Australian Weather News -- 12 JUN 2002

Australian Weather News

Wednesday, 12 JUN 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 17:43 EST on 17/06/02
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 (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets): Highest daily maximum temperature for June: Leigh Creek AP SA: 23.6 (23.5, 12)
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. 66.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 45.0 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION W Coast TAS 43.6 QUEENSTOWN (COPPER MINES TAS) W Coast TAS 42.8 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM) Central Plateau TAS 41.4 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS *TASMANIA* Central Plateau 42.8 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM) W Coast 66.0 MOUNT READ 45.0 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION 43.6 QUEENSTOWN (COPPER MINES TAS) 41.4 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *SW & S Coast* CAPE NATURALISTE 6.6mm in 17 min to 23:39 23.3mm/h *SOUTH AUSTRALIA* *Yorke Peninsula* EDITHBURGH 4.6mm in 11 min to 15:30 25.1mm/h *Lower SE* COONAWARRA 4.0mm in 12 min to 14:49 20.0mm/h *VICTORIA* *E Central* MOORABBIN AIRPORT 5.6mm in 6 min to 17:06 56.0mm/h *TASMANIA* *N Coast* CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. 15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h *W Coast* MOUNT READ 18.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 6.0mm/h *King Island* KING ISLAND AIRPORT 9.0mm in 47 min to 12:00 11.5mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.7mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
34.8 BATCHELOR AERO Darwin-Daly NT 34.2 DOUGLAS RIVER Darwin-Daly NT 34.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA 34.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT 34.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 34.0 MANGO FARM Darwin-Daly NT 34.0 PORT KEATS AERO Darwin-Daly NT 34.0 PALMERVILLE S Peninsula QLD 34.0 PIRLANGIMPI Darwin-Daly NT 34.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA	28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 26.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 25.3 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 25.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 25.0 GOVE AIRPORT Arnhem NT
1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 1.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 2.6 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 3.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 3.5 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 3.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW	-5.8 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW -4.1 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW -4.0 GLEN INNES AG RESEARCH STN N Tablelands W NSW -3.5 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW -2.5 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+8.4 28.5 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT +8.1 27.0 KULGERA Alice Springs NT +7.9 27.7 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA +7.6 27.4 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT +7.2 26.4 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA	+12.2 13.0 FINGAL (FORESTRY LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS +9.4 12.0 LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) N Coast TAS +7.9 13.2 SCAMANDER E Coast TAS +7.8 12.0 WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS +7.8 10.0 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS
-2.7 16.8 TEXAS POST OFFICE Darling Downs E QLD -2.6 16.0 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW -2.5 16.5 TAREE (RADIO STATION 2RE) MidNorth Coast S NSW -1.9 10.5 GEEVESTON(FORESTRY CEMETERY RD) Southeast TAS -1.8 10.6 DOVER (PARKS AND WILDLIFE OFFICE) Southeast TAS	-6.6 -4.1 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW -6.5 3.7 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD -6.0 2.0 WATARRKA Alice Springs NT -5.9 2.5 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD -5.8 0.0 HYDEN Gt Southern WA -5.8 1.2 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -5.8 -4.0 GLEN INNES AG RESEARCH STN N Tablelands W NSW
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. NEPTUNE ISLAND SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) EDITHBURGH STENHOUSE BAY MOUNT LOFTY KUITPO FOREST RESERVE KEITH (MUNKORA) CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS SWAN HILL AERODROME HORSHAM AERODROME FALLS CREEK MT HOTHAM WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) DEVONPORT AIRPORT CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE MOUNT WELLINGTON	W Agricultural SA : 106 (260/ 74 ) at 18:29 Lower North SA : 83 (280/ 67 ) at 17:33 Yorke Peninsula SA : 98 (280/ 41 ) at 15:18 Yorke Peninsula SA : 80 (240/ 63 ) at 19:13 Mt Lofty Ranges SA : 91 (280/ 63 ) at 19:10 Mt Lofty Ranges SA : 95 (260/ 43 ) at 16:16 Upper SE SA : 82 (290/ 69 ) at 15:27 Lower SE SA : 98 (290/ 56 ) at 14:31 Snowy Mtns NSW: 95 (320/ 78 ) at 22:00 Mallee S VIC: 83 (270/ 67 ) at 19:45 Wimmera S VIC: 91 (280/ 69 ) at 17:23 Upper NE VIC: 91 (350/ 45 ) at 21:22 Upper NE VIC: 104 (350/ 76 ) at 20:00 W Gippsland VIC: 117 (270/ 76 ) at 17:21 W Coast VIC: 74 (340/ 63 ) at 10:00 N Coast TAS: 82 (290/ 63 ) at 11:02 N Coast TAS: 91 (320/ 59 ) at 09:00 Southeast TAS: 100 (300/ 85 ) at 04:01 Southeast TAS: 106 (270/ 83 ) at 00:49 valign="top"> face="Verdana" size="1">Other extremes ..