Australian Weather News -- 10 JAN 2002

Australian Weather News

Thursday, 10 JAN 2002

Hot in southern SA

Maximum temperatures were between 10 and 17 above normal across coastal parts of South Australia today ahead of a slow-moving trough/frontal system. Winds were relatively light and no thunderstorms were reported from official stations as temperatures rose to between 38° and 45° across almost the entire state. Polda Basin on the Eyre Peninsula recorded the highest temperature of 45°

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 23:30 EDST on 11/01/02
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 (none reported)
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. 117.0 MOUNT MAWSON Derwent Valley TAS 91.2 SPRING CREEK STATION Upper Carpentaria QLD 91.0 GLEN HARDING N Coast--Barron QLD 89.7 NATHAN RIVER Roper-McArthur NT 80.0 CLONAGH STATION Gulf Country QLD *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *E Kimberley* 55.0 KACHANA *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Roper-McArthur 89.7 NATHAN RIVER 76.6 LIMMEN RIVER Victoria 70.2 KIDMAN SPRINGS 54.0 AUVERGNE Darwin-Daly 64.6 WILDMAN RANGERS 59.0 BATCHELOR AERO 51.4 BERRIMAH RESEARCH FARM Barkly 60.0 RANKEN RIVER *QUEENSLAND* N Peninsula 65.0 MORETON TELEGRAPH STATION Gulf Country 80.0 CLONAGH STATION 62.0 KOOLATAH STATION Upper Carpentaria 91.2 SPRING CREEK STATION 57.0 NORTH HEAD 53.3 KIDSTON GOLD MINE 52.0 CONJUBOY STATION N Coast--Barron 91.0 GLEN HARDING 51.0 ALMADEN POST OFFICE 50.0 PETFORD POST OFFICE Central Coast W 52.5 SELLHEIM Central Highlands 64.0 PEAKVALE STATION Northwest 76.0 AYRSHIRE DOWNS *TASMANIA* Derwent Valley 117.0 MOUNT MAWSON	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *N Kimberley* WYNDHAM AERO 15.2mm in 30 min to 23:00 30.4mm/h 19.0mm in 1 hr to 23:00 19.0mm/h *E Kimberley* ARGYLE AERODROME 13.4mm in 19 min to 04:00 42.3mm/h 13.8mm in 1 hr to 04:00 13.8mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 7.7mm/h 10.6mm in 33 min to 20:00 19.3mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 20:00 11.4mm/h *Interior* TELFER AERO 12.6mm in 21 min to 07:21 36.0mm/h 13.8mm in 1 hr to 08:00 13.8mm/h *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Arnhem* GOVE AIRPORT 47.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 15.7mm/h 46.8mm in 1 hr 19 min to 14:49 35.5mm/h *Darwin-Daly* PIRLANGIMPI 30.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 10.0mm/h *Barkly* TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT 20.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 6.7mm/h 20.4mm in 43 min to 14:57 28.5mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *N Peninsula* COEN AIRPORT 18.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.0mm/h WEIPA AERO 8.8mm in 35 min to 16:00 15.1mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h *S Peninsula* LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT 17.4mm in 17 min to 13:00 61.4mm/h 19.2mm in 1 hr to 13:00 19.2mm/h *Gulf Country* NORMANTON AIRPORT 11.0mm in 52 min to 22:00 12.7mm/h 16.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 16.2mm/h *ISLANDS* *Islands* WILLIS ISLAND 39.4mm in 1 hr 30 min to 05:30 26.3mm/h 41.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 13.7mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
48.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA 47.6 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA 46.4 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA 46.0 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA 45.3 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA	32.2 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA 31.0 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA 30.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 30.0 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA 29.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT 29.0 NARAWILLI Arnhem NT
16.1 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS 17.0 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC 17.0 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS 17.4 PORT ARTHUR (PALMERS LOOKOUT) Southeast TAS 17.9 ALBANY AIRPORT SW & S Coast WA	-1.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -0.4 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 0.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW 0.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 0.7 BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+17.2 42.4 PORT LINCOLN W Agricultural SA +15.8 44.3 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +15.6 39.2 GOOLWA (HINDMARSH ISLAND MARINA) Mt Lofty Ranges SA +15.2 40.7 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA +15.0 39.5 VICTOR HARBOR COMPARISON Mt Lofty Ranges SA	+10.4 30.0 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA +6.2 32.2 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA +5.5 20.5 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +4.8 26.8 ROCKHAMPTON AERO Wide Bay/Burnett QLD +4.6 27.0 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
-10.1 24.2 MOORA Central West WA -9.5 24.5 WONGAN HILLS RES.STATION Central West WA -9.5 26.4 ENEABBA Central West WA -9.3 25.0 GOOMALLING Cent Wheatbelt WA -9.2 26.0 DALWALLINU COMPARISON Central West WA -9.2 25.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA	-7.1 10.6 CONDOBOLIN AG RESEARCH STN CW Plains S NSW -7.1 7.3 WANGARATTA AERO Lower NE VIC -7.1 6.9 PHILLIP ISLAND PENGUIN RESERVE E Central VIC -7.0 11.2 HILLSTON AIRPORT Riverina W NSW -7.0 3.9 ARARAT PRISON Western Plains VIC
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 : 108 (360/ 28 ) at 07:21	Other extremes ..