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Australian Weather News |
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Wednesday, 04 SEP 2002 |
| NEWSBITS: Rain settles the dust in western NSW; Bushfire threatens cattle in northern SA; Snow in Tasmania |
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NEWSBITS: Five to 25mm of rain has fallen across most of NSW in the 48 hours to 9am, missing only the coastal fringe and the northeast. Though farmers could have wished for more, Rankin Springs producer Jock Munro says the 14.5 millimetres he has had is the biggest fall recorded all year. A major wildfire in the far north of South Australia has killed cattle and threatened to jump the Stuart Highway overnight. Yesterday's strong, hot northerly winds have pushed the fire, which began a week ago, toward the Stuart Highway settlement of Indulkana, 100km south of the SA/NT border. Several thousand cattle are at risk, and backburning has been carried out to protect the settlement of Marla, farther south. Light snow fell across the Tasmanian highlands during the day as colder air moved in behind a front that crossed during the morning. Tarraleah reported a 3pm temperature of just 2.4° . |
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| 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 | |
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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.
33.0 UPPER ESK (HOST FARM) E Coast TAS |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.
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Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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36.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 36.0 ELLIOTT Barkly NT 35.8 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA 35.5 LONGREACH AERO Central West QLD 35.4 KIDMAN SPRINGS Victoria NT |
26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 24.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 24.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 23.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT 23.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.0 HOLMES REEF Islands 23.0 FLINDERS REEF Islands 23.0 JIMNA FORESTRY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD |
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1.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 3.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 3.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 4.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 4.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC |
-3.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -1.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS -1.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -1.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -1.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
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33.7 GRAFTON OLYMPIC POOL North Coast NSW +9.0 32.0 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW +8.4 24.2 GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC +8.2 33.6 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD +8.1 28.3 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW |
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20.0 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW +9.3 15.0 STANTHORPE (GRANITE BELT HRS) Darling Downs E QLD +9.1 16.4 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD +8.9 13.8 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S NSW +8.5 14.4 BARADINE FORESTRY NW Plains E NSW |
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-5.7
28.0 MANDORA E Pilbara WA -4.9 27.8 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA -4.7 27.1 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA -4.3 19.3 PAYNES FIND Murchison WA -4.2 30.8 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA |
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3.5 WATARRKA Alice Springs NT -6.1 5.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA -6.0 11.0 TOWN OF 1770 Wide Bay/Burnett QLD -5.8 13.0 KOWANYAMA AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD -5.5 4.1 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT |
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Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets.
BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW: 83 (280/ 70 ) at 13:37 |
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