Australian Weather News -- 21 AUG 2002

Australian Weather News

Wednesday, 21 AUG 2002

NEWSBITS: Rain continues in eastern Qld

Moist northeasterlies feeding into a trough through inland Queensland produced some of the best falls in months today and overnight into Thursday. See Thursday's report for details.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 18:31 EST on 24/08/02
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. 83.0 LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 39.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 38.0 HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 35.5 LAKE COOROIBAH(PINES AV) Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 34.8 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION W Coast TAS *QUEENSLAND* Wide Bay/Burnett 83.0 LADY ELLIOT ISLAND 38.0 HERON ISLAND RES STN Brisbane/SE Coast 35.5 LAKE COOROIBAH(PINES AV) *TASMANIA* W Coast 39.0 MOUNT READ 34.8 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *QUEENSLAND* *N Coast--Barron* MAREEBA AIRPORT AWS 16.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 16.0mm/h 25.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 8.3mm/h *Wide Bay/Burnett* SANDY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE 33.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 11.0mm/h BUNDABERG AERO 10.6mm in 1 hr to 14:00 10.6mm/h TOWN OF 1770 18.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.0mm/h *Brisbane/SE Coast* POINT LOOKOUT 23.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 7.7mm/h GOLD COAST SEAWAY 12.4mm in 1 hr to 08:30 12.4mm/h 13.0mm in 1 hr to 09:00 13.0mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 6.7mm/h 13.4mm in 1 hr to 11:00 13.4mm/h 10.0mm in 1 hr to 11:30 10.0mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 14:00 10.6mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
34.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 33.3 BATCHELOR AERO Darwin-Daly NT 33.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 33.0 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA 33.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT 33.0 MANGO FARM Darwin-Daly NT	26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.9 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 22.9 WILLIS ISLAND Islands 22.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 22.0 HOLMES REEF Islands
-2.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -1.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 0.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 0.7 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 1.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW	-8.8 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW -8.7 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW -6.8 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW -6.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -6.4 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+5.5 25.0 PAYNES FIND Murchison WA +5.2 24.2 CASHMERE DOWNS Goldfields WA +5.2 23.0 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S NSW +5.2 21.0 PARKES (MACARTHUR STREET) CW Slopes S NSW +4.9 26.9 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA +4.9 16.9 LITHGOW (BIRDWOOD ST) C Tablelands S NSW +4.9 20.3 COWRA AIRPORT CW Slopes S NSW	+8.0 12.3 INJUNE POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD +7.6 12.5 MILES POST OFFICE Darling Downs W QLD +7.4 14.2 GAYNDAH POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD +7.0 13.4 TAROOM POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD +6.9 13.6 ROLLESTON METEOR ST Central Highlands QLD +6.9 10.8 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
-6.2 16.0 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -6.1 16.7 CASINO AIRPORT North Coast NSW -6.0 16.5 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -5.7 19.1 ROLLESTON METEOR ST Central Highlands QLD -5.4 16.2 SURAT POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD -5.4 16.1 LISMORE (CENTRE STREET) North Coast NSW	-9.8 6.4 MANGO FARM Darwin-Daly NT -9.2 4.0 WAVE HILL Victoria NT -7.9 6.0 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS Victoria NT -7.6 -2.0 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT -7.6 -2.1 POLDA (GUM VIEW) W Agricultural SA
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: 91 (320/ 70 ) at 09:32 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 87 (260/ 63 ) at 01:35	Other extremes ..