Australian Weather News -- 19 NOV 2002

Australian Weather News

Tuesday, 19 NOV 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 07:21 UTC on 21/11/02
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. 67.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT 50.0 BUNDA Victoria NT 35.6 HUMPTY DOO COLLARD ROAD Darwin-Daly NT 34.0 TERRITORY GRAPE FARM Alice Springs NT 31.2 MOUNT HOUSE AERO *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* 31.2 MOUNT HOUSE AERO *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Victoria 50.0 BUNDA Darwin-Daly 67.0 BRADSHAW 35.6 HUMPTY DOO COLLARD ROAD Alice Springs 34.0 TERRITORY GRAPE FARM	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Roper-McArthur* BORROLOOLA 40.8mm in 31 min to 17:00 79.0mm/h 44.8mm in 1 hr to 17:00 44.8mm/h 45.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 15.0mm/h *Darwin-Daly* TINDAL RAAF 10.4mm in 30 min to 02:00 20.8mm/h 14.4mm in 1 hr to 02:00 14.4mm/h 12.0mm in 1 hr to 02:30 12.0mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h *Barkly* TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT 18.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.0mm/h *Alice Springs* YULARA AERO 7.6mm in 13 min to 20:30 35.1mm/h 14.6mm in 1 hr to 20:30 14.6mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.3mm/h *SOUTH AUSTRALIA* *NW Pastoral* ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) 17.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.7mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
43.4 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA 43.0 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA 42.0 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA 42.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 42.0 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA 42.0 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA	32.0 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA 30.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 28.0 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA 28.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 27.7 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
14.5 WEEAPROINAH W Coast VIC 14.9 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS 15.0 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC 15.2 CAPE BRUNY LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS 15.5 AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC	1.9 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 2.0 BRIDGETOWN SW & S Coast WA 2.0 JARRAHWOOD SW & S Coast WA 3.4 BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE SW & S Coast WA 4.0 CAMPANIA (KINCORA) Southeast TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+13.9 37.4 BURRINJUCK DAM SW Slopes N NSW +12.9 34.8 GOULBURN PROGRESS ST Goulburn/Monaro NSW +12.6 33.2 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW +12.6 37.9 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW +12.1 33.0 TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE Goulburn/Monaro NSW	+12.4 21.0 RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH Lower NE VIC +12.1 24.2 NARRANDERA GOLF CLUB Riverina E NSW +11.9 22.8 COROWA AIRPORT Riverina E NSW +11.4 22.5 WAGGA WAGGA RESEARCH CENTRE Riverina E NSW +11.1 27.3 WHITE CLIFFS POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
-9.4 18.3 BALLADONIA Eucla WA -5.6 23.3 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA -5.5 24.0 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA -5.4 28.2 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT -5.2 19.5 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA -5.2 23.7 HAWKER Upper North SA	-7.5 2.0 JARRAHWOOD SW & S Coast WA -5.4 10.4 CASINO AIRPORT North Coast NSW -5.3 3.4 BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE SW & S Coast WA -4.9 5.3 DONNYBROOK SW & S Coast WA -4.9 11.0 LISMORE (CENTRE STREET) North Coast NSW
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 ..