Australian Weather News -- 12 JUL 2002

Australian Weather News

Friday, 12 JUL 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 16:47 EST on 24/07/02
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 any month: Cessnock Nulkaba NSW: -4.2 (-3.3, 25) Coonabarabran Namoi Street NSW: -9.0 (-8.7, 44) Breaking record set 2 July 2002 and equalled yesterday Camden AP AWS NSW: -6.0 (-5.4, 24)
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. 43.8 GREENBUSHES SW & S Coast WA 35.0 BOYUP BROOK SW & S Coast WA 34.0 MANJIMUP SW & S Coast WA 34.0 HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 33.0 WATTLE DALE Gt Southern WA *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *SW & S Coast* 43.8 GREENBUSHES 35.0 BOYUP BROOK 34.0 MANJIMUP *Gt Southern* 33.0 WATTLE DALE *QUEENSLAND* Wide Bay/Burnett 34.0 HERON ISLAND RES STN	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *Lower West* BICKLEY 6.8mm in 34 min to 00:00 12.0mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *Wide Bay/Burnett* HERON ISLAND RES STN 29.6mm in 1 hr to 07:00 29.6mm/h 31.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 10.3mm/h 13.0mm in 1 hr to 12:00 13.0mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.3mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
34.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA 34.0 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA 33.1 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT 33.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 33.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 33.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT 33.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 33.0 PORT KEATS AERO Darwin-Daly NT	26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 24.3 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 22.9 WILLIS ISLAND Islands 22.3 LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT S Peninsula QLD
-1.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 2.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 2.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 3.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW	-11.6 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW -10.9 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW -9.4 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW -9.0 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW -9.0 COONABARABRAN (NAMOI STREET) CW Slopes N NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+7.8 24.6 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA +7.5 26.9 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA +7.5 24.4 MENINDEE POST OFFICE Lower Darling NSW +7.4 26.8 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA +7.4 23.7 IVANHOE POST OFFICE Southwest Plains NSW	+6.0 11.3 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW +5.9 18.0 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD +5.4 15.2 KALBARRI Central West WA +5.2 13.9 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD +5.1 11.2 MORAWA POST OFFICE Central West WA
-5.9 11.2 ESPERANCE SW & S Coast WA -5.3 9.5 ONGERUP Gt Southern WA -5.2 11.8 WONGAN HILLS Central West WA -5.1 9.4 KATANNING COMPARISON Gt Southern WA -4.9 11.4 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA -4.9 9.8 NARROGIN Gt Southern WA	-10.4 -11.6 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW -10.2 -9.0 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW -9.1 -9.0 COONABARABRAN (NAMOI STREET) CW Slopes N NSW -8.9 -6.0 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW -8.7 -4.6 COLLARENEBRI (VIEWPOINT) Upper Darling NSW -8.7 -4.2 CESSNOCK (NULKABA) Hunter Valley NSW
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA : 95 (230/ 74 ) at 07:16 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA : 93 (280/ 65 ) at 01:37 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA : 102 (250/ 72 ) at 04:11 GOOSEBERRY HILL Lower West WA : 98 (220/ 56 ) at 07:29 OCEAN REEF Lower West WA : 95 (240/ 56 ) at 05:16 SWANBOURNE Lower West WA : 109 (260/ 61 ) at 04:28 BICKLEY Lower West WA : 109 (270/ 56 ) at 00:19 GARDEN ISLAND HSF SW & S Coast WA : 91 (240/ 58 ) at 07:07 CAPE LEEUWIN SW & S Coast WA : 117 (260/ 96 ) at 04:18 CAPE NATURALISTE SW & S Coast WA : 98 (230/ 78 ) at 00:00 ESPERANCE AERO SW & S Coast WA : 106 (290/ 74 ) at 02:18 WITCHCLIFFE SW & S Coast WA : 102 (250/ 20 ) at 04:00 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA : 80 (250/ 67 ) at 04:19 MOUNT LOFTY Mt Lofty Ranges SA : 102 (340/ 67 ) at 22:30 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 108 (320/ 80 ) at 07:26 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 91 (320/ 72 ) at 01:30 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS: 80 (350/ 63 ) at 02:00	Other extremes ..