Australian Weather News -- 19 JUN 2002

Australian Weather News

Wednesday, 19 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 18:57 EST on 20/06/02
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): Lowest daily minimum temperature for June: Wollogorang NT: 1.5 (2.4, 19)
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. 56.0 WOOTTON MidNorth Coast S NSW 50.0 BUNGWAHL MidNorth Coast S NSW 42.0 ROBERTSON (THE PIE SHOP) Illawarra NSW 40.0 COMBOYNE POST OFFICE MidNorth Coast S NSW 39.2 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands *NEW SOUTH WALES* MidNorth Coast S 56.0 WOOTTON 50.0 BUNGWAHL 40.0 COMBOYNE POST OFFICE Illawarra 42.0 ROBERTSON (THE PIE SHOP) *ISLANDS* Islands 39.2 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *Central West* GERALDTON AIRPORT 13.2mm in 30 min to 01:30 26.4mm/h 13.2mm in 1 hr to 02:00 13.2mm/h *ISLANDS* *Islands* NORFOLK ISLAND AERO 10.8mm in 30 min to 02:00 21.6mm/h 12.6mm in 1 hr to 02:00 12.6mm/h 13.4mm in 1 hr to 02:30 13.4mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
33.0 PIRLANGIMPI Darwin-Daly NT 32.0 CHANNEL POINT Darwin-Daly NT 31.5 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD 31.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 30.8 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA	27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 26.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 25.2 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.2 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 23.0 WILLIS ISLAND Islands
1.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 2.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 3.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 5.1 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 5.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS	-7.2 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS -7.1 MELTON MOWBRAY(NORTH STOCKMAN) Southeast TAS -6.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -6.0 CRESSY RESEARCH STATION AWS N Coast TAS -5.3 ROSS (THE BOULEVARDS) Midlands TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+5.0 24.7 WILUNA Interior WA +4.9 25.5 CARNEGIE Interior WA +4.5 25.7 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA +4.2 30.0 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA +3.6 27.1 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA	+6.8 14.5 BRIGALOW RESEARCH STN Central Highlands QLD +6.7 14.8 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA +6.5 12.6 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA +6.4 13.2 CASHMERE DOWNS Goldfields WA +6.1 17.0 LANCELIN Lower West WA
-3.9 27.0 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA -3.9 16.0 KEMPSEY (WIDE STREET) MidNorth Coast N NSW -3.8 22.3 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD -3.8 19.0 BARCALDINE POST OFFICE Central West QLD -3.6 21.0 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT Barkly NT	-10.7 1.5 WOLLOGORANG Roper-McArthur NT -10.4 11.5 BLACK POINT Darwin-Daly NT -8.7 -0.7 WATARRKA Alice Springs NT
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. CAPE LEEUWIN SW & S Coast WA : 87 (260/ 76 ) at 02:26 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Kangaroo Is SA : 83 (340/ 65 ) at 20:15 GREEN ISLAND N Coast--Barron QLD: 74 (160/ 63 ) at 09:30 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD: 98 (160/ 76 ) at 13:38 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD: 106 (180/ 82 ) at 15:00 GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD: 78 (170/ 65 ) at 11:23 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON LIGHTHOUSE) North Coast NSW: 104 (180/ 70 ) at 10:00 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW: 83 (160/ 70 ) at 02:08 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 102 (310/ 85 ) at 23:30	Other extremes ..