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Wednesday, 15 MAY 2002

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Significant rainfall, strong winds, strong wind gusts and abnormally high and low temperatures for this day are given below. Descriptions of significant weather events are added here when time permits and reliable information is available. This is sometimes well after the event!

National weather extremes for today
Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 17:12 EST on 16/05/02
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 (none known)

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.

55.0 NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION Hunter Valley NSW
44.0 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW
26.0 WYONG (JILLIBY (JILLIBY CREEK)) Hunter Valley NSW
24.6 SALISBURY (BARRINGTON GUEST HOUSE) Hunter Valley NSW
24.2 WYONG (WYONG BOWLING CLUB) Hunter Valley NSW

NEW SOUTH WALES
     Hunter Valley
55.0 NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION
44.0 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD)
26.0 WYONG (JILLIBY (JILLIBY CREEK))
24.6 SALISBURY (BARRINGTON GUEST HOUSE)
24.2 WYONG (WYONG BOWLING CLUB)

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


NEW SOUTH WALES
     Hunter Valley
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS
16.6mm in 1 hr to 00:00 16.6mm/h
16.6mm in 1 hr to 23:00 16.6mm/h

TASMANIA
     N Coast
LOW HEAD
32.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 10.7mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum Minimum
37.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
37.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
36.9 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
36.7 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA
36.7 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA
28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
26.6 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
26.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.3 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands
25.0 VARANUS ISLAND Islands
3.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
4.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
4.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
5.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
5.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
 -3.5 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
-3.0 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
-1.8 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS
-1.4 ARARAT PRISON Western Plains VIC
-1.1 MELTON MOWBRAY(NORTH STOCKMAN) Southeast TAS

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum Minimum
+9.7   32.6 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT
+9.5   33.1 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT
+8.5   33.2 WATARRKA Alice Springs NT
+8.1   31.6 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
+8.0   32.8 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
 +8.0   17.7 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+7.5   23.5 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA
+7.2   23.3 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA
+6.9   16.5 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA
+6.8   20.5 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
-5.5   22.0 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
-4.3   21.7 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
-3.2   15.9 MORUYA HEADS PILOT STATION South Coast NSW
-3.1   22.4 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA
-2.8   22.9 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
-7.1   7.1 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
-7.1   2.0 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
-7.0   -1.4 ARARAT PRISON Western Plains VIC
-6.9   14.0 COOKTOWN MISSION STRIP N Coast--Barron QLD
-6.4   2.0 PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) 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.

No reports of wind gusts above 90km/h or sustained winds above 63km/h

Other extremes

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