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Saturday, 10 AUG 2002

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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 15:33 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.

28.0 FOREST GROVE SW & S Coast WA
27.8 KARRI VALLEY RESORT
24.8 WITCHCLIFFE SW & S Coast WA
24.0 BUSSELTON AERO SW & S Coast WA
23.2 COWARAMUP SW & S Coast WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    
27.8 KARRI VALLEY RESORT
    SW & S Coast
28.0 FOREST GROVE
24.8 WITCHCLIFFE
24.0 BUSSELTON AERO
23.2 COWARAMUP

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


WESTERN AUSTRALIA
     Central West
GERALDTON AIRPORT
18.2mm in 30 min to 01:00 36.4mm/h
18.2mm in 1 hr to 01:00 18.2mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum Minimum
34.5 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
33.3 BATCHELOR AERO Darwin-Daly NT
33.2 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
33.1 DOUGLAS RIVER Darwin-Daly NT
32.5 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
24.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
23.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.0 HOLMES REEF Islands
22.5 BLACK POINT Darwin-Daly NT
5.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
6.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
8.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
8.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
10.4 ROCKY GULLY SW & S Coast WA
-5.2 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-4.9 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-4.9 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC
-4.8 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum Minimum
+9.7   28.0 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
+8.2   26.8 LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+8.1   24.1 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide Plains SA
+7.8   29.7 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+6.8   25.4 BANKSTOWN AIRPORT AWS Sydney--east NSW
 +9.1   11.6 GEEVESTON(FORESTRY CEMETERY RD) Southeast TAS
+8.1   11.7 DOVER (PARKS AND WILDLIFE OFFICE) Southeast TAS
+7.5   13.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA
+7.4   10.0 GROVE RESEARCH STATION Southeast TAS
+7.3   15.9 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
-2.9   13.4 CAPE NATURALISTE SW & S Coast WA
-2.0   22.5 LUCINDA POINT N Coast--Herbert QLD
-0.6   23.3 GLADSTONE RADAR Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
-0.2   32.5 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
0.0   27.7 CENTRE ISLAND Roper-McArthur NT
-6.1   7.4 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
-6.0   2.6 WATARRKA Alice Springs NT
-6.0   -4.0 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW
-6.0   -1.6 LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
-5.6   9.5 WARMUN E Kimberley WA

Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets.

CAPE WILLOUGHBY Kangaroo Is SA : 87 (340/ 76 ) at 13:30
MOUNT LOFTY Mt Lofty Ranges SA : 93 (320/ 65 ) at 11:00
THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW: 104 (320/ 89 ) at 23:00
MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC: 108 (340/ 83 ) at 22:19
MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC: 95 (360/ 74 ) at 11:31
DUNNS HILL E Central VIC: 93 ( 10/ 67 ) at 21:30
KILMORE GAP N Central VIC: 85 (360/ 67 ) at 16:36
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 95 (320/ 74 ) at 22:00
MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 109 (300/ 85 ) at 22:30
HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS: 104 (290/ 69 ) at 04:58

Other extremes

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