Australian Weather News -- 23 MAY 2002

Australian Weather News

Thursday, 23 MAY 2002

Notes on significant weather not yet written

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 17:33 EST on 27/05/02
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 (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets): Highest daily maximum temperature for May: Mornington Island Qld: 35.2 (34.7, 22)
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. 24.4 DARWIN AIRPORT COMPARISON N Rivers NT 23.0 CAPE DON Darwin-Daly NT 21.8 DARWIN AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 21.2 KIMBA W Agricultural SA *NORTHERN TERRITORY* N Rivers 24.4 DARWIN AIRPORT COMPARISON Darwin-Daly 23.0 CAPE DON 21.8 DARWIN AIRPORT *SOUTH AUSTRALIA* W Agricultural 21.2 KIMBA	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *W Pilbara* ONSLOW AIRPORT 16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h THEVENARD ISLAND 23.6mm in 1 hr to 14:00 23.6mm/h 17.4mm in 1 hr to 15:00 17.4mm/h 41.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 13.7mm/h 10.2mm in 1 hr to 17:00 10.2mm/h *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Darwin-Daly* DARWIN AIRPORT 21.8mm in 30 min to 00:00 43.6mm/h 21.8mm in 1 hr to 00:30 21.8mm/h 10.6mm in 10 min to 15:24 63.6mm/h 14.2mm in 1 hr to 16:00 14.2mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *Illawarra* BELLAMBI AWS 10.8mm in 1 hr to 19:30 10.8mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h *South Coast* ULLADULLA AWS 6.4mm in 19 min to 20:19 20.2mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
37.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 36.6 WARMUN E Kimberley WA 36.3 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA 36.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA 36.0 ELLIOTT Barkly NT	27.3 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 27.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 26.0 VARANUS ISLAND Islands 25.9 FLYING FOX Roper-McArthur NT
-0.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 0.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 3.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 3.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC	-6.8 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW -5.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW -3.6 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW -3.0 KINGAROY AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -3.0 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW -3.0 CRADLE MOUNTAIN AIRSTRIP Central Plateau TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+6.8 35.2 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD +5.3 32.9 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT Barkly NT +5.3 32.6 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD +5.2 34.0 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD +4.8 32.5 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD	+9.2 19.0 JERVOIS Alice Springs NT +6.3 23.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA +6.2 22.3 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA +6.2 14.6 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT +5.9 22.0 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA
-7.0 14.8 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW -6.6 12.5 KADINA Yorke Peninsula SA -6.5 14.5 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA -6.3 13.9 GAWLER RANGES (NONNING) NW Pastoral SA -6.3 10.7 YONGALA Upper North SA	-10.8 -2.2 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD -9.4 2.8 BRIAN PASTURES Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -9.0 1.3 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -8.8 2.0 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -8.5 -1.2 PINDARI DAM NW Slopes N NSW
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 ..