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Tuesday, 30 APR 2002

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NEWSBITS: Widespread storms in southern WA
A transient low pressure centre that formed in a weak trough down the WA coast brought morning thunderstorms from the Central West to the Great Southern. The storms became scattered and moved inland during the day, though with the exception of 19mm falling at Wandering in the hills SE of Perth, there were no significant falls of rain.

National weather extremes for today
Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 17:22 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.

72.0 BALLINA (CROWLEY VILLAGE) North Coast NSW
66.0 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
61.0 SAMUEL HILL AERO Central Coast E QLD
60.6 NORAH HEAD LIGHTHOUSE Hunter Valley NSW
58.6 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON LIGHTHOUSE) North Coast NSW

QUEENSLAND
     Central Coast E
61.0 SAMUEL HILL AERO

NEW SOUTH WALES
     North Coast
72.0 BALLINA (CROWLEY VILLAGE)
58.6 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON LIGHTHOUSE)
57.0 BALLINA AIRPORT AWS
    MidNorth Coast S
54.0 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW)
    Hunter Valley
66.0 NORAH HEAD AWS
60.6 NORAH HEAD LIGHTHOUSE

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


NEW SOUTH WALES
     MidNorth Coast N
COFFS HARBOUR MO
10.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 10.8mm/h
11.6mm in 30 min to 23:00 23.2mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 23:00 11.6mm/h
 

Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum Minimum
38.3 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
38.2 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
38.1 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
38.1 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA
28.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
26.8 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
26.0 WARRUWI Arnhem NT
26.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.9 CENTRE ISLAND Roper-McArthur NT
25.9 LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT S Peninsula QLD
7.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
8.3 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
9.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
9.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
10.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
 -7.1 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.2 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.0 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum Minimum
+6.7   30.1 EUCLA Eucla WA
+5.8   27.0 CAPE LEEUWIN SW & S Coast WA
+5.6   31.6 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA
+5.5   31.3 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA
+5.5   33.7 THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE Far SW QLD
 +6.1   16.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
+5.8   16.0 DONNYBROOK SW & S Coast WA
+5.6   18.6 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
+5.6   16.8 BEVERLEY Gt Southern WA
+5.6   16.7 BROOKTON Gt Southern WA
-5.8   19.9 LISMORE (CENTRE STREET) North Coast NSW
-4.2   22.6 CASINO AIRPORT North Coast NSW
-3.9   20.6 CESSNOCK (NULKABA) Hunter Valley NSW
-3.8   18.0 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW
-3.5   22.7 MURWILLUMBAH (BRAY PARK) North Coast NSW
-3.5   17.9 TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG Upper North VIC
 -8.4   5.0 KULGERA Alice Springs NT
-7.2   4.2 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
-6.9   6.2 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
-6.7   -7.1 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.6   5.5 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide Plains SA
-6.6   3.2 POLDA (GUM VIEW) W Agricultural SA

Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets.

GREEN ISLAND N Coast--Barron QLD: 78 (130/ 63 ) at 23:55
HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD: 83 (120/ 74 ) at 05:05
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 69 (310/ 63 ) at 12:00

Other extremes

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