Australian Weather News -- 25 AUG 2002

Australian Weather News

Sunday, 25 AUG 2002

Further rain in SE Qld 06Aug03
A record cold August morning around Adelaide SA

A trough through central Queensland weakened during the day, but not before producing further useful rainfall totals in the state's southeast. Warkon and Pine Hills in the Maranoa recorded 66.6 and 63.0mm respectively in the 24 hours to 9am, while Rewan Station on the Central Highlands registered 52.0. Lady Elliot Island, 90km NE of Bundaberg, recorded 40mm between 3am and 9am for a 24 hour total of 93mm, while Heron Island Research Station's 24-hour total of 55.6 was just 0.1mm off an August record. During the early afternoon, a low pressure system formed in the Coral Sea, tightening pressure gradients in SE Qld and bringing increased rainfall and strong SE winds along the coast during the evening and overnight into Monday. The heaviest falls for the 24 hours to 9am Monday were around Brisbane, with Sandy Cape recording 78.6 and Mt Mowbullan 53.8. Much of the state's southeast recorded more than 25mm over the two days, bringing totals for the week to Monday morning for the parched area to between 50 and 150mm.

Clear skies under a high pressure system together with low humidity allowed overnight temperatures to drop to record levels around Adelaide this morning. The Airport's overnight low of -0.2 was the lowest August minimum in 48 years of record, while east of the Mt Lofty Range, Murray Bridge also scored a record cold August morning with a minimum of -1.9

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 22:10 EST on 26/08/02
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: Adelaide Airport SA: -0.2 (0.3, 48) Murray Bridge SA: -1.9 (-1.6, 36)
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. 93.0 LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 66.6 WARKON Maranoa QLD 63.0 PINE HILLS TM Maranoa QLD 56.0 HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 52.0 REWAN STATION Central Highlands QLD *QUEENSLAND* Central Highlands 52.0 REWAN STATION Wide Bay/Burnett 93.0 LADY ELLIOT ISLAND 56.0 HERON ISLAND RES STN Maranoa 66.6 WARKON 63.0 PINE HILLS TM	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *QUEENSLAND* *Wide Bay/Burnett* LADY ELLIOT ISLAND 30.6mm in 1 hr 59 min to 05:59 15.4mm/h 33.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 11.0mm/h 8.4mm in 36 min to 06:35 14.0mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 6.3mm/h HERON ISLAND RES STN 7.0mm in 41 min to 05:00 10.2mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *MidNorth Coast N* COFFS HARBOUR MO 13.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 13.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
35.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 35.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 35.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT 34.4 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA 34.2 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA	26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.0 BLACK POINT Darwin-Daly NT 23.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 23.0 HOLMES REEF Islands
1.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 1.4 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 2.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 3.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC	-13.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -8.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -8.0 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW -7.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -6.9 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+12.6 31.5 EYRE Eucla WA +11.8 30.8 EUCLA Eucla WA +10.1 30.4 BALGAIR Eucla WA +9.2 28.2 CASHMERE DOWNS Goldfields WA +9.1 26.0 WONGAN HILLS RES.STATION Central West WA	+8.6 15.0 EYRE Eucla WA +8.0 13.4 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA +7.2 13.0 PAYNES FIND Murchison WA +7.1 11.0 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD +7.0 14.4 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA +7.0 10.0 PINDARI DAM NW Slopes N NSW
-9.7 11.2 MUNGINDI POST OFFICE NW Plains W NSW -9.3 12.0 MILES POST OFFICE Darling Downs W QLD -8.6 13.0 SURAT POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD -7.5 13.2 COLLARENEBRI (VIEWPOINT) Upper Darling NSW -7.3 12.7 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD	-9.9 -6.0 ARARAT PRISON Western Plains VIC -8.1 2.5 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD -8.1 -4.8 WANGARATTA AERO Lower NE VIC -8.0 -5.5 YONGALA Upper North SA -7.9 -0.8 MENINGIE Lower Murray SA -7.9 -5.0 RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH Lower NE VIC
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. CAPE LEEUWIN SW & S Coast WA : 87 (290/ 67 ) at 00:27 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD: 70 (110/ 65 ) at 14:13 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON LIGHTHOUSE) North Coast NSW: 82 (110/ 65 ) at 17:57	Other extremes ..