Australian Weather News -- 09 JAN 2002

Australian Weather News

Wednesday, 09 JAN 2002

NSW bushfires continue
Hot in WA

See special report on the NSW bushfires.

Maximum temperatures were between 42 and 46° today across a 300 to 500km wide swathe of Western Australia extending from the southeastern coast to the Pilbara and Kimberley. Marble Bar recorded the top temperature of 46°, while Eyre and Eucla on the southeastern coast recorded 44.2 and 43 respectively, which were 18 and 17.3 respectively above the norm.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 16:45 EDST on 10/01/02
Quality control note: Data is final. It includes late-received rainfall data and has been subject to BoM and AWN quality control checks. 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 January: Town of 1770 Qld: 32.9 (32.4, 14)
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. 121.0 PLANET DOWNS STATION Gulf Country QLD 114.8 KIMBA S Peninsula QLD 110.0 PENTLAND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD 88.0 ATHERTON WATER TREAT N Coast--Barron QLD 88.0 BURLINGTON Upper Carpentaria QLD *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Roper-McArthur 53.4 GORRIE *QUEENSLAND* N Peninsula 75.6 ELIOT FALLS 63.2 MORETON TELEGRAPH STATION S Peninsula 114.8 KIMBA 81.0 PINNACLE 50.0 MUSGRAVE Gulf Country 121.0 PLANET DOWNS STATION 69.0 LAKE MOONDARRA 66.0 FORT CONSTANTINE STATION 64.2 PORMPURAAW TOWNSHIP 56.0 BRIGHTLANDS STATION Upper Carpentaria 110.0 PENTLAND POST OFFICE 88.0 BURLINGTON 63.0 LUCKY SPRINGS STATION 61.0 SPRING CREEK STATION 60.4 ABINGDON DOWNS STATION N Coast--Barron 88.0 ATHERTON WATER TREAT 62.2 WONDECLA-EAST HILLS RD Central West 74.0 MARENGO Northwest 63.2 MACKUNDA DOWNS Wide Bay/Burnett 70.0 ROCKYBAR 66.2 CORDALBA STORE Maranoa 73.2 INJUNE TM 72.8 INJUNE POST OFFICE *NEW SOUTH WALES* C Tablelands N 68.0 HARGRAVES (MERINDA ST) *TASMANIA* E Coast 55.0 SANDSPIT RIVER (RINGROVE)	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Darwin-Daly* PIRLANGIMPI 22.0mm in 3 hr to 17:30 7.3mm/h BATCHELOR AERO 24.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 8.0mm/h 40.0mm in 1 hr to 15:30 40.0mm/h 12.6mm in 1 hr to 16:30 12.6mm/h 35.0mm in 3 hr to 17:30 11.7mm/h *Barkly* BRUNETTE DOWNS 30.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 10.0mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *Upper Carpentaria* GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE 22.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.3mm/h *Central Coast E* DOTSWOOD 15.6mm in 17 min to 12:53 55.1mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
46.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA 45.6 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA 45.0 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA 45.0 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA 44.9 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA 44.9 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA	29.6 MOUNT AUGUSTUS E Gascoyne WA 29.2 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA 29.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT 29.0 NARAWILLI Arnhem NT 28.3 ELCHO ISLAND Arnhem NT
9.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 14.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 14.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 14.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 15.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC	-2.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -1.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -0.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 0.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW 0.9 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+18.0 44.2 EYRE Eucla WA +17.0 42.7 EUCLA Eucla WA +12.1 40.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA +10.0 41.2 BALLADONIA Eucla WA +9.5 42.5 BALGAIR Eucla WA	+4.8 26.6 MORANBAH WATER TREATMENT PLANT Central Coast W QLD +3.9 25.7 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD +3.9 26.3 ST LAWRENCE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD +3.8 19.2 EYRE Eucla WA +3.8 23.7 GAYNDAH POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD +3.8 23.2 MURWILLUMBAH (BRAY PARK) North Coast NSW
-8.0 27.9 ENEABBA Central West WA -7.6 23.1 KARNET Lower West WA -7.5 22.0 DWELLINGUP FORESTRY SW & S Coast WA -7.2 27.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA -7.2 23.2 DONNYBROOK SW & S Coast WA	-10.5 2.4 CASTLEMAINE PRISON N Central VIC -9.1 5.3 WANGARATTA AERO Lower NE VIC -8.9 4.0 LONGERENONG Wimmera S VIC -8.8 6.2 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA -8.6 7.5 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
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 Flood peaks: Bulloo at Quilpie Qld: 5.1m this morning with moderate flooding Bulloo at Milroy Qld: 4.95m at 5.50pm with moderate flooding Warrego at Bakers Bend Qld: 7.56m around 2pm with moderate flooding Paroo at Humeburn Qld: 4.79m during the evening with moderate flooding