Australian Weather News -- 07 SEP 2002

Australian Weather News

Saturday, 07 SEP 2002

Thunderstorm causes death in SE Qld
Windy and wintry across Tasmania

Thunderstorms which developed along a weak troughline swept across the southern Darling Downs and the Brisbane area this afternoon and early evening. A man died after he was struck by lightning while working on a roof at Marburg, 20km WNW of Ipswich. Brief heavy rain fell with the storms (see high rainfall box below), though totals were generally light with top falls in the 10 to 20mm range.

Blustery winds again hammered Tasmania, Victoria and southern NSW as strong westerlies north of a 968hPa low beneath Tasmania pushed a cold front across the area. Top gusts reported were 135km/h at Maatsuyker Island off southern Tasmania (which also reported a 10 minute average of 115km/h) and 119km/h at Wilsons Promintory in southern Victoria. In Tasmania, snow fell during the day, settling to the 600m level, while thunderstorms with small hail added to moderate rainfall totals on the state's West Coast. Overnight rain also led to strong river rises in the Upper South Esk River in the state's northeast.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 21:19 EST on 12/09/02
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. 53.4 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS 34.6 HASTINGS CHALET Southeast TAS 34.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 32.0 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION W Coast TAS *TASMANIA* Southeast 34.6 HASTINGS CHALET W Coast 53.4 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE 34.0 MOUNT READ 32.0 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *QUEENSLAND* *Brisbane/SE Coast* CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE 7.2mm in 7 min to 19:28 61.7mm/h 1.6mm in 1 min to 19:29 96.0mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 11.6mm/h BRISBANE AERO 10.6mm in 14 min to 16:44 45.4mm/h 10.8mm in 1 hr to 17:30 10.8mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h *Darling Downs E* TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 5.2mm in 7 min to 15:50 44.6mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
38.0 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD 37.4 WARMUN E Kimberley WA 37.3 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD 37.1 TOORAK RESEARCH STATION Gulf Country QLD 37.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 37.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT 37.0 WAVE HILL Victoria NT 37.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT 37.0 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD 37.0 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD	24.2 WILLIS ISLAND Islands 24.1 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 23.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT 23.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.0 FLINDERS REEF Islands
-0.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -0.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 0.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 1.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 1.1 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW	-4.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW -2.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS -2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -1.9 TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+8.0 28.0 NORAH HEAD LIGHTHOUSE Hunter Valley NSW +7.7 33.0 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON Brisbane/SE Coast QLD +6.9 32.2 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD +6.5 31.9 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD +6.4 26.6 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW	+10.4 17.7 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD +8.4 15.4 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD +8.2 19.0 JERVOIS Alice Springs NT +8.1 17.2 SURAT POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD +8.0 17.4 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-7.8 9.2 KYABRAM (INST SUSTAINABLE AG) Lower North VIC -6.1 3.8 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS -5.4 9.5 GEEVESTON(FORESTRY CEMETERY RD) Southeast TAS -5.3 6.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS -5.0 5.9 TARRALEAH CHALET Derwent Valley TAS	-6.6 1.3 EYRE Eucla WA -6.2 14.0 ALYANGULA POLICE Arnhem NT -5.3 5.5 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA -5.3 14.7 LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT S Peninsula QLD -5.3 -1.9 TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. MOUNT LOFTY Mt Lofty Ranges SA : 89 (280/ 69 ) at 02:30 BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW: 82 (290/ 63 ) at 03:30 BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW: 80 (290/ 65 ) at 12:52 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW: 93 (320/ 74 ) at 00:52 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 119 (270/ 85 ) at 13:17 KINGFISH A SHIP LOG 206 W Gippsland VIC: 85 (254/ 69 ) at 16:40 COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC: 95 (290/ 82 ) at 03:56 HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC: 80 (300/ 65 ) at 01:30 DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS: 82 (280/ 65 ) at 15:03 CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. N Coast TAS: 106 (250/ 78 ) at 19:00 EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS: 91 (310/ 69 ) at 01:00 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 135 (310/115 ) at 08:06 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS: 80 (300/ 69 ) at 00:57 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS: 80 (270/ 69 ) at 08:23 STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS: 78 (280/ 65 ) at 14:31 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS: 89 (260/ 74 ) at 15:52	Other extremes ..