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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

Records set this day: (none known)

Quality control note: Data is final. It includes late-received rainfall data and has been subject to BoM quality control checks.
Data is as received at 13:38EST, 03/03/2004.

Weather observations for today
Noteworthy  Weather         Capital  Cities         Regional  Cities       Alpine  Stations
Bureau of Meteorology Rainfall Bulletins and Weather Notes

Hottest
Highest maximum temperature>Greatest variation above normal maximum Highest minimum temperatureGreatest variation above normal minimum

35.0 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
34.6 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT
34.2 NGUKURR N Rivers NT
34.0 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
34.0 PORT KEATS AERO N Rivers NT
34.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
34.0 PALMERVILLE S Peninsula QLD

+5.5   29.2 MORANBAH WATER TREATMENT PLANT Central Coast W QLD
+5.5   28.6 CLERMONT POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD
+4.9   23.8 ALSTONVILLE TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH STAT North Coast NSW
+4.8   26.6 LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
+4.8   24.9 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+4.8   26.5 NAMBOUR DPI Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

26.0 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
25.3 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.0 HOLMES REEF Islands ISL
24.6 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

+9.5   16.5 ROLLESTON METEOR ST Central Highlands QLD
+9.5   16.3 SPRINGSURE DAME ST Central Highlands QLD
+8.9   17.0 CLERMONT POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD
+8.4   16.2 BRIGALOW RESEARCH STN Central Highlands QLD
+6.9   13.2 TAROOM POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD
+6.9   17.1 EMERALD AIRPORT Central Highlands QLD

Coldest
Lowest maximum temperatureGreatest variation below normal maximum Lowest minimum temperatureGreatest variation below normal minimum

-2.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-1.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
0.0 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
2.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW

-3.9   -2.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.9   2.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.6   5.4 OBERON (JENOLAN CAVES ROAD) C Tablelands S NSW
-3.3   7.0 ORANGE AIRPORT COMPARISON C Tablelands S NSW
-3.2   8.3 TUMBARUMBA POST OFFICE SW Slopes S NSW
-3.2   9.3 LAKE EILDON GOULBURN MURRAY WATER (LAKE N Central VIC

-50.0 CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA
-6.4 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-5.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-4.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-7.5   0.0 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
-6.5   0.5 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW
-6.3   -6.4 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-6.0   3.1 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
-5.4   0.0 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA

Wettest Major City Extremes
Todays highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am. It includes the top 5 totals nationally followed by all reported falls of 50mm or more.

60.6 PYENGANA (SEA VIEW) E Coast TAS
57.0 URAIDLA Adelaide/Lofty SA
54.6 ST PATRICKS RIVER (TARGA FARM) N Coast TAS
52.2 ROCKY RIVER (BROOKLAND PARK) Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
51.2 MOUNT BOLD RESERVOIR Adelaide/Lofty SA

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    Yorke Pen/Kanga Is
52.2 ROCKY RIVER (BROOKLAND PARK)
    Adelaide/Lofty
57.0 URAIDLA
51.2 MOUNT BOLD RESERVOIR

TASMANIA
    N Coast
54.6 ST PATRICKS RIVER (TARGA FARM)
51.2 TARGA (MOUNTAIN VIEWS)
50.2 MOUNT ARTHUR (MOUNTAIN ROAD)
    E Coast
60.6 PYENGANA (SEA VIEW)

  Max+/- norm Min+/- normRain to 9am
BROOME AIRPORT 29.6 +0.4 15.2 -0.1 0.0
PERTH AIRPORT 20.7 +1.9 5.3 -3.7 0.0
ALBANY AIRPORT 16.9 +0.3 7.4 -0.8 0.0
KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT 17.1 -0.4 7.5 +1.4 0.0
DARWIN AIRPORT 32.7 +2.1 16.4 -3.6 0.0
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 20.8 +1.0 1.4 -3.7 0.0
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 15.3 -0.7 9.5 +1.3 20.2
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 14.1 +0.3 6.3 +0.6 9.8
CAIRNS AERO 29.0 +3.1 20.4 +2.7 0.0
TOWNSVILLE AERO 29.3 +3.8 17.5 +3.0 0.0
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 27.9 +4.5 17.1 +6.3 0.0
AMBERLEY AMO 25.6 +4.1 6.1 -0.9 0.0
BRISBANE AERO 22.9 9.7 0.0
ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS 12.0 1.3 0.0
COFFS HARBOUR MO 22.9 +3.6 3.1 -6.0 0.0
NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS 19.0 +1.6 12.0 +2.4 0.0
SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) 18.5 +1.6 12.1 +2.9 0.0
PROSPECT DAM 18.1 +0.8 9.1 +1.7 0.0
WOLLONGONG UNIVERSITY 17.0 -0.6 6.1 -3.4 0.0
CANBERRA AIRPORT 10.5 -1.7 5.0 +4.1 0.4
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 13.2 -0.5 6.1 +2.4 1.0
MILDURA AIRPORT 15.9 0.0 6.9 +1.7 4.2
EAST SALE AIRPORT 14.4 +0.2 5.7 +1.5 9.0
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 15.6 +1.6 7.7 +0.9 4.6
LAVERTON RAAF 16.0 +1.9 7.0 +1.2 7.0
BALLARAT AERODROME 11.2 +0.5 2.6 -1.4 12.8
LAUNCESTON AIRPORT 11.9 +0.5 3.9 +1.1 16.6
HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) 11.7 -0.2 5.6 +0.4 4.4

Downpours Gales & Gusts
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. Highest wind gusts above 89km/h (storm force) or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    Upper SE
LAMEROO
70.0mm in 9 hr to 06:00 7.8mm/h
QUEENSLAND
    Wide Bay/Burnett
HERON ISLAND RES STN
9.2mm in 15 min to 23:05 36.8mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
    Goulburn/Monaro
GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS : 80(300/ 63 ) at 02:45
VICTORIA
    Upper NE
MT HOTHAM AIRPORT : 126(300/ 33 ) at 06:38
    W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 113(240/ 93 ) at 14:35
KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 87(269/ 69 ) at 15:10
    W Coast
CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE : 93(260/ 56 ) at 10:01
TASMANIA
    N Coast
CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. : 111(280/ 85 ) at 03:00
    Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 117(310/ 93 ) at 07:43
CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 96(250/ 54 ) at 13:54
    Flinders Is/Bass St
FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT : 96(260/ 70 ) at 06:58