Australian Weather News -- 15 DEC 2002

Australian Weather News

Sunday, 15 DEC 2002

Hot in southern SA, western Vic
NEWSBITS: Hot in the tropics; downpour at St George Qld

Top temperatures were 10 to 14 above normal across southern SA and western Victoria today, with the maximum temperature exceeding 39° across all SA except for the far southwest. At Polda Basin, Wudinna and Kyancutta on the Eyre Peninsula, the mercury reached 43, while Parafield Airport in Adelaide's north got to 40.6.

NEWSBITS: Pre-wet season heat continues across the tropics with inland areas of northern WA and NT, and northwestern Qld recording top temperatures between 42 and 46° today. These are 3 to 7 above average in an area where large departures from normal are rare. A series of thunderstorms during the evening gave St George, Qld, 47mm in the 4 hours to 10pm. The town's airport recorded 11.4mm in 10 minutes just after 6pm. Though storms developed through the S Qld and N NSW inland, rainfall registrations were generally light.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 04:49 UTC on 16/12/02
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. 33.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA 30.6 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA 30.0 AURUKUN SHIRE COUNCIL N Peninsula QLD 20.0 WARONGA Darling Downs E QLD 19.0 LOCHINVAR Warrego QLD *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *N Kimberley* 33.0 KALUMBURU 30.6 KALUMBURU MISSION *QUEENSLAND* N Peninsula 30.0 AURUKUN SHIRE COUNCIL Darling Downs E 20.0 WARONGA Warrego 19.0 LOCHINVAR	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *QUEENSLAND* *Maranoa* ST GEORGE AIRPORT 10.0mm in 9 min to 18:09 66.7mm/h 1.4mm in 1 min to 18:10 84.0mm/h 6.4mm in 18 min to 20:10 21.3mm/h 34.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 11.3mm/h 12.4mm in 34 min to 22:00 21.9mm/h 13.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 13.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
46.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA 45.6 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA 45.6 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA 45.0 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA 44.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 44.0 CARNEGIE Interior WA 44.0 RABBIT FLAT Alice Springs NT	30.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT 30.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 29.9 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA 29.5 CHANNEL POINT Darwin-Daly NT 29.1 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
12.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 13.9 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS 14.0 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS 14.1 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 14.8 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS	3.6 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 3.8 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS 4.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW 4.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 4.9 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS 4.9 OMEO Upper NE VIC
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+14.4 40.9 PRICE Yorke Peninsula SA +14.1 43.0 POLDA (GUM VIEW) W Agricultural SA +13.9 41.9 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA +13.1 40.6 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide Plains SA +13.0 39.4 MAITLAND Yorke Peninsula SA	+8.4 24.5 PARRAMATTA NORTH (MASONS DRIVE) Sydney--east NSW +6.9 28.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA +6.5 20.3 MAITLAND Yorke Peninsula SA +6.2 20.7 BARRABA POST OFFICE NW Slopes N NSW +5.3 22.3 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW
-4.0 23.2 LANCELIN Lower West WA -3.6 27.4 KALBARRI Central West WA -3.3 26.2 GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA -3.2 25.0 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA -3.1 29.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA	-6.7 4.9 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS -6.1 10.0 PINDARI DAM NW Slopes N NSW -5.9 18.5 WAVE HILL Victoria NT -5.2 19.0 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA -4.7 6.8 EDI UPPER Upper NE VIC
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 ..