +7.8 28.4 CUNNAMULLA POST OFFICE Warrego QLD +7.8 22.3 COWRA RESEARCH STN C Tablelands S NSW
-14.0 14.4 KATANNING COMPARISON Gt Southern WA -13.2 14.1 ONGERUP Gt Southern WA -12.8 16.5 WAGIN Gt Southern WA -12.3 15.2 BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE SW & S Coast WA -11.3 13.7 MOUNT BARKER Mt Lofty Ranges SA	-7.6 6.0 COROWA AIRPORT Riverina E NSW -6.4 7.7 EYRE Eucla WA -6.3 14.3 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA -6.2 8.2 ESPERANCE SW & S Coast WA -6.0 14.8 LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA -6.0 7.5 PRICE Yorke Peninsula SA
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA : 87 (100/ 69 ) at 06:00 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Kangaroo Is SA : 76 (180/ 65 ) at 01:30 GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes S NSW: 137 (350/ 61 ) at 18:01 PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS MidNorth Coast S NSW: 95 (230/ 74 ) at 21:12 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW: 96 (360/ 67 ) at 15:29 KURNELL AWS Sydney--east NSW: 109 (240/ 46 ) at 13:53 LITTLE BAY (THE COAST GOLF CLUB) Sydney--east NSW: 104 (240/ 39 ) at 13:57 RICHMOND RAAF Sydney--west NSW: 174 (310/ 95 ) at 13:44 HOLSWORTHY CONTROL RANGE Sydney--west NSW: 96 (280/ 72 ) at 13:35 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC: 91 (350/ 54 ) at 00:30 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 78 (100/ 63 ) at 14:36 KINGFISH A SHIP LOG 206 W Gippsland VIC: 93 (138/ 82 ) at 18:10 EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS: 74 (150/ 63 ) at 07:00	Other extremes ..