Australian Weather News -- 13 MAR 2002

Australian Weather News

Wednesday, 13 MAR 2002

Notes on significant weather not yet written

Significant rainfall, strong winds, strong wind gusts and abnormally high and low temperatures for this day are given below. Descriptions of significant weather events are added here when time permits and reliable information is available. This is sometimes well after the event!

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 17:49 EDST on 14/03/02
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 (not checked or entered yet)
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. 28.0 VAN LEE Upper Carpentaria QLD 24.0 CAPE DON Darwin-Daly NT 22.2 JABIRU COUNCIL Darwin-Daly NT 21.0 NORTH HEAD Upper Carpentaria QLD 19.6 FORSAYTH CARAVAN PARK Upper Carpentaria QLD *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Darwin-Daly 24.0 CAPE DON 22.2 JABIRU COUNCIL *QUEENSLAND* Upper Carpentaria 28.0 VAN LEE 21.0 NORTH HEAD 19.6 FORSAYTH CARAVAN PARK	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *N Rivers* MIDDLE POINT AWS 11.0mm in 1 hr to 86:00 11.0mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 86:00 5.0mm/h *Arnhem* GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS 10.8mm in 51 min to 13:21 12.7mm/h 19.2mm in 1 hr 9 min to 14:30 16.7mm/h 30.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 10.0mm/h *Darwin-Daly* DARWIN AIRPORT 8.0mm in 7 min to 02:49 68.6mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 03:30 11.4mm/h PORT KEATS AERO 26.4mm in 2 hr to 23:30 13.2mm/h 26.0mm in 3 hr to 23:30 8.7mm/h DELAMERE WEAPONS RANGE 8.4mm in 15 min to 22:53 33.6mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *Gulf Country* BURKETOWN AIRSTRIP 6.4mm in 11 min to 17:00 34.9mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
41.8 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA 41.3 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD 41.1 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA 41.0 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA 41.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA 41.0 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA	28.0 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA 28.0 BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA 28.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 28.0 VARANUS ISLAND Islands 28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
8.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 11.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 12.5 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 13.3 CRADLE MOUNTAIN AIRSTRIP Central Plateau TAS 13.9 KATOOMBA (NARROW NECK RD) C Tablelands S NSW	-2.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -1.4 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC -0.6 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS -0.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 0.8 BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+13.5 38.6 ESPERANCE SW & S Coast WA +12.7 36.7 ALBANY AIRPORT SW & S Coast WA +11.9 38.4 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA +11.8 39.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA +10.7 34.7 MOUNT BARKER SW & S Coast WA	+7.9 22.0 LAKE GRACE POST OFFICE Gt Southern WA +6.9 22.0 SOUTHERN CROSS Goldfields WA +5.3 18.4 ONGERUP Gt Southern WA +5.2 17.8 KATANNING COMPARISON Gt Southern WA +5.1 21.1 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-9.5 16.7 TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG Upper North VIC -7.6 14.8 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW -7.1 21.9 JERRYS PLAINS POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW -6.8 27.0 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT -6.7 15.8 BOWRAL (PARRY DRIVE) Illawarra NSW	-6.8 6.2 POLDA (GUM VIEW) W Agricultural SA -5.8 6.5 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA -5.5 9.0 EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide Plains SA -5.5 9.0 GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS Riverina W NSW -5.5 3.4 LAUNCESTON AIRPORT N Coast TAS
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD: 89 (140/ 63 ) at 21:57 ST GEORGE AIRPORT Maranoa QLD: 83 (210/ 70 ) at 18:39	Other extremes ..