Australian Weather News -- 30 AUG 2002

Australian Weather News

Friday, 30 AUG 2002

Hot in western SA and The Centre
Heavy rain in parts of northern Tasmania

Warm air over northern Australia, which has been gently persuaded southwards by a broad area of high pressure covering most of eastern Australia for the past couple of days, gave daytime temperatures 8 to 13 above average across most The Centre and down through western SA to the coast today. Marla, halfway between Woomera and Alice Springs on the Stuart Highway, recorded a top of 34.4°, its highest in 17 years of record.

The same low pressure system that gave Esperance WA a record August rainfall three days ago moved along the Tasmania's north coast this morning giving falls of 40 to 60mm along the Western Tiers that back the Bass Strait coastal strip. Rainfall south of Launceston and Devonport was the best in the area since late January, with Barrington, 20km south of Devonport, topscoring with 62.4mm.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 15:55 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): Highest daily maximum temperature for August: Marla Police Station SA: 34.4 (33.9, 17)
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. 62.4 BARRINGTON (POST OFFICE) N Coast TAS 54.6 ERRIBA (JUBB ROAD) N Coast TAS 54.4 FORTHSIDE RESEARCH STATION N Coast TAS 47.4 GOWRIE PARK N Coast TAS 46.4 RAILTON (GOLIATH CEMENT WORKS) N Coast TAS *TASMANIA* N Coast 62.4 BARRINGTON (POST OFFICE) 54.6 ERRIBA (JUBB ROAD) 54.4 FORTHSIDE RESEARCH STATION 47.4 GOWRIE PARK 46.4 RAILTON (GOLIATH CEMENT WORKS)	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. None reported
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
37.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 36.1 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 35.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 35.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT 35.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 35.0 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD 35.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT	26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 24.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 23.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 22.6 BLACK POINT Darwin-Daly NT 22.6 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands
-1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -0.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 0.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 1.8 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 2.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW	-3.8 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -3.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -2.1 YOUNG AIRPORT SW Slopes N NSW -2.0 YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA -1.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+12.8 34.4 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA +12.2 34.0 KULGERA Alice Springs NT +11.7 33.6 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA +11.1 33.9 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT +10.5 32.9 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT +10.5 29.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA	+9.0 11.6 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW +8.4 17.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA +8.4 15.1 KULGERA Alice Springs NT +8.2 13.2 TAMBO POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD +8.1 20.6 TELFER AERO Interior WA +8.1 10.5 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S NSW
-3.1 27.2 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA -2.5 22.3 WALKAMIN DPI N Coast--Barron QLD -2.1 0.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC -1.7 22.8 LUCINDA POINT N Coast--Herbert QLD -1.4 28.1 BURKETOWN POST OFFICE Gulf Country QLD -1.4 -1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -1.4 12.6 ORFORD POST OFFICE E Coast TAS	-6.4 0.0 EYRE Eucla WA -4.7 3.5 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA -4.5 10.6 WARMUN E Kimberley WA -4.5 12.0 TIMBER CREEK Victoria NT -4.5 1.0 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. THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW: 95 (300/ 72 ) at 06:48 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 95 (300/ 28 ) at 06:49 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 100 (310/ 82 ) at 17:53 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 104 (260/ 82 ) at 21:54	Other extremes ..