Australian Weather News -- 22 AUG 2002

Australian Weather News

Thursday, 22 AUG 2002

Significant rain falls in coastal Queensland, NE NSW

The best rain since the first week of June and the most widespread since mid-April has fallen over eastern Queensland and northeastern NSW over the past few days. There were substantial falls yesterday and today in SE Qld, with many registrations over 50mm in the 24 hours to 9 this morning (see Rainfall Extremes below). While creeks have started running in parts of the state's southeast, the falls are too light for water restrictions to be eased, and while some farmers are now planning to plant crops, the rain has not broken the drought in the 39 shires in the state that still remain drought-declared. The rain has boosted sugar cane farmers' prospects for a 2003 crop, with falls of 50 to 100mm in the prime cane growing areas around Bundaberg. Significant rain also spilt over the state border into the NSW Northern Tablalands and North Coast, with general falls of 20 to 40mm.

The rainfall for the week ended 9am Friday shows the impact of the heaviest rain, most of which fell late yesterday and today. BoM

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 18:34 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. 103.6 DUNOLLIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 82.0 GOOMERI POST OFFICE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 78.0 CLEARVIEW TM Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 70.0 CLEARVIEW ALERT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 69.2 CLEVELAND BOWLS CLUB Brisbane/SE Coast QLD *QUEENSLAND* 61.0 PALEN CREEK ALERT 55.0 CROFTBY ALERT Central Coast E 68.6 HEDLOW AIRFIELD TM 68.0 BYFIELD CHILDS ROAD 53.0 SAMUEL HILL AERO 52.2 NORTH ROCKHAMPTON NORMAN ROAD Wide Bay/Burnett 67.0 BILOELA - VALBONA 61.0 BUNDABERG AERO 60.8 WOONGARRA TM 60.6 THANGOOL AIRPORT 59.0 SANDY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE 58.4 MUNDUBBERA 58.0 ABERCORN 54.0 ABERCORN TM 54.0 JAMBIN POST OFFICE 53.1 GAYNDAH POST OFFICE 50.4 SAUERS TM 50.0 EIDSVOLD POST OFFICE Brisbane/SE Coast 103.6 DUNOLLIE 82.0 GOOMERI POST OFFICE 78.0 CLEARVIEW TM 70.0 CLEARVIEW ALERT 69.2 CLEVELAND BOWLS CLUB 67.0 GOLD COAST SEAWAY 64.2 MANLY RAILWAY STATION 64.0 PALEN CREEK TM 63.6 HINZE DAM 63.2 SPRINGBROOK TM 63.0 AIR SEA RESCUE ALERT 61.0 WILSONS PEAK ALERT 61.0 MT TAMBORINE FERN ST 60.0 COOLANGATTA AIRPORT 58.8 LOGAN CITY WATER TREATMENT 58.8 KILKIVAN POST OFFICE 57.8 CAPALABA WATER TREAT 57.6 OXENFORD (OBERON WAY) 57.4 SOUTHPORT DRURY AVE 57.0 MT TAMBORINE ALERT 56.8 COOMERA FOXWELL ROAD 56.0 WOLFFDENE ALERT 55.0 KENILWORTH TM 54.2 PROSTON POST OFFICE 54.0 HINZE DAM ALERT 54.0 BRIAN PASTURES 53.6 BEENLEIGH BOWLS CLUB 52.0 CROFTBY TM 51.4 MIAMI BARDON AVE 51.0 ZACHARIAH TM 51.0 KANDANGA TM 51.0 SPRINGBROOK LOWER ALERT 51.0 MURGON POST OFFICE 50.0 LUSCOMBE ALERT 50.0 MT GRAVATT ALERT 50.0 KANDANGA POST OFFICE 50.0 KENILWORTH TOWNSHIP Darling Downs E 53.4 DARR CREEK TM *NEW SOUTH WALES* North Coast 61.6 TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB MidNorth Coast N 51.0 GLENREAGH GENERAL STORE	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *QUEENSLAND* *Central Coast E* YEPPOON THE ESPLANADE 13.6mm in 30 min to 07:30 27.2mm/h 20.4mm in 1 hr to 07:30 20.4mm/h 18.8mm in 1 hr to 08:00 18.8mm/h *Wide Bay/Burnett* SANDY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE 29.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 9.7mm/h GLADSTONE RADAR 11.4mm in 1 hr to 12:30 11.4mm/h BUNDABERG AERO 15.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.0mm/h *Brisbane/SE Coast* HERVEY BAY AIRPORT 10.2mm in 1 hr to 15:00 10.2mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.3mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.7mm/h MAROOCHYDORE AERO 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h KINGAROY AIRPORT 15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.0mm/h *Darling Downs E* STANTHORPE (GRANITE BELT HRS) 17.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.7mm/h TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 15.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.0mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *North Coast* BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON LIGHTHOUSE) 6.0mm in 32 min to 02:45 11.2mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
34.9 MANGO FARM Darwin-Daly NT 34.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 33.5 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA 33.4 DOUGLAS RIVER Darwin-Daly NT 33.2 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT 33.2 TIMBER CREEK Victoria NT	26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.2 WILLIS ISLAND Islands 23.0 HOLMES REEF Islands 23.0 FLINDERS REEF Islands
1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 1.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 1.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 2.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 2.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS	-8.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -7.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -7.3 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW -7.0 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW -5.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+7.2 25.6 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA +6.6 27.0 LEONORA Goldfields WA +6.5 25.5 CASHMERE DOWNS Goldfields WA +6.1 27.2 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA +6.0 27.1 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT Murchison WA	+9.4 8.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW +8.9 15.7 GAYNDAH POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD +8.9 12.6 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD +8.6 12.5 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD +8.4 13.3 MILES POST OFFICE Darling Downs W QLD
-5.4 18.0 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -5.4 18.3 BRIAN PASTURES Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -5.2 18.5 GAYNDAH POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD -4.3 27.0 PALMERVILLE S Peninsula QLD -4.1 19.0 BUNDABERG AERO Wide Bay/Burnett QLD -4.1 19.2 MARYBOROUGH Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -4.1 18.3 NAMBOUR DPI Brisbane/SE Coast QLD	-9.3 7.2 TIMBER CREEK Victoria NT -8.2 5.0 WAVE HILL Victoria NT -7.9 8.1 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA -6.9 8.0 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA -6.7 8.3 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 95 (230/ 80 ) at 22:00 CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. N Coast TAS: 87 (220/ 70 ) at 19:00 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 85 (310/ 67 ) at 11:00	Other extremes ..