Australian Weather News -- 16 OCT 2002

Australian Weather News

Wednesday, 16 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 09:42 EST on 23/10/02
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. 29.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 17.0 ZEEHAN MEMORIAL MUSEUM W Coast TAS 16.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS 15.8 ROSEBERY (GEPP STREET) W Coast TAS 12.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW *NEW SOUTH WALES* Snowy Mtns 12.0 THREDBO VILLAGE *TASMANIA* W Coast 29.0 MOUNT READ 17.0 ZEEHAN MEMORIAL MUSEUM 16.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE 15.8 ROSEBERY (GEPP STREET)	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. None reported
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
43.0 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA 43.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 42.4 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 42.1 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA 42.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT 42.0 ELLIOTT Barkly NT 42.0 KINTORE (WULUNGURRU) Alice Springs NT 42.0 RABBIT FLAT Alice Springs NT	28.5 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA 28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 27.2 CHANNEL POINT Darwin-Daly NT 27.0 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA 27.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT
5.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 5.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 7.6 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 8.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 8.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC	0.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 0.1 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW 0.6 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW 0.8 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+12.9 36.5 LAKE VICTORIA STORAGE Lower Darling NSW +12.0 35.7 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC +11.9 42.1 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA +11.7 41.7 KULGERA Alice Springs NT +11.1 40.9 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA	+8.9 15.6 BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE SW & S Coast WA +8.7 19.1 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA +8.3 16.5 DONNYBROOK SW & S Coast WA +7.7 15.0 JARRAHWOOD SW & S Coast WA +7.7 14.0 WANDERING COMPARISON Gt Southern WA
-3.3 16.8 GOOLWA (HINDMARSH ISLAND MARINA) Mt Lofty Ranges SA -2.8 10.6 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS -2.7 10.2 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS -2.5 15.0 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Kangaroo Is SA -2.3 21.4 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA -2.3 14.6 GROVE RESEARCH STATION Southeast TAS -2.3 14.0 GEEVESTON(FORESTRY CEMETERY RD) Southeast TAS	-7.7 10.9 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD -7.2 6.0 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -6.7 4.5 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD -6.3 1.8 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW -6.2 13.6 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA : 83 (290/ 65 ) at 13:14 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW: 76 (290/ 65 ) at 20:11 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW: 100 (310/ 61 ) at 20:01 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW: 93 (310/ 58 ) at 20:51 DENILIQUIN AIRPORT AWS Riverina E NSW: 100 (330/ 76 ) at 14:54 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC: 91 (350/ 52 ) at 14:45 KILMORE GAP N Central VIC: 96 (310/ 69 ) at 13:58 EILDON FIRE TOWER N Central VIC: 104 (270/ 59 ) at 15:27	Other extremes ..