Australian Weather News -- 24 NOV 2002

Australian Weather News

Sunday, 24 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 07:44 UTC on 26/11/02
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 (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets): Highest daily rainfall for November: Leonora WA: 44.4 (30.2, 97)
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. 73.4 LANSDOWNE E Kimberley WA 44.4 LEONORA Goldfields WA 43.8 TIPPERARY Darwin-Daly NT 42.0 BIRRINDUDU Victoria NT 34.2 MOONAN FLAT (THE MANSE) Hunter Valley NSW *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *E Kimberley* 73.4 LANSDOWNE *Goldfields* 44.4 LEONORA *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Victoria 42.0 BIRRINDUDU Darwin-Daly 43.8 TIPPERARY *NEW SOUTH WALES* Hunter Valley 34.2 MOONAN FLAT (THE MANSE)	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *Eucla* EUCLA 20.2mm in 30 min to 01:30 40.4mm/h 20.2mm in 1 hr to 02:00 20.2mm/h FORREST 26.2mm in 1 hr to 16:00 26.2mm/h 34.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 11.3mm/h *Goldfields* LEONORA 44.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 14.7mm/h *Interior* GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE 6.8mm in 6 min to 18:06 68.0mm/h *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Darwin-Daly* BRADSHAW 12.8mm in 21 min to 14:38 36.6mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h *Alice Springs* ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 29.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 9.7mm/h KINTORE (WULUNGURRU) 8.2mm in 8 min to 23:15 61.5mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *South Coast* BEGA AWS 8.6mm in 31 min to 20:00 16.6mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
43.0 WILCANNIA AERODROME AWS Far Northwest NSW 42.4 WILCANNIA (REID ST) Far Northwest NSW 42.2 MARREE NE Pastoral SA 42.2 MENINDEE POST OFFICE Lower Darling NSW 42.1 IVANHOE POST OFFICE Southwest Plains NSW	30.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 29.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 29.0 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA 29.0 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS Victoria NT 28.6 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
13.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 15.4 JACUP Gt Southern WA 15.6 CRADLE MOUNTAIN AIRSTRIP Central Plateau TAS 16.0 MANJIMUP SW & S Coast WA 16.2 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA	2.8 POWRANNA (TASMANIA FEEDLOT) N Coast TAS 5.0 BRIDGETOWN SW & S Coast WA 5.0 JARRAHWOOD SW & S Coast WA 5.0 WANDERING Gt Southern WA 5.8 BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE SW & S Coast WA
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+16.0 36.1 LAKES ENTRANCE E Gippsland VIC +15.1 36.5 ORBOST (COMPARISON) E Gippsland VIC +14.5 39.1 PRICE Yorke Peninsula SA +13.8 35.7 GOULBURN PROGRESS ST Goulburn/Monaro NSW +13.6 37.1 BURRINJUCK DAM SW Slopes N NSW	+13.8 27.3 IVANHOE POST OFFICE Southwest Plains NSW +13.2 27.8 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW +12.7 27.9 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA +12.7 25.1 HAY (MILLER STREET) Riverina W NSW +12.4 26.6 PORT PIRIE BHAS Lower North SA
-9.6 19.4 BALGAIR Eucla WA -8.5 16.2 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA -8.2 26.1 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA -7.8 18.6 LAKE GRACE POST OFFICE Gt Southern WA -7.8 19.9 BALLADONIA Eucla WA	-4.5 5.0 JARRAHWOOD SW & S Coast WA -4.0 18.8 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD -3.5 12.8 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -3.1 16.2 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA -3.1 9.4 CAPE NATURALISTE SW & S Coast WA -3.1 9.3 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA -3.1 7.6 NARROGIN Gt Southern WA
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW: 109 (270/ 65 ) at 19:53 BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW: 83 (230/ 63 ) at 17:51 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW: 80 (320/ 65 ) at 06:30 CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. N Coast TAS: 82 (100/ 63 ) at 00:00 NORTH RANKIN Islands : ******* (230/ 65 ) at 03:00	Other extremes ..