Australian Weather News -- 26 AUG 2002

Australian Weather News

Monday, 26 AUG 2002

Cold again in SA
NEWSBITS: Hot day in SE WA

Overnight minima again reached record levels in parts of South Australia. Price, on the Yorke Peninsula 90km NW of Adelaide recorded -1.0, its lowest in 37 years of computerised records, while Murray Bridge broke its previous record set yesterday with a low of -2.0. In Victoria, the Penguin Reserve on Phillip Island southeast of Melbourne recorded -2.0, its lowest August minimum in 15 years of record.

NEWSBITS: While is was a cold start to the day in SA, temperatures just across the border in southeastern WA soared to between 8 and 13° above average today with Eucla reporting a high of 32.2.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 15:49 EST on 31/08/02
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: Price SA: -1.0 (-0.8, 37) Murray Bridge SA: -2.0 (-1.9, 36) Previous record set yesterday Phillip Island Penguin Reserve Vic: -2.0 (-1.8, 15)
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. 78.6 SANDY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 61.8 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW 53.8 MT MOWBULLAN Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 52.4 NAMBUCCA HEADS BOWLING CLUB MidNorth Coast N NSW 50.8 POINT ARKWRIGHT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD *QUEENSLAND* Wide Bay/Burnett 78.6 SANDY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast 53.8 MT MOWBULLAN 50.8 POINT ARKWRIGHT 50.2 MALENY TAMARIND ST 50.2 CAPALABA WATER TREAT *NEW SOUTH WALES* MidNorth Coast N 61.8 COFFS HARBOUR MO 52.4 NAMBUCCA HEADS BOWLING CLUB	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *Gt Southern* KATANNING 4.4mm in 6 min to 14:35 44.0mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *Brisbane/SE Coast* CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE 9.0mm in 11 min to 10:11 49.1mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 11:00 11.6mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *MidNorth Coast N* SOUTH WEST ROCKS (SMOKY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE) 24.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 8.0mm/h *Hunter Valley* NORAH HEAD AWS 10.6mm in 1 hr to 17:30 10.6mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
34.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 34.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 33.6 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 33.5 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA 33.3 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA	26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 23.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 23.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 22.4 WILLIS ISLAND Islands 21.7 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
1.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 3.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 3.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 3.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 4.4 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 4.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS	-12.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -8.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -7.5 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS -7.1 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW -7.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+13.2 32.2 EUCLA Eucla WA +11.7 31.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA +9.3 29.3 MULLEWA Central West WA +8.8 27.8 CASHMERE DOWNS Goldfields WA +8.4 31.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA	+7.9 15.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA +6.8 13.0 KARNET Lower West WA +6.8 11.4 BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE SW & S Coast WA +6.5 12.5 DONNYBROOK SW & S Coast WA +6.5 12.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA
-6.1 17.2 MARYBOROUGH Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -6.0 15.5 LISMORE (CENTRE STREET) North Coast NSW -5.8 17.0 CASINO AIRPORT North Coast NSW -5.3 17.0 MURWILLUMBAH (BRAY PARK) North Coast NSW -5.0 18.4 TAMBO POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD	-9.4 -2.0 PHILLIP ISLAND PENGUIN RESERVE E Central VIC -8.8 9.8 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT -8.4 -4.5 ARARAT PRISON Western Plains VIC -8.0 -4.7 WANGARATTA AERO Lower NE VIC -7.9 -2.0 MURRAY BRIDGE Lower Murray SA
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 (260/ 76 ) at 17:13 CAPE NATURALISTE SW & S Coast WA : 80 (300/ 65 ) at 07:07 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD: 82 (160/ 63 ) at 19:37	Other extremes ..