Australian Weather News -- 28 DEC 2002

Australian Weather News

Saturday, 28 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 01:28 UTC on 01/01/03
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. 71.0 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA 67.0 BALLINA (CROWLEY VILLAGE) North Coast NSW 64.0 BALLINA AIRPORT AWS North Coast NSW 63.8 FRASER RANGE Goldfields WA 48.2 CADOUX Cent Wheatbelt WA *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *Cent Wheatbelt* 48.2 CADOUX *Goldfields* 71.0 NORSEMAN AERO 63.8 FRASER RANGE *NEW SOUTH WALES* North Coast 67.0 BALLINA (CROWLEY VILLAGE) 64.0 BALLINA AIRPORT AWS	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *Eucla* EUCLA 10.8mm in 10 min to 22:00 64.8mm/h 28.4mm in 1 hr to 22:00 28.4mm/h 32.0mm in 1 hr to 22:30 32.0mm/h RED ROCKS POINT 15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h *Goldfields* NORSEMAN AERO 28.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 9.3mm/h KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT 23.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.7mm/h *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Arnhem* MILINGIMBI 15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h NARAWILLI 19.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.3mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *Gulf Country* KOWANYAMA AIRPORT 26.8mm in 29 min to 23:00 55.4mm/h 27.2mm in 1 hr to 23:00 27.2mm/h MORNINGTON ISLAND 1.8mm in 1 min to 14:27 108.0mm/h 5.6mm in 33 min to 15:00 10.2mm/h 11.0mm in 1 hr to 15:00 11.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
45.6 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD 44.7 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD 44.3 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD 44.1 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD 43.9 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD 43.9 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD	31.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 30.4 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA 30.1 WINTON POST OFFICE Northwest QLD 30.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 30.0 WINTON AIRPORT Northwest QLD
17.7 DORRIGO (OLD CORAMBA RD) MidNorth Coast N NSW 18.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 18.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 18.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 19.0 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS	2.0 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 3.4 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS 4.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 4.9 TARRALEAH CHALET Derwent Valley TAS 5.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 5.0 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+16.0 40.2 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA +12.6 34.7 GOOLWA (HINDMARSH ISLAND MARINA) Mt Lofty Ranges SA +12.5 39.7 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +12.3 39.8 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide Plains SA +12.1 41.0 POLDA (GUM VIEW) W Agricultural SA	+9.4 23.4 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +8.7 23.5 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide Plains SA +8.5 23.4 STREAKY BAY W Agricultural SA +8.3 24.5 PORT PIRIE BHAS Lower North SA +8.0 21.5 ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE) County Light SA
-4.8 33.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA -4.6 30.6 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA -4.5 24.1 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW -3.9 32.0 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA -3.7 23.0 TENTERFIELD (WOOD ST) N Tablelands W NSW	-8.1 13.0 WILUNA Interior WA -6.2 16.8 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD -4.9 19.5 WAVE HILL Victoria NT -4.3 18.4 URANDANGIE Northwest QLD -3.9 16.3 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA : 83 (330/ 67 ) at 16:41 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD: 70 (150/ 63 ) at 17:00	Other extremes ..