Australian Weather News -- 18 APR 2002

Australian Weather News

Thursday, 18 APR 2002

Southern Tasman Low brings heavy rain to Gippsland Vic, Lord Howe Island

The low pressure system that moved down the NSW coast yesterday and today was stationary off the NSW South Coast this evening. A long tongue of moist air and heavy rain extended down the eastern flank of the low and its attendant trough, curved under the low and arrived overnight in Victoria's East Gippsland region. The heaviest rain fell northwest of Bairnsdale where Bulumwaal recorded 87mm in the 24 hours to 9am, though an unofficial report of 180mm (period unknown) was reported by ABC Radio at 1pm today. Mt Moornapa, 40km NW of Bairnsdale, recorded 50mm in the day ended 9am yesterday, a further 64mm to 9 this morning, and another 35mm to 3pm. The conveyor belt of rain moving down through the central Tasman gave Lord Howe Island 94mm for the day ended 9am, its highest one-day April total in at least 14 years.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 22:22 EST on 19/04/02
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 (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets): Highest daily rainfall total for April: Lord Howe Island NSW: 94.0 (73.2, 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. 94.0 LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands 87.0 BOGGY CREEK (BULUMWAAL) W Central VIC 86.0 POINT LOOKOUT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 82.6 SALISBURY (BARRINGTON GUEST HOUSE) Hunter Valley NSW 80.6 TURRAMURRA (KISSING POINT ROAD) Sydney--east NSW *QUEENSLAND* Brisbane/SE Coast 86.0 POINT LOOKOUT *NEW SOUTH WALES* MidNorth Coast S 62.0 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) 60.0 KRAMBACH (TIPARARY) Hunter Valley 82.6 SALISBURY (BARRINGTON GUEST HOUSE) 59.0 UPPER ALLYN TOWNSHIP 50.8 NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY Sydney--east 80.6 TURRAMURRA (KISSING POINT ROAD) 51.4 SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) Illawarra 54.0 HAMPDEN BRIDGE (KANGAROO RIVER) *VICTORIA* W Gippsland 64.0 MT MOORNAPA 61.8 LINDENOW W Central 87.0 BOGGY CREEK (BULUMWAAL) *ISLANDS* Islands 94.0 LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *SW & S Coast* ALBANY AIRPORT 12.2mm in 30 min to 09:00 24.4mm/h 12.4mm in 1 hr to 09:00 12.4mm/h *Goldfields* KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT 10.8mm in 30 min to 01:00 21.6mm/h 10.8mm in 1 hr to 01:00 10.8mm/h SALMON GUMS RES.STN. 17.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.7mm/h *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Darwin-Daly* PORT KEATS AERO 7.6mm in 14 min to 15:30 32.6mm/h 10.0mm in 1 hr to 15:30 10.0mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *N Peninsula* WEIPA AERO 13.6mm in 22 min to 15:27 37.1mm/h 15.0mm in 1 hr to 15:30 15.0mm/h 14.2mm in 1 hr to 16:00 14.2mm/h *Brisbane/SE Coast* CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE 16.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.3mm/h POINT LOOKOUT 86.0mm in 12 hr to 06:00 7.2mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *Hunter Valley* WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 17.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 17.8mm/h 20.6mm in 30 min to 23:00 41.2mm/h 20.6mm in 1 hr to 23:00 20.6mm/h GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 35.0mm in 1 hr to 00:00 35.0mm/h 34.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 34.4mm/h *Sydney--east* SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 15.4mm in 30 min to 23:00 30.8mm/h 15.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 15.4mm/h *South Coast* MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE 14.0mm in 1 hr to 06:00 14.0mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 6.7mm/h 6.2mm in 16 min to 08:00 23.2mm/h ULLADULLA AWS 7.8mm in 38 min to 01:00 12.3mm/h 12.8mm in 1 hr to 01:00 12.8mm/h *VICTORIA* *W Gippsland* MT MOORNAPA 16.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.3mm/h 14.6mm in 1 hr to 10:00 14.6mm/h 10.2mm in 1 hr to 10:30 10.2mm/h 30.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 10.0mm/h *ISLANDS* *Islands* LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO 14.6mm in 49 min to 01:49 17.9mm/h 16.0mm in 1 hr to 02:00 16.0mm/h 25.0mm in 3 hr to 02:00 8.3mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 08:00 5.3mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
39.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 39.0 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA 38.5 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA 38.4 TIMBER CREEK Victoria NT 38.3 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA	29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 28.5 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 27.4 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA 27.0 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA 26.4 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
8.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 8.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 9.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 9.5 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 10.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC	-1.6 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS -1.5 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS -1.0 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS -0.6 ST HELENS AERODROME E Coast TAS 0.0 BROADMEADOWS (GLENLITTA AVENUE BMTC) E Central VIC 0.0 MELTON MOWBRAY(NORTH STOCKMAN) Southeast TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+8.9 33.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +8.4 33.5 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA +7.8 30.9 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA +7.7 30.0 CLEVE W Agricultural SA +7.3 36.1 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT +7.3 29.4 MAITLAND Yorke Peninsula SA	+8.4 19.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +8.3 12.3 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW +7.9 17.3 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA +7.5 16.0 BAIRNSDALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC +7.4 12.2 OMEO Upper NE VIC
-6.5 21.6 PAYNES FIND Murchison WA -6.2 21.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA -5.4 20.1 KELLERBERRIN Cent Wheatbelt WA -5.1 29.7 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA -5.1 20.4 CUNDERDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA	-5.3 1.0 GROVE RESEARCH STATION Southeast TAS -5.3 1.0 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS -5.0 1.4 GEEVESTON(FORESTRY CEMETERY RD) Southeast TAS -4.9 13.8 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD -4.6 14.3 WAVE HILL Victoria NT
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 ..