 Cold
morning in NT, northern SA
NEWSBITS: A wet time in Seal Rocks NSW; heavy seas off Sydney |
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It was an unusually cold start to the
day across the NT and northern SA. Most of the Territory away
from the coast recorded minimum temperatures between 6 and 11 below
normal,
with Wave Hill's 2.2 a whopping 11° below normal. In Alice
Springs, the minimum temperature at the airport was -4.1, equalling
the site's lowest recorded August temperature in 60 years of record.
South
of the border, Marla's minimum of -2.1 broke the truck-stop settlement's
previous August minimum in a relatively short 16 year record. Cape
Northumberland, South Australia's most southerly point, also
set a new August minimum temperature record with a low of -1.2.
NEWSBITS: Seal Rocks is a
small settlement about 90km up the NSW coast from Newcastle. This section
of the NSW coast is unique in that it trends nearly west - east, and in
a moist southerly airstream will get significant rainfall while the rest
of the coastline, which is nearly parallel to the windflow, remains nearly
dry. The southerlies of the past two days have demonstrated this well,
with the Sugarloaf Point lighthouse near Seal Rocks recording 114.4mm
in the 48 hours to 9 this morning. Nearby Nelson Bay recorded 67mm
in the same period and a few other locations in the area recorded up to
30mm. The rest of the NSW coast was nearly dry.
The waverider buoy off Bondi, Sydney,
recorded peak waves of 12 metres overnight in a heavy southerly swell.
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National
weather extremes for today
Data provided by
the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 19:23 EST on 17/08/02 |
| 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 (previous
record and years of computerised record shown in brackets):
Lowest
daily minimum temperature for August:
Marla Police Station SA: -2.1 (-2.0, 16)
Cape Northumberland SA: -1.2 (0.4, 45) |
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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.
67.0 SEAL ROCKS (SUGARLOAF POINT LIGHTHOUSE) MidNorth Coast S NSW
36.0 BUNGWAHL MidNorth Coast S NSW
30.0 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW
28.8 SNOWY RIVER (BURNT HUT CROSSING) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
22.6 CUNDERDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Cent Wheatbelt
22.6 CUNDERDIN
NEW SOUTH WALES
MidNorth Coast S
67.0 SEAL ROCKS (SUGARLOAF POINT LIGHTHOUSE)
36.0 BUNGWAHL
Hunter Valley
30.0 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD)
Goulburn/Monaro
28.8 SNOWY RIVER (BURNT HUT CROSSING)
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High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.
None reported
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Todays highest &
lowest temperatures |
| Maximum |
Minimum |
33.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
33.0 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
32.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
32.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
31.8 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA
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26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.4 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
22.6 WILLIS ISLAND Islands
22.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
22.0 FLINDERS REEF Islands
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1.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
2.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
3.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
4.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
5.4 CRADLE MOUNTAIN AIRSTRIP Central Plateau TAS
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-8.6 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-8.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-7.6 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-7.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.9 COONABARABRAN (NAMOI STREET) CW Slopes N NSW
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Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
| Maximum |
Minimum |
+4.2
10.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
+3.9
6.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
+3.7
7.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
+3.6
4.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
+3.5
14.0 ORANGE AIRPORT COMPARISON C Tablelands S NSW
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+5.9
13.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
+4.5
7.0 GEEVESTON(FORESTRY CEMETERY RD) Southeast TAS
+4.3
18.2 MUSGRAVE S Peninsula QLD
+3.8
10.2 TAREE (RADIO STATION 2RE) MidNorth Coast S NSW
+3.5
16.5 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
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-4.8
28.0 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA
-4.7
26.5 WAVE HILL Victoria NT
-4.6
24.6 ALYANGULA POLICE Arnhem NT
-4.6
27.4 LARRIMAH Roper-McArthur NT
-4.5
28.5 TIMBER CREEK Victoria NT
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-11.0
2.2 WAVE HILL Victoria NT
-10.3
3.2 MCARTHUR RIVER MINE Roper-McArthur NT
-10.2
-4.1 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT
-10.0
4.5 LARRIMAH Roper-McArthur NT
-9.2
5.9 KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM Darwin-Daly NT
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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.
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 76 (310/ 63 ) at 08:06
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