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Australian Weather News |
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Sunday, 11 AUG 2002 |
| NEWSBITS: Windy and warm as cold front approaches the SE |
| NEWSBITS: A strong, complex frontal system approached SA, Victoria and Tasmania today, bringing strong, warm northerly winds ahead of it. Gusts over 100km/h were reported from mountain stations in all three states, with 113km/h the highest speed reported, from both Thredbo Crackenback and Mt Hotham. Maximum temperatures were 8 to 11° above average across much of the western half of NSW, while scattered parts of the state also reported overnight minimum temperature variations of the same magnitude. Much colder air began to surge over western Tasmania and the west coast of Victoria this evening, with small hail and wintry showers reported. |
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National
weather extremes for today |
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| 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) | |
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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. 29.0 LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.
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Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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36.4 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 36.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 36.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 35.9 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA 35.2 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA |
26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 23.0 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands |
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3.8 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 4.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 5.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 5.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 6.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW |
-5.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW -5.2 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW -3.7 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW -3.0 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW -2.8 INVERELL (RAGLAN ST) N Tablelands W NSW |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
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+10.7
27.0 GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS Riverina W NSW +10.6 27.2 NAROOMA RVCP South Coast NSW +9.9 26.8 HILLSTON AIRPORT Riverina W NSW +9.8 24.1 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW +9.7 28.3 IVANHOE POST OFFICE Southwest Plains NSW |
+10.8
17.1 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW +9.1 11.8 BOWRAL (PARRY DRIVE) Illawarra NSW +9.1 11.7 GROVE RESEARCH STATION Southeast TAS +8.7 13.4 IVANHOE POST OFFICE Southwest Plains NSW +8.5 12.8 SWANSEA POST OFFICE E Coast TAS +8.5 9.0 TARRALEAH CHALET Derwent Valley TAS |
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-4.3
20.2 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA -3.9 15.6 PAYNES FIND Murchison WA -3.8 15.2 CARNAMAH Central West WA -3.8 13.9 WONGAN HILLS Central West WA -3.8 13.9 ESPERANCE SW & S Coast WA -3.8 13.7 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA |
-6.6
-0.9 PINGELLY Gt Southern WA -6.3 -1.0 JARRAHWOOD SW & S Coast WA -6.0 -0.5 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA -6.0 -0.3 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA -5.8 0.3 CUNDERDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA |
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Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets.
MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA : 76 (250/ 63 ) at 20:34 |
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