Australian Weather News -- 28 APR 2002

Australian Weather News

Sunday, 28 APR 2002

Storms bring heavy falls to NSW/Qld border
NEWSBITS: Hot for late April in WA Pilbara

Storms this morning brought heavy rain to the Queensland Gold Coast and the far North Coast of NSW. Various raingauges around the Springbrook Plateau behind the Gold Coast recorded 50 to 86.8mm for the 24 hours to 9am, while Coolangatta Airport recorded 35.4mm between 5.30 and 9am, and Gold Coast Seaway had the same amount in just 2 hours to 9am. Rain continued in the area after the 9am rainfall registration cut-off time, with Logan City recording 49.8mm in the 24 hours to 9am Monday, about half that falling in further storms overnight. While the rain was welcome, it hasn't eased the serious water shortage on the Gold Coast where a total ban on garden sprinklers is expected to be introduced next month. Over the border, Doon Doon in the hills near Nimbin recorded 62mm to 9am.

Cooler air aloft moving in behind a weak surface trough last night was responsible for the storms, which redeveloped across northern NSW and southern Queensland late this afternoon. St George received 1cm hail and 17.2mm of rain in just under half an hour to 4pm. Other isolated heavy falls show up in the rainfall reports for the 24 hours to 9am Monday, with 63.6mm at Croppa Creek (NSW Northwest Slopes) and 54mm at Collarenebri standing out.

NEWSBITS: The eastern Pilbara in WA has been experiencing an exceptionally warm April. Much of the area has not had a below normal maximum temperature since 31 March. Today's top temperature at Roebourne of 41.7° was only 1.7 below the highest April maximum in 42 years of computerised records.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 17:18 EST on 01/05/02
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. 86.8 SPRINGBROOK TM Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 62.0 DOON DOON (MCCABES ROAD) North Coast NSW 54.0 SPRINGBROOK LOWER ALERT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 53.4 SPRINGBROOK ROAD Brisbane/SE Coast QLD *QUEENSLAND* *Brisbane/SE Coast* 86.8 SPRINGBROOK TM 54.0 SPRINGBROOK LOWER ALERT 53.4 SPRINGBROOK ROAD *NEW SOUTH WALES* North Coast 62.0 DOON DOON (MCCABES ROAD)	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *QUEENSLAND* *Brisbane/SE Coast* NAMBOUR DPI 10.8mm in 1 hr to 17:00 10.8mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h COOLANGATTA AIRPORT 5.2mm in 14 min to 05:44 22.3mm/h 10.2mm in 16 min to 06:00 38.2mm/h 15.4mm in 1 hr to 06:00 15.4mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.7mm/h 24.4mm in 1 hr to 06:30 24.4mm/h 11.8mm in 1 hr to 07:00 11.8mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 6.7mm/h GOLD COAST SEAWAY 9.0mm in 27 min to 08:00 20.0mm/h 17.2mm in 1 hr to 08:00 17.2mm/h 7.8mm in 15 min to 08:25 31.2mm/h 18.2mm in 1 hr to 09:00 18.2mm/h 39.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 13.0mm/h *Maranoa* ST GEORGE AIRPORT 17.2mm in 28 min to 16:00 36.9mm/h 18.2mm in 1 hr to 16:00 18.2mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.0mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *MidNorth Coast N* COFFS HARBOUR MO 14.4mm in 1 hr to 00:00 14.4mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
41.7 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA 41.0 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA 40.0 MANDORA E Pilbara WA 39.4 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA 39.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 39.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA 39.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA 39.0 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA	29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 28.6 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 27.0 VARANUS ISLAND Islands 26.6 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 26.2 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
3.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 6.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 7.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 8.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 8.2 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS	-7.0 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS -6.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -3.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW -3.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -3.0 CRESSY RESEARCH STATION AWS N Coast TAS -3.0 FINGAL (FORESTRY LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+7.3 18.6 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW +6.8 30.5 EYRE Eucla WA +6.5 41.7 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA +6.0 28.0 WAGGA WAGGA RESEARCH CENTRE Riverina E NSW +5.9 32.1 BALGAIR Eucla WA	+7.0 19.5 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA +5.7 16.5 PINDARI DAM NW Slopes N NSW +5.6 20.3 LEONORA Goldfields WA +5.6 18.6 SURAT POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD +5.3 20.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
-5.6 13.6 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW -5.5 20.7 MURWILLUMBAH (BRAY PARK) North Coast NSW -5.3 14.0 BOWRAL (PARRY DRIVE) Illawarra NSW -5.1 22.0 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -4.9 21.2 ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD	-8.7 2.0 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS -8.4 1.9 MURRAY BRIDGE Lower Murray SA -8.3 -3.0 FINGAL (FORESTRY LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS -7.9 0.3 NHILL Wimmera N VIC -7.7 1.0 HEYWOOD FORESTRY W Coast VIC
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: 78 (130/ 67 ) at 16:00	Other extremes ..