 Hot
dry weather breeds fires across NSW
 Flooding
closes roads in SW Qld
Heavy
rain in the far north and far south |
| Hot, windy weather with exceptionally
low humidity developed across central NSW today, allowing new fires
to start and ones already burning to worsen. The weather observation from
Trangie at 3pm was fairly typical, with a temperature of 41.5°, dew point
-3.3, relative humidity 6% and the wind from the WNW at 41km/h. Maximum
temperatures across the area were around 10° above average today. A large
fire broke out near Eugowra this morning, burning 4 farmhouses, killing
thousands of sheep and burning 500ha of grazing land. The fire in the Goobang
National Park NE of Parkes has now burnt through 3000ha of the park and
some surrounding properties. Late today it was threatening the town of Yeoval,
where the hospital was being evacuated. A fire north of Grenfell has burnt
1500ha and damaged some stock and crops, while another south of Oberon is
burning in inaccessible country. Another blaze, west of Cumnock in the Central
West, has burnt 300ha.
The rain across central Queensland
earlier this week has produced flood peaks that are moving down the Thomson
and Barcoo rivers in the state's southwest. A number of roads in
the Barcoo and Aramac shires remain impassable, with the councils saying
they are likely to stay closed for at least another week.
Thunderstorms brought heavy falls to Cape
York Peninsula Qld overnight, with Musgrave reporting 94.2mm in 15
hours to 6am. In the far south, a front crossing Tasmania this
morning gave Mt Read, behind Zeehan on the west coast, 53mm in 12 hours
to 3pm.
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National
weather extremes for today
Data provided
by the Bureau
of Meteorology
Last updated at 20:02 EDST on 22/12/01
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| 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) |
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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.
100.0 ARCHER RIVER ROADHOUSE N
Peninsula QLD
94.2 MUSGRAVE S Peninsula QLD
49.6 MERLUNA N Peninsula QLD
42.0 DALBEG Central Coast E QLD
28.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
QUEENSLAND
N
Peninsula
100.0 ARCHER RIVER ROADHOUSE
49.6 MERLUNA
S Peninsula
94.2 MUSGRAVE
Central Coast E
42.0 DALBEG
TASMANIA
W
Coast
28.0 MOUNT READ
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High rainfall for periods
of 6 hours or less.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
MIDDLE POINT AWS
11.0mm in 32 min to 76:00 20.6mm/h
12.2mm in 1 hr to 76:00 12.2mm/h
W Kimberley
DERBY AERO
12.8mm in 1 hr to 20:00 12.8mm/h
Arnhem
MILINGIMBI
22.0mm in 3 hr to 20:30 7.3mm/h
22.0mm in 22 min to 21:03 60.0mm/h
GOVE AIRPORT
33.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 11.0mm/h
NARAWILLI
30.0mm in 3 hr to 20:30 10.0mm/h
GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS
16.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 5.3mm/h
15.4mm in 9 min to 15:01 102.7mm/h
6.6mm in 8 min to 15:09 49.5mm/h
9.8mm in 21 min to 15:30 28.0mm/h
34.4mm in 1 hr to 15:30 34.4mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 17:30 7.3mm/h
Darwin-Daly
BATCHELOR AERO
9.2mm in 32 min to 17:30 17.2mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 17:30 10.8mm/h
QUEENSLAND
N
Peninsula
WEIPA AERO
11.2mm in 22 min to 18:00 30.5mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 18:00 11.6mm/h
13.8mm in 52 min to 18:30 15.9mm/h
14.2mm in 1 hr to 18:30 14.2mm/h
TASMANIA
Southeast
HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD)
15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h
W Coast
MOUNT READ
15.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.0mm/h
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Todays highest & lowest
temperatures
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| Maximum |
Minimum |
46.0 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
44.9 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA
44.5 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
44.0 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
44.0 WALGETT AIRPORT NW Plains W NSW
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30.6 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
29.0 NARAWILLI Arnhem NT
29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
28.7 CENTRE ISLAND Roper-McArthur NT
28.7 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
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9.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
11.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
13.1 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
13.5 CRADLE MOUNTAIN AIRSTRIP Central Plateau TAS
14.1 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
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5.8 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
6.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
6.6 EYRE Eucla WA
6.7 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
7.0 BRIDGETOWN SW & S Coast WA
7.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
7.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
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Todays greatest temperature
variations from normal
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| Maximum |
Minimum |
+11.1 43.0 TRANGIE RESEARCH STATION AWS CW Plains
N NSW
+10.3 34.2 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+10.3 42.0 CONDOBOLIN AG RESEARCH STN CW Plains S
NSW
+10.0 35.6 GOULBURN PROGRESS ST Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+9.9 42.8 NYNGAN AIRPORT CW Plains N NSW
+9.9 39.8 COWRA AIRPORT CW Slopes S NSW
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+11.5 28.0 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley
NSW
+8.3 17.8 HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
+7.9 22.7 HAY (MILLER STREET) Riverina W NSW
+7.7 22.4 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
+7.5 24.5 PEAK HILL POST OFFICE CW Plains S NSW
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-6.2 21.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
-5.1 27.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
-5.0 23.2 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA
-4.8 23.0 EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide Plains SA
-4.8 22.4 MURRAY BRIDGE Lower Murray SA
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-10.1 11.0 WILUNA Interior WA
-7.5 6.6 EYRE Eucla WA
-6.7 8.1 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
-6.3 8.4 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
-5.9 10.5 ENEABBA Central West WA
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Highest wind gusts above
89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean
windspeed shown in brackets.
BORROLOOLA Roper-McArthur NT
: 115 ( 90/ 80 ) at 15:48
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 91
(360/ 30 ) at 10:49
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Other extremes
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