Australian Weather News -- 10 OCT 2002

Australian Weather News

Thursday, 10 OCT 2002

Notes on significant weather not yet written

Significant rainfall, strong winds, strong wind gusts and abnormally high and low temperatures for this day are given below. Descriptions of significant weather events are added here when time permits and reliable information is available. This is sometimes well after the event!

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 08:07 EST on 12/10/02
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. 37.0 BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW 28.4 MORAYFIELD FIRETAIL CRT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 28.0 BEERBURRUM FOREST STN Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 26.0 IMBIL TM Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 26.0 KANDANGA TM Brisbane/SE Coast QLD *QUEENSLAND* Brisbane/SE Coast 28.4 MORAYFIELD FIRETAIL CRT 28.0 BEERBURRUM FOREST STN 26.0 IMBIL TM 26.0 KANDANGA TM *NEW SOUTH WALES* Illawarra 37.0 BELLAMBI AWS	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *QUEENSLAND* *Brisbane/SE Coast* BEERBURRUM FOREST STN 14.6mm in 1 hr to 00:00 14.6mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.0mm/h 11.2mm in 1 hr to 01:00 11.2mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *Illawarra* BELLAMBI AWS 16.2mm in 30 min to 02:30 32.4mm/h 21.8mm in 1 hr to 02:30 21.8mm/h 10.0mm in 30 min to 03:00 20.0mm/h 26.2mm in 1 hr to 03:00 26.2mm/h 32.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 10.7mm/h 12.6mm in 1 hr to 03:30 12.6mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
42.3 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA 42.2 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA 42.2 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 41.0 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA 41.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 41.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT	30.0 KIDMAN SPRINGS Victoria NT 29.0 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS Victoria NT 28.2 WAVE HILL Victoria NT 27.5 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA 27.4 TIMBER CREEK Victoria NT
4.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 4.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 5.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 5.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 6.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC	-3.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -2.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -2.0 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS -1.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS -1.3 COLDSTREAM E Central VIC
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+9.5 30.6 ESPERANCE SW & S Coast WA +8.8 32.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA +8.5 34.1 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA +8.1 41.0 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA +7.9 30.5 EYRE Eucla WA	+6.6 29.0 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS Victoria NT +6.6 28.2 WAVE HILL Victoria NT +5.8 19.0 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON Brisbane/SE Coast QLD +5.2 20.4 SPRINGSURE DAME ST Central Highlands QLD +4.8 17.9 CASINO AIRPORT North Coast NSW
-9.1 8.4 KATOOMBA (NARROW NECK RD) C Tablelands S NSW -8.3 10.4 LITHGOW (BIRDWOOD ST) C Tablelands S NSW -6.8 17.0 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW -6.7 17.0 PARRAMATTA NORTH (MASONS DRIVE) Sydney--east NSW -6.3 16.4 PEATS RIDGE (WARATAH ROAD) Hunter Valley NSW	-9.0 5.8 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT -8.6 6.3 KULGERA Alice Springs NT -7.3 0.0 JARRAHWOOD SW & S Coast WA -7.3 -1.0 RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH Lower NE VIC -7.2 0.5 LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC -7.2 2.0 PHILLIP ISLAND PENGUIN RESERVE E Central VIC
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. None reported	Other extremes ..