Australian Weather News -- 11 OCT 2002

Australian Weather News

Friday, 11 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 17:14 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. 69.2 TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB North Coast NSW 45.0 COOLANGATTA AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 25.6 DALMALLY Maranoa QLD 23.0 MURWILLUMBAH (TWEED RIVER) North Coast NSW 21.2 COOMERA FOXWELL ROAD Brisbane/SE Coast QLD *QUEENSLAND* Brisbane/SE Coast 45.0 COOLANGATTA AIRPORT 21.2 COOMERA FOXWELL ROAD Maranoa 25.6 DALMALLY *NEW SOUTH WALES* North Coast 69.2 TWEED HEADS GOLF CLUB 23.0 MURWILLUMBAH (TWEED RIVER)	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *QUEENSLAND* *Wide Bay/Burnett* LADY ELLIOT ISLAND 16.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.3mm/h *Brisbane/SE Coast* POINT LOOKOUT 18.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.0mm/h COOLANGATTA AIRPORT 7.0mm in 32 min to 03:00 13.1mm/h 12.4mm in 1 hr to 03:00 12.4mm/h 12.2mm in 1 hr to 04:00 12.2mm/h 24.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 8.0mm/h 5.0mm in 13 min to 09:13 23.1mm/h 14.4mm in 1 hr to 10:30 14.4mm/h 10.4mm in 1 hr to 11:00 10.4mm/h MAROOCHYDORE AERO 10.6mm in 30 min to 10:00 21.2mm/h 12.8mm in 1 hr to 10:30 12.8mm/h 27.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 9.0mm/h *Maranoa* ROMA AIRPORT 12.2mm in 1 hr 8 min to 00:00 10.8mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *C Tablelands S* BATHURST AIRPORT AWS 53.6mm in 37 min to 18:37 86.9mm/h 53.6mm in 1 hr to 19:00 53.6mm/h 54.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 18.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
43.2 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 42.6 MANDORA E Pilbara WA 42.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 42.0 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA 41.4 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA	28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 27.0 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA 27.0 WARRUWI Arnhem NT 27.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT 26.8 TIMBER CREEK Victoria NT
6.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 7.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 8.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 9.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 10.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC	-4.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -3.4 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW -2.0 KEITH (MUNKORA) Upper SE SA -2.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -1.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+9.5 34.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA +8.3 31.2 EUCLA Eucla WA +7.4 42.0 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA +7.3 31.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +7.1 42.6 MANDORA E Pilbara WA	+7.0 19.2 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD +6.2 26.5 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA +6.2 16.6 BALGAIR Eucla WA +5.8 14.3 PEMBERTON SW & S Coast WA +5.1 17.9 INJUNE POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
-7.0 16.6 TABULAM (MUIRNE) N Tablelands E NSW -6.9 18.4 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW -6.4 11.1 KATOOMBA (NARROW NECK RD) C Tablelands S NSW -6.3 16.4 PEATS RIDGE (WARATAH ROAD) Hunter Valley NSW -6.1 16.2 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW	-9.9 4.9 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT -7.9 0.6 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS -7.4 0.8 KEITH Upper SE SA -7.2 9.0 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD -7.1 7.9 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. No reports of wind gusts above 90km/h or sustained winds above 63km/h	Other extremes ..