Australian Weather News -- 19 DEC 2002

Australian Weather News

Thursday, 19 DEC 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 06:50 UTC on 21/12/02
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 (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets): Highest daily maximum temperature for December: Edi Upper Vic: 38.2 (37.9, 15)
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. 58.4 LAKEFIELD NATIONAL PARK S Peninsula QLD 46.0 ALYANGULA POLICE Arnhem NT 33.2 DARWIN BOTANICAL GARDENS Darwin-Daly NT 29.9 LARRAKEYAH Darwin-Daly NT 29.8 BALLANDEAN POST OFFICE Darling Downs E QLD *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Arnhem 46.0 ALYANGULA POLICE Darwin-Daly 33.2 DARWIN BOTANICAL GARDENS 29.9 LARRAKEYAH *QUEENSLAND* S Peninsula 58.4 LAKEFIELD NATIONAL PARK Darling Downs E 29.8 BALLANDEAN POST OFFICE	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *N Rivers* DARWIN AIRPORT COMPARISON 15.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.0mm/h *Roper-McArthur* WOLLOGORANG 24.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 8.0mm/h *Darwin-Daly* DARWIN AIRPORT 17.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.7mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *N Peninsula* HORN ISLAND 16.0mm in 1 hr to 08:00 16.0mm/h 21.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.0mm/h *S Peninsula* LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT 14.0mm in 1 hr to 02:00 14.0mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 7.7mm/h *Darling Downs E* INGLEWOOD FOREST 55.8mm in 4 hr 25 min to 22:00 12.6mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *N Tablelands W* INVERELL RESEARCH CENTRE 13.0mm in 26 min to 15:40 30.0mm/h 17.2mm in 1 hr to 16:00 17.2mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
46.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA 45.6 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA 45.4 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA 45.4 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA 45.3 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA	30.9 BALLERA GAS FIELD Far SW QLD 30.0 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA 30.0 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA 30.0 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA 29.9 TELFER AERO Interior WA
16.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 17.6 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS 18.0 DORRIGO (OLD CORAMBA RD) MidNorth Coast N NSW 18.6 CAPE BRUNY LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS 18.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS	2.9 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 4.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 5.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW 5.5 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 7.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+15.0 36.1 CAPE BORDA Kangaroo Is SA +13.9 41.4 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide Plains SA +12.7 38.2 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide Plains SA +12.6 39.0 MAITLAND Yorke Peninsula SA +12.6 37.6 MOUNT BARKER Mt Lofty Ranges SA	+11.3 28.0 MENINDEE POST OFFICE Lower Darling NSW +11.2 26.5 LAKE VICTORIA STORAGE Lower Darling NSW +11.0 28.0 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW +10.8 28.5 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA +10.3 22.4 EUDUNDA Lower Murray SA
-4.4 24.2 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW -4.1 24.5 KEMPSEY (WIDE STREET) MidNorth Coast N NSW -3.1 21.5 ESPERANCE SW & S Coast WA -2.9 22.9 PEATS RIDGE (WARATAH ROAD) Hunter Valley NSW -2.7 28.3 KALBARRI Central West WA -2.7 22.4 EYRE Eucla WA	-4.3 19.7 WOLLOGORANG Roper-McArthur NT -2.8 23.2 ALYANGULA POLICE Arnhem NT -2.6 17.5 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA -2.4 16.0 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
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 ..