Australian Weather News -- 22 APR 2002

Australian Weather News

Monday, 22 APR 2002

Heavy rain accompanies front in far SW WA
NEWSBITS: Storm brings heavy rain to Norfolk Island

A cold front crossing southern WA brought several hours of heavy rain to the far southwest this morning, with a band of heavy rain moving across the area between about 6am and 2pm. The highest fall in the 24 hour period to 9am today was 63.4 at Forest Grove near Margaret River, while the highest for the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday was 86mm at Nannup, The heaviest rain fell over a period of only two or three hours. Bridgetown recorded 62.6mm for the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday. However 58mm was recorded between 9am and 3pm today at the post office with the automatic weather station recording 47.8mm between noon and 2pm. Witchcliffe to the south recorded 40mm in 3 hours to 9am. Thunderstorms were reported later in the day when the front moved east from Albany, but no thunder was reported with this mornings rain in the southwest.

Newsbits: A storm dumped 45mm in the three hours to midday on Norfolk Island this morning.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 19:04 EST on 23/04/02
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. 80.8 CANN RIVER EAST (CHANDLERS CK) E Gippsland VIC 77.0 COMBIENBAR E Gippsland VIC 66.8 CLUB TERRACE E Gippsland VIC 65.4 COMBIENBAR E Gippsland VIC *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *SW & S Coast* 63.4 FOREST GROVE 58.8 WITCHCLIFFE 52.2 WARNER GLEN *NEW SOUTH WALES* South Coast 54.0 NAROOMA RVCP 51.0 BATEMANS BAY (CATALINA COUNTRY CLUB) *VICTORIA* E Gippsland 80.8 CANN RIVER EAST (CHANDLERS CK) 77.0 COMBIENBAR 66.8 CLUB TERRACE 65.4 COMBIENBAR	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *Lower West* BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN 16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h *SW & S Coast* BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE 58.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 9.7mm/h MANJIMUP 12.2mm in 1 hr to 09:00 12.2mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.7mm/h BRIDGETOWN 20.6mm in 55 min to 12:55 22.5mm/h 27.2mm in 1 hr 5 min to 14:00 25.1mm/h WITCHCLIFFE 10.0mm in 1 hr to 07:00 10.0mm/h 20.2mm in 1 hr to 08:00 20.2mm/h 10.2mm in 1 hr to 09:00 10.2mm/h 40.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 13.3mm/h ROCKY GULLY 23.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 7.7mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *Hunter Valley* MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AWS 12.6mm in 1 hr to 09:00 12.6mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.3mm/h *Illawarra* NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS 4.2mm in 11 min to 09:00 22.9mm/h *VICTORIA* *E Gippsland* COMBIENBAR 26.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 8.7mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.0mm/h *ISLANDS* *Islands* NORFOLK ISLAND AERO 7.6mm in 42 min to 10:02 10.9mm/h 14.8mm in 22 min to 10:24 40.4mm/h 16.8mm in 36 min to 11:00 28.0mm/h 45.0mm in 3 hr to 11:00 15.0mm/h 53.0mm in 6 hr to 14:00 8.8mm/h 10.0mm in 1 hr to 21:00 10.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
40.0 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA 39.1 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA 39.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 39.0 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA 39.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA 39.0 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD	30.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 28.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 27.7 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 26.8 BLACK POINT Darwin-Daly NT 26.3 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
9.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 10.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 11.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC 11.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 11.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC	0.0 ST HELENS AERODROME E Coast TAS 1.9 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW 3.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 3.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW 3.5 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW 3.5 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+11.3 35.0 EYRE Eucla WA +9.8 33.2 EUCLA Eucla WA +9.7 35.0 MENINDEE POST OFFICE Lower Darling NSW +8.1 28.4 MOUNT BARKER Mt Lofty Ranges SA +7.8 34.0 BALGAIR Eucla WA	+8.4 13.5 BOMBALA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW +8.2 12.2 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW +7.7 9.4 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW +7.0 18.0 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW +7.0 18.4 SCONE SCS Hunter Valley NSW
-5.1 17.2 WINDY HARBOUR SW & S Coast WA -4.9 16.2 MOUNT BARKER SW & S Coast WA -4.8 21.4 WONGAN HILLS Central West WA -4.8 17.0 ALBANY AIRPORT SW & S Coast WA -4.5 16.5 PEMBERTON SW & S Coast WA	-6.6 5.1 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD -6.2 7.9 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -5.6 4.0 STANTHORPE (GRANITE BELT HRS) Darling Downs E QLD -5.5 9.0 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -5.4 9.9 BRIAN PASTURES Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW: 76 (180/ 67 ) at 08:00 BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW: 91 (190/ 69 ) at 02:05	Other extremes ..