Australian Weather News -- 10 APR 2002

Australian Weather News

Wednesday, 10 APR 2002

Continuing warm in NSW, SA
NEWSBITS: Heavy storm fall in far north Qld; Storms through central Victoria

A broad band of country from central southern NSW to Central Australia continues to experience unusually warm conditions for mid April. Overnight, minima were 8 to 12 above normal, with Ivanhoe in western NSW recording a minimum of 22.6, 12.6 above the norm. Today's maxima were a little below yesterdays, but the same area recorded tops 6 to 10 above normal.

NEWSBITS: Storms yesterday, and a heavy storm this morning dropped 126.2mm on Bamaga, the northernmost settlement on Cape York Peninsula, Qld. A weak convergence line between cooler moist southerlies and warm northerlies produced storms from Melbourne to northeastern Victoria this afternoon. Falls were generally light, but brief heavy falls were enough to produce local flash flooding in eastern Melbourne suburbs, and significant electrical activity was reported during the evening around the Dandenong Ranges.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 17:03 EDST on 13/04/02
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. 126.2 BAMAGA N Peninsula QLD 45.0 GOVE AIRPORT Arnhem NT 41.4 COCONUT GROVE Darwin-Daly NT 40.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Arnhem 45.0 GOVE AIRPORT Darwin-Daly 41.4 COCONUT GROVE 40.0 MCCLUER ISLAND *QUEENSLAND* N Peninsula 126.2 BAMAGA	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *N Rivers* DARWIN AIRPORT COMPARISON 20.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.7mm/h MIDDLE POINT AWS 12.6mm in 23 min to 82:00 32.9mm/h *Arnhem* GOVE AIRPORT 14.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 14.8mm/h NARAWILLI 17.0mm in 3 hr to 17:30 5.7mm/h *Darwin-Daly* DARWIN AIRPORT 14.0mm in 1 hr to 00:00 14.0mm/h 17.6mm in 30 min to 23:30 35.2mm/h 17.6mm in 1 hr to 23:30 17.6mm/h JABIRU AIRPORT 9.8mm in 14 min to 15:30 42.0mm/h 12.0mm in 1 hr to 15:30 12.0mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 17:30 6.3mm/h *Alice Springs* YULARA AERO 10.6mm in 1 hr to 18:00 10.6mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *N Peninsula* HORN ISLAND 10.0mm in 21 min to 11:21 28.6mm/h 11.2mm in 39 min to 12:00 17.2mm/h 21.2mm in 1 hr to 12:00 21.2mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *MidNorth Coast N* COFFS HARBOUR MO 14.0mm in 1 hr to 00:00 14.0mm/h 14.0mm in 1 hr to 23:00 14.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
40.6 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA 40.4 MANDORA E Pilbara WA 40.4 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA 39.8 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA 39.4 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA 39.4 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA	28.4 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA 28.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 27.9 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA 27.6 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA 27.6 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA
11.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 11.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 12.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 12.3 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 12.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 12.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS	2.0 BRIDGETOWN SW & S Coast WA 2.5 JARRAHWOOD SW & S Coast WA 3.0 BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE SW & S Coast WA 3.7 EYRE Eucla WA 4.0 FINGAL (FORESTRY LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+12.1 36.1 HAY (MILLER STREET) Riverina W NSW +9.8 30.5 BURRINJUCK DAM SW Slopes N NSW +9.5 36.7 KULGERA Alice Springs NT +9.5 37.2 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA +9.5 37.7 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA	+12.6 22.6 IVANHOE POST OFFICE Southwest Plains NSW +11.3 23.0 WILCANNIA (REID ST) Far Northwest NSW +11.1 20.9 HAY (MILLER STREET) Riverina W NSW +10.4 24.6 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA +10.4 21.0 HILLSTON AIRPORT Riverina W NSW
-3.4 25.1 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA -2.9 22.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA -2.3 19.1 CORRYONG (PARISH LANE) Lower NE VIC -2.2 29.9 ELCHO ISLAND Arnhem NT -2.2 26.4 ROCKHAMPTON AERO Wide Bay/Burnett QLD	-17.9 5.5 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands -8.2 3.7 EYRE Eucla WA -6.3 2.5 JARRAHWOOD SW & S Coast WA -5.3 3.0 BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE SW & S Coast WA -5.2 6.5 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA
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 ..