Australian Weather News -- 02 NOV 2002

Australian Weather News

Saturday, 02 NOV 2002

Storms spark fires in SA, Vic

Storms with a front that crossed SA overnight caused nearly 30 fires from dry lightning strikes. Most of the fires, none of which was larger than 10ha in extent, were lit in an area from Georgetown and Gladstone in the north to Mt Dampier in the west and the Barossa Valley in the south. The storms were accompanied by wind gust up to 98km/h at Strathalbyn, 45km SE of Adelaide. In Victoria, the front moved through the northwest of the state during the afternoon and evening. ABC News reported that most of the fires were started in the Murray-Sunset National Park, where more than 100 firefighters were assisted by two water-bombing aircraft. There was also a large fire west of Horsham at Talopea Downs near the South Australian border.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 06:28 EST on 03/11/02
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. 38.6 LEANYER Darwin-Daly NT 37.0 BOAT HARBOUR (ROUS RIVER) North Coast NSW 33.2 CASCADES CREEK STATION Goldfields WA 28.2 MUNGLINUP TOWN SW & S Coast WA 25.2 MOUNT BARNETT W Kimberley WA *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *W Kimberley* 25.2 MOUNT BARNETT *SW & S Coast* 28.2 MUNGLINUP TOWN *Goldfields* 33.2 CASCADES CREEK STATION *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Darwin-Daly 38.6 LEANYER *NEW SOUTH WALES* North Coast 37.0 BOAT HARBOUR (ROUS RIVER)	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Darwin-Daly* BATCHELOR AERO 7.6mm in 16 min to 17:16 28.5mm/h 10.8mm in 1 hr to 18:00 10.8mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
43.0 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA 42.9 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA 42.7 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 42.5 THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE Far SW QLD 42.4 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA	30.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 29.0 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD 28.9 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD 28.3 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA 28.0 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA
11.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 12.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 13.7 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 14.0 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS 14.8 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 14.8 LUNCHEON HILL FORESTRY N Coast TAS	-0.4 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW -0.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 0.0 OMEO Upper NE VIC 0.1 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 0.5 TARRALEAH CHALET Derwent Valley TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+9.4 41.7 BREWARRINA HOSPITAL Upper Darling NSW +9.1 42.5 THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE Far SW QLD +8.8 30.0 LAVERTON RAAF W Central VIC +8.5 40.6 MUNGINDI POST OFFICE NW Plains W NSW +8.4 37.0 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW +8.4 37.5 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW +8.4 34.8 WALPEUP RESEARCH Mallee N VIC	+9.2 28.9 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD +9.2 23.8 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW +8.6 25.2 MARREE NE Pastoral SA +8.1 20.6 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide Plains SA +7.8 16.8 YONGALA Upper North SA
-7.0 27.0 WILUNA Interior WA -6.8 22.0 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA -6.5 24.8 PAYNES FIND Murchison WA -6.4 27.5 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA -6.4 21.9 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA	-12.5 3.5 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA -8.8 9.2 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA -8.7 3.6 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA -8.4 4.5 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA -8.3 9.5 WILUNA Interior WA
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA : 89 (270/ 70 ) at 18:46 THEVENARD WIND W Agricultural SA : 95 (250/ 39 ) at 00:14 YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA : 87 (360/ 63 ) at 04:00 MOUNT LOFTY Mt Lofty Ranges SA : 95 (280/ 70 ) at 20:30 MOUNT CRAWFORD (TOWER HILL) Mt Lofty Ranges SA : 96 (260/ 67 ) at 19:50 STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE Lower Murray SA : 98 (290/ 67 ) at 18:52 GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW: 76 ( 10/ 63 ) at 23:31 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC: 100 (360/ 82 ) at 23:59 CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. N Coast TAS: 95 ( 80/ 63 ) at 10:00 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS: 87 (360/ 69 ) at 19:35	Other extremes ..