 Persistent
low brings minor flooding, gales to SE corner |
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Heavy rain fell over Victoria's East
Gippsland overnight, accompanied by strong winds. Falls of 50 to 90mm
in the 24 hours to 9am were common, causing moderate flooding in the lower
Snowy River, minor flooding in the Cann and Mitchell Rivers,
as well as local flooding and significant rises in the Bemm, Genoa and
Buchan Rivers. Between 100 and 250mm has fallen in the area over the past
few days, leading to three landslips on the Omeo Highway between Bruthen
and Ensay. Strengthening winds overnight brought down trees and branches
on the Bruthen to Nowa Nowa Road and around Orbost, where a rising
Snowy River blocked roads, cutting some school bus services. Rain continued
in the east through the day, easing soon after midnight. Both raingauges
at Combienbar, in the mountain valley behind Club Terrace, recorded
140mm for the 2 days to 9am Monday, while Club Terrace itself recorded
147.6mm.
The acrobatic low responsible for the rain
performed some new tricks today. The low formed off the NSW North Coast
on Wednesday morning, moved south on Thursday and remained almost stationary
off Gabo Island on Friday and Saturday. Yesterday afternoon, it
suddenly deepened in response to a small injection of colder air aloft.
Today, the low drifted slowly back up the coast again, filling slightly
and spawning four centres by 4am Monday covering the western and central
Tasman. Gales were recorded on the NSW South Coast after the low
began its northward movement and before it weakened, with Montague
Island reporting a gust to 100km/h at 1.40pm
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National
weather extremes for today
Data provided by
the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 20:15 EST on 22/04/02 |
| 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) |
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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.
91.0 MT NOWA NOWA E Gippsland VIC
80.8 CLUB TERRACE E Gippsland VIC
77.4 CABBAGE TREE CREEK E Gippsland VIC
76.2 COMBIENBAR E Gippsland VIC
75.4 SNOWY RIVER (D/S BASIN CREEK) E Gippsland VIC
VICTORIA
E Gippsland
91.0 MT NOWA NOWA
80.8 CLUB TERRACE
77.4 CABBAGE TREE CREEK
76.2 COMBIENBAR
75.4 SNOWY RIVER (D/S BASIN CREEK)
64.0 COMBIENBAR
63.0 GELANTIPY
60.2 CANN RIVER EAST (CHANDLERS CK)
59.6 ORBOST (COMPARISON)
59.0 ORBOST
57.0 BONANG
53.4 BUCHAN (POST OFFICE)
W Gippsland
56.0 MT MOORNAPA
W Central
52.8 BOGGY CREEK (BULUMWAAL)
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High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.
NEW SOUTH WALES
South Coast
GREEN CAPE AWS
9.8mm in 54 min to 23:54 10.9mm/h
VICTORIA
E Gippsland
MALLACOOTA
15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h
GELANTIPY
16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.7mm/h
COMBIENBAR
17.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.7mm/h
12.2mm in 1 hr to 22:30 12.2mm/h
11.8mm in 1 hr to 23:00 11.8mm/h
MT NOWA NOWA
40.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 13.3mm/h
W Gippsland
MT MOORNAPA
16.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.3mm/h
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Todays highest &
lowest temperatures |
| Maximum |
Minimum |
40.0 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
39.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
39.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
38.7 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA
38.5 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
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29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
28.2 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.6 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
26.5 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
26.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT
26.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
26.0 WARRUWI Arnhem NT
26.0 CENTRE ISLAND Roper-McArthur NT
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6.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
8.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
8.5 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
8.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
9.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
9.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
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0.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
0.8 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
2.1 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW
2.1 TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
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Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
| Maximum |
Minimum |
+10.3
32.6 PRICE Yorke Peninsula SA
+6.5
34.4 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT
+6.3
36.4 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
+6.3
32.5 WHITE CLIFFS POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
+6.1
30.5 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA
+6.1
31.7 REDCLIFFE COUNCIL Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
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+8.7
12.7 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+7.8
12.9 BOMBALA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+7.7
13.0 FINGAL (FORESTRY LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS
+7.6
17.0 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA
+7.4
12.2 OMEO Upper NE VIC
+7.4
7.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
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-4.2
23.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
-4.0
13.5 GROVE RESEARCH STATION Southeast TAS
-3.9
13.5 GEEVESTON(FORESTRY CEMETERY RD) Southeast TAS
-3.4
15.1 OMEO Upper NE VIC
-3.4
13.9 HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
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-7.1
11.6 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
-7.0
4.1 GUNNEDAH POOL NW Slopes S NSW
-5.7
14.0 PALMERVILLE S Peninsula QLD
-5.7
6.0 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD
-5.6
8.5 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-5.6
4.0 STANTHORPE (GRANITE BELT HRS) Darling Downs E QLD
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Highest wind
gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets.
MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW: 100 (180/ 72 ) at 13:40
GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW: 91 (210/ 74 ) at 13:00
MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC: 95 (170/ 72 ) at 08:25
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Other extremes
Flood peaks:
Cann at Chandlers Ck Vic: 2.21m around midnight tonight with minor
flooding
Mitchell at Bairnsdale Vic: 4.25m late afternoon with minor flooding
Snowy
at Basin Creek Vic: 4.1m
around 10am with moderate flooding
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