Australian Weather News -- 27 MAY 2002

Australian Weather News

Monday, 27 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 16:50 EST on 02/06/02
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. 93.0 MACKAY ALERT Central Coast E QLD 46.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT 43.0 EAST MACKAY Central Coast E QLD 38.8 APOLLO BAY W Coast VIC 37.6 MACKAY MO Central Coast E QLD *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Darwin-Daly 46.0 DUM IN MIRRIE *QUEENSLAND* Central Coast E 93.0 MACKAY ALERT 43.0 EAST MACKAY 37.6 MACKAY MO *VICTORIA* W Coast 38.8 APOLLO BAY	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *QUEENSLAND* *Central Coast E* AYR DPI RESEARCH STN 46.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 15.3mm/h MACKAY AERO 13.0mm in 1 hr to 05:30 13.0mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 6.0mm/h MACKAY MO 32.6mm in 1 hr to 07:00 32.6mm/h HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT 43.4mm in 1 hr to 07:00 43.4mm/h 18.0mm in 1 hr to 14:00 18.0mm/h *Wide Bay/Burnett* HERON ISLAND RES STN 20.8mm in 1 hr to 22:00 20.8mm/h 20.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 20.4mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
35.0 MILINGIMBI Arnhem NT 34.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA 34.0 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA 34.0 PIRLANGIMPI Darwin-Daly NT 33.9 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT	28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 25.9 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 25.2 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 25.0 VARANUS ISLAND Islands
1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 1.4 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 1.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 3.1 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 3.6 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW	-6.8 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS -6.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -5.3 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW -5.2 ROSS (THE BOULEVARDS) Midlands TAS -5.0 POWRANNA (TASMANIA FEEDLOT) N Coast TAS -5.0 CRESSY RESEARCH STATION AWS N Coast TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+6.7 29.5 MORAWA POST OFFICE Central West WA +6.6 26.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA +6.5 28.1 DALWALLINU COMPARISON Central West WA +6.4 28.8 CARNAMAH Central West WA +6.3 25.3 KARNET Lower West WA	+8.6 18.1 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA +6.2 15.2 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA +5.0 16.5 CLERMONT POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD +4.8 18.5 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA +3.9 20.0 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA +3.9 14.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
-7.5 19.0 BARALABA POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD -7.1 18.0 BRIGALOW RESEARCH STN Central Highlands QLD -6.4 14.2 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA -6.1 14.1 GAWLER RANGES (NONNING) NW Pastoral SA -5.7 20.2 ROLLESTON METEOR ST Central Highlands QLD	-9.5 0.0 EYRE Eucla WA -9.0 -4.3 LAUNCESTON AIRPORT N Coast TAS -8.6 3.5 ALI CURUNG Alice Springs NT -8.3 1.0 KULGERA Alice Springs NT -8.3 -1.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
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 ..