Australian Weather News -- 03 NOV 2002

Australian Weather News

Sunday, 03 NOV 2002

Wind, storms and snow in the SE

Strong cold westernlies following the passage of an overnight front gave wind gusts of 118km/h at Mt Hotham, 122 at Wilsons Promintory and 126 atop Mt Wellington. Overnight snow was reported from Tarraleah on the Tasmanian Central Plateau, and there were widespread storms through Victoria, Bass Strait and northern Tasmania overnight and during the morning.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 08:11 EST on 04/11/02
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. 44.0 LAMBELL'S LAGOON Darwin-Daly NT 32.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT 21.0 SARICH'S ALERT Central Coast E QLD 17.6 GLADSTONE (OLD POST OFFICE) E Coast TAS *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Darwin-Daly 44.0 LAMBELL'S LAGOON 32.0 DUM IN MIRRIE *QUEENSLAND* Central Coast E 21.0 SARICH'S ALERT *TASMANIA* E Coast 17.6 GLADSTONE (OLD POST OFFICE)	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Darwin-Daly* DUM IN MIRRIE 32.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 10.7mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
45.5 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA 43.6 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA 42.9 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA 42.7 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 42.2 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA	29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 28.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 28.0 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA 27.4 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 27.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA 27.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 27.0 WARRUWI Arnhem NT 27.0 KATHERINE AVIATION MUSEUM Darwin-Daly NT 27.0 TINDAL RAAF Darwin-Daly NT
9.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 10.1 MOUNT LOFTY Mt Lofty Ranges SA 10.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 11.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 11.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 11.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS	1.0 EYRE Eucla WA 1.4 MAYDENA (POST OFFICE) Derwent Valley TAS 2.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 3.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 4.0 WANDERING Gt Southern WA 4.0 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+14.3 39.1 GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS Hunter Valley NSW +14.3 39.4 PARRAMATTA NORTH (MASONS DRIVE) Sydney--east NSW +13.4 39.8 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW +13.4 37.0 NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION Hunter Valley NSW +13.4 38.7 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW	+9.6 26.7 BOLLON MARY ST Warrego QLD +9.3 24.2 COONAMBLE COMPARISON CW Plains N NSW +9.3 18.9 COWRA AIRPORT CW Slopes S NSW +8.4 20.0 COWRA RESEARCH STN C Tablelands S NSW +7.9 23.8 BREWARRINA HOSPITAL Upper Darling NSW
-6.3 33.2 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA -6.1 19.4 YONGALA Upper North SA -6.0 22.4 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA -5.7 20.1 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA -5.7 19.0 HORSHAM (POLKEMMETT) Wimmera S VIC	-11.0 1.0 EYRE Eucla WA -8.5 14.1 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA -8.5 7.5 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA -7.4 5.0 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA -7.3 11.8 CARNEGIE Interior WA
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW: 83 (280/ 65 ) at 23:31 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW: 83 (320/ 65 ) at 19:08 GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW: 78 ( 10/ 67 ) at 00:00 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW: 108 (320/ 76 ) at 02:30 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC: 89 (360/ 67 ) at 02:00 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC: 119 (360/ 80 ) at 01:30 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 122 (260/100 ) at 12:15 KINGFISH A SHIP LOG 206 W Gippsland VIC: 87 (240/ 72 ) at 19:30 COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC: 78 (280/ 63 ) at 08:30 CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. N Coast TAS: 89 (270/ 65 ) at 11:00 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 115 (310/ 93 ) at 15:17 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 126 (260/ 93 ) at 16:00 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS: 89 ( 10/ 74 ) at 02:00 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS: 93 (280/ 56 ) at 16:30 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS: 98 (280/ 70 ) at 17:00	Other extremes ..