Australian Weather News -- 05 AUG 2002

Australian Weather News

Monday, 05 AUG 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 15:22 EST on 11/08/02
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. 33.0 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands 32.2 LAKE WILLIAM HOVELL RESERVOIR Upper NE VIC 20.4 PICKERING BROOK Lower West WA 19.8 HARVEY SW & S Coast WA 19.2 PEMBERTON SW & S Coast WA *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *Lower West* 20.4 PICKERING BROOK *SW & S Coast* 19.8 HARVEY 19.2 PEMBERTON *VICTORIA* Upper NE 32.2 LAKE WILLIAM HOVELL RESERVOIR *ISLANDS* Islands 33.0 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. None reported
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
34.5 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA 34.2 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT 34.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 34.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA 34.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 34.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT 34.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT	26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.8 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.6 WILLIS ISLAND Islands 23.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 23.0 FLINDERS REEF Islands
2.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 3.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 4.5 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 5.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 5.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC	-7.8 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW -7.8 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW -6.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -5.7 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC -5.2 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+9.1 30.7 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA +6.9 28.7 KULGERA Alice Springs NT +6.8 22.0 STANTHORPE (GRANITE BELT HRS) Darling Downs E QLD +6.8 18.7 GUYRA HOSPITAL N Tablelands W NSW +6.5 20.6 GLEN INNES POST OFFICE N Tablelands W NSW	+6.7 19.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA +6.7 14.2 CARNEGIE Interior WA +6.1 13.5 EUCLA Eucla WA +5.7 18.0 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA +5.5 14.1 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
-4.9 8.0 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS -4.0 15.0 CASHMERE DOWNS Goldfields WA -3.9 9.3 GEEVESTON(FORESTRY CEMETERY RD) Southeast TAS -3.8 14.2 SOUTHERN CROSS Goldfields WA -3.7 12.7 LAKE GRACE POST OFFICE Gt Southern WA	-8.0 -5.0 STANTHORPE (GRANITE BELT HRS) Darling Downs E QLD -7.7 -4.0 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD -7.6 5.9 MCARTHUR RIVER MINE Roper-McArthur NT -7.3 1.5 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD -7.1 0.0 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA : 82 (280/ 69 ) at 18:22 COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA : 80 (260/ 63 ) at 22:45 SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) Lower North SA : 76 (270/ 63 ) at 21:23 MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA : 89 (270/ 67 ) at 20:45 EDITHBURGH Yorke Peninsula SA : 82 (310/ 65 ) at 20:16 STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Peninsula SA : 85 (290/ 65 ) at 20:40 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Kangaroo Is SA : 89 (350/ 80 ) at 09:30 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide Plains SA : 96 (310/ 63 ) at 21:21 EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide Plains SA : 98 (310/ 76 ) at 21:26 ROSEWORTHY AG COLLEGE Adelaide Plains SA : 96 (300/ 78 ) at 21:27 MOUNT LOFTY Mt Lofty Ranges SA : 117 (310/ 78 ) at 21:30 STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE Lower Murray SA : 91 (300/ 67 ) at 21:39 CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA : 91 (280/ 65 ) at 23:30 KILMORE GAP N Central VIC: 85 (360/ 69 ) at 16:30 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 87 (320/ 72 ) at 23:30 LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands : 82 (240/ 63 ) at 04:00	Other extremes ..