Australian Weather News -- 24 SEP 2002

Australian Weather News

Tuesday, 24 SEP 2002

Heat sets records in SW Qld

Much of inland NSW and southwestern Queensland recorded temperatures 10 to 14 above the October average today in a dry northerly airflow ahead of a weak trough. Thargomindah and Cunnamulla both notched up new records, with 39.4 and 37.7° respectively being their highest October maxima in 45 years of computer records. It was dry, too. In an unusual coincidence, both Cunnamulla and Quilpie reported precisely the same temperature and dew point at 3pm -- 37.7 and minus 15.2 -- giving a relative humidity of 3%.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 18:26 EST on 25/09/02
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 (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets): Highest daily maximum temperature for September: Cunnamulla PO Qld: 37.7 (37.6, 45) Thargomindah PO Qld: 39.4 (39.3, 45) Lord Howe Is AP NSW: 23.0 (22.8, 14) (Reported temperature may be rounded, so this may not be a record.)
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. 30.0 POMONA TM Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 22.0 FORESTDALE(JOHNSON RD)AL Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 21.2 BRETTI-MACKAY (BARNARD RIVER) MidNorth Coast S NSW 21.0 HOME PARK TM Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 20.2 CAPE LE GRAND NAT PARK SW & S Coast WA *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *SW & S Coast* 20.2 CAPE LE GRAND NAT PARK *QUEENSLAND* Brisbane/SE Coast 30.0 POMONA TM 22.0 FORESTDALE(JOHNSON RD)AL 21.0 HOME PARK TM *NEW SOUTH WALES* MidNorth Coast S 21.2 BRETTI-MACKAY (BARNARD RIVER)	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. None reported
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
40.4 ELLIOTT Barkly NT 39.8 WARMUN E Kimberley WA 39.8 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD 39.5 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD 39.4 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD 39.4 THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE Far SW QLD	27.8 ELCHO ISLAND Arnhem NT 27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 25.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 24.7 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 24.3 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA
5.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 6.5 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 7.6 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 7.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 8.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW	-2.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS -0.4 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS -0.3 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS 0.1 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 0.1 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+13.5 39.4 THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE Far SW QLD +12.3 37.7 CUNNAMULLA POST OFFICE Warrego QLD +11.6 30.7 WYALONG POST OFFICE SW Slopes N NSW +11.5 38.3 QUILPIE AIRPORT Far SW QLD +11.5 36.2 BREWARRINA HOSPITAL Upper Darling NSW	+12.2 23.0 JERVOIS Alice Springs NT +9.3 21.4 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD +8.2 18.3 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW +8.1 16.9 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW +8.0 16.0 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA
-4.1 12.7 MOUNT BARKER SW & S Coast WA -4.0 28.7 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA -3.8 28.0 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA -3.5 14.0 KARNET Lower West WA -3.4 17.0 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA -3.4 13.0 MANJIMUP SW & S Coast WA	-6.3 7.6 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA -5.0 1.9 MOUNT BARKER SW & S Coast WA -4.3 10.1 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD -4.1 5.0 EUCLA Eucla WA -4.1 7.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
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: 78 (320/ 69 ) at 01:00 CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. N Coast TAS: 93 ( 90/ 67 ) at 11:00 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 69 (310/ 63 ) at 20:00 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS: 85 ( 20/ 70 ) at 12:34	Other extremes ..