Gales,
snow continue in Tasmania|
Australian Weather News |
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Sunday, 08 SEP 2002 |
| Gales,
snow continue in Tasmania |
| Wintry weather in Tasmania eased this morning after further light to moderate overnight snowfalls on the Central Plateaux. However, another deep, double-centred low was moving under the state this evening, its associated cold front bringing winds of up to 150km/h at Maatsuyker Island mid evening, and a snowline dropping from 700 to 500m overnight. |
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National
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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 | |
| Records set this day (none known) | |
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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. 26.6 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK
Central Plateau TAS |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.
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Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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38.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT 37.5 WOLLOGORANG Roper-McArthur NT 37.5 WAVE HILL Victoria NT 37.4 FLYING FOX Roper-McArthur NT 37.3 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD |
26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 24.4 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 24.2 LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT S Peninsula QLD 24.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT 24.0 HOLMES REEF Islands 24.0 FLINDERS REEF Islands |
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-1.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 0.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 0.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 1.7 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW |
-6.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -6.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC -5.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -4.6 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -4.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
| Maximum | Minimum |
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+6.0
34.0 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD +5.6 35.1 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD +5.4 34.6 MORANBAH WATER TREATMENT PLANT Central Coast W QLD +4.9 20.4 BOMBALA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW +4.8 37.0 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD +4.8 30.0 BUNDABERG AERO Wide Bay/Burnett QLD |
+8.9
22.4 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD +7.1 22.8 MUSGRAVE S Peninsula QLD +7.0 17.1 GAYNDAH POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD +6.5 21.0 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD +6.2 19.0 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD +6.2 18.2 MARYBOROUGH Brisbane/SE Coast QLD |
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-5.2
21.5 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA -4.9 12.8 BENALLA (SHADFORTH STREET) Lower NE VIC -4.9 0.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC -4.7 29.0 MANDORA E Pilbara WA -4.4 28.3 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA -4.4 14.0 COROWA AIRPORT Riverina E NSW |
-7.8
0.1 EYRE Eucla WA -6.6 -1.0 MANGALORE AIRPORT N Central VIC -6.4 1.4 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA -6.2 14.0 ALYANGULA POLICE Arnhem NT -5.5 3.4 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA -5.5 -0.6 CASTLEMAINE PRISON N Central VIC |
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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.
THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW: 96 (320/ 72 ) at 17:49 |
Other extremes .. |