Australian Weather News -- 09 SEP 2002

Australian Weather News

Monday, 09 SEP 2002

Wintry blast in Tasmania 3/12/02
Heavy hailstorms in Qld

A low pressure system that deepened to 962hPa just 700km south of Tasmania overnight gave the state a wild day of hurricane force winds, snow, hail and thunder. At 2.23am, the Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, off Tasmania's south coast 120km SW of Hobart, reported a sustained wind speed of 150km/h with gusts to 169km/h before the anemometer broke (see detailed wind report below). Moderate snow fell during the day, with the snowline in the southwestern half of the state dropping to around 400m by late afternoon and an estimated 200m overnight into Tuesday. Snow also fell during the day on the northeast highlands. Hail and isolated thunderstorms were reported across the state. The top temperature for the day at Liawenee on the Central Plateau was just below zero. A squall line associated with the cold front also gave wind gusts to 122km/h at Wilsons Promintory, Victoria. The Bass Strait ferry Spirit of Tasmania was delayed more than 6 hours by gale force wind and 6m seas when trying to berth in Devonport this morning.

Thunderstorms produced large hail in Queensland's Capricornia district. Westwood, 50km SW of Rockhampton, was battered by tennis-ball sized hail, while southern parts of Rockhampton received 3cm diameter hail. At Biloela and Calliope hail the diameter of 50c pieces caused crop damage.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 21:23 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. 46.2 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM) Central Plateau TAS 42.0 CAPE KEERWEER N Peninsula QLD 38.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 35.0 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS 33.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS *QUEENSLAND* N Peninsula 42.0 CAPE KEERWEER *TASMANIA* Central Plateau 46.2 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM) 35.0 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK W Coast 38.0 MOUNT READ 33.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. None reported
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
39.0 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD 38.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT 38.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT 38.0 ELLIOTT Barkly NT 38.0 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD	26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 24.5 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 24.0 HOLMES REEF Islands 24.0 FLINDERS REEF Islands
-1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -0.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -0.1 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 0.3 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 1.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 1.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 1.0 CRADLE MOUNTAIN AIRSTRIP Central Plateau TAS	-18.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -5.0 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW -4.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -4.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -3.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+6.5 26.5 NORAH HEAD LIGHTHOUSE Hunter Valley NSW +5.9 31.7 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA +5.7 29.0 MULLEWA Central West WA +5.6 36.8 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD +5.6 25.8 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW	+7.8 21.3 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD +7.8 22.0 ST LAWRENCE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD +7.3 17.5 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW +6.5 21.0 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD +6.1 19.2 YUENDUMU Alice Springs NT
-8.1 1.8 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS -7.7 3.2 TARRALEAH CHALET Derwent Valley TAS -5.4 20.9 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA -5.4 15.8 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA -5.4 9.5 GEEVESTON(FORESTRY CEMETERY RD) Southeast TAS	-14.9 -18.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -9.7 -5.0 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW -5.6 1.0 KELLERBERRIN Cent Wheatbelt WA -4.7 1.0 STANTHORPE (GRANITE BELT HRS) Darling Downs E QLD -4.6 4.0 BANKSTOWN AIRPORT AWS Sydney--east NSW
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE KINGFISH A SHIP LOG 206 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB WYNYARD AIRPORT DEVONPORT AIRPORT CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. SMITHTON AERODROME EDDYSTONE POINT HOBART AIRPORT MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE MOUNT WELLINGTON TASMAN ISLAND HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) LIAWENEE AWS STRAHAN AERODROME FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT	South Coast NSW: 80 (290/ 67 ) at 12:09 Snowy Mtns NSW: 98 (310/ 67 ) at 06:00 W Gippsland VIC: 122 (260/ 93 ) at 06:01 W Gippsland VIC: 93 (258/ 74 ) at 05:10 W Coast VIC: 89 (250/ 63 ) at 10:15 W Coast VIC: 87 (270/ 72 ) at 00:55 W Coast VIC: 85 (260/ 63 ) at 08:41 W Coast VIC: 82 (260/ 63 ) at 12:00 N Coast TAS: 93 (250/ 70 ) at 11:09 N Coast TAS: 109 (290/ 72 ) at 03:48 N Coast TAS: 130 (270/ 82 ) at 02:00 N Coast TAS: 78 (280/ 65 ) at 03:14 E Coast TAS: 91 (270/ 61 ) at 03:33 Southeast TAS: 76 (310/ 63 ) at 01:24 Southeast TAS: 169 (320/150 ) at 02:23 Southeast TAS: 111 (290/ 89 ) at 01:38 Southeast TAS: 102 (300/ 87 ) at 05:59 Southeast TAS: 115 (290/ 76 ) at 04:07 Southeast TAS: 108 (260/ 80 ) at 10:00 Central Plateau TAS: 95 (290/ 70 ) at 00:37 W Coast TAS: 100 (300/ 78 ) at 01:55 Flinders Is/Bass St TAS: 95 (270/ 72 ) at 05:09 valign="top"> face="Verdana" size="1">Other extremes ..