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Wintry weather in TAS

A cold front swept across TAS this morning accompanied by storm-force wind gusts and heavy rain showers. Wind gusted to 82km/h at Strahan at 1am, 117 on Tasman Island and 115 atop Mt Wellington at 3am, and 89km/h at Devonport Airport just after 7am. Heavy rain fell ahead of the front, with Strathgordon (Lake Pedder) village recording 44mm between 3pm yesterday and 9am today.

Temperatures dropped steadily behind the front, with the AWS on the summit of Mt Read, east of Zeehan, recording a midday temperature of 0.1C. Hail accompanied showers during the afternoon in south coastal areas, and the Cape Bruny observer reported late afternoon that the snowline on the southern mountains was down to 800m. Snow fell on the Central Plateau down to the 700m level overnight into Wednesday.

Strong winds affected southern VIC during the morning also. Wind gust details are given below.

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

33.1 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
32.7 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT
32.5 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
32.5 MANINGRIDA N Rivers NT
32.4 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
32.4 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD

+7.1   26.0 KULGERA N Plateau NT
+6.9   17.8 BOMBALA (THERRY STREET) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+6.8   26.4 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
+6.8   22.4 KIMBA W Agricultural SA
+6.6   27.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA

26.2 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.5 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
23.9 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.7 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.6 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT

+7.1   12.8 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+7.0   10.6 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+6.8   14.3 NAMBOUR DPI Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+6.5   11.0 MOUNT BARKER Adelaide/Lofty SA
+6.4   17.8 WOLLOGORANG N Rivers NT

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

-0.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-0.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
2.6 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS

-6.5   12.3 BALGAIR Eucla WA
-6.2   12.7 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA
-5.9   13.3 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
-4.9   13.5 LEONORA Goldfields WA
-4.4   16.4 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
-4.4   13.6 EUCLA Eucla WA

-6.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-4.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.5 BATHURST AGRICULTURAL STATION C Tablelands S NSW

-6.4   0.6 JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
-6.3   2.3 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
-6.2   2.7 GOSNELLS CITY Lower West WA
-6.0   2.1 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
-5.7   2.5 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA
-5.7   0.0 KELLERBERRIN Cent Wheatbelt 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.

72.0 FALLS CREEK (ROCKY VALLEY) Upper NE VIC
59.0 KOOMBOOLOOMBA DAM N Coast--Barron QLD
44.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
41.8 LAKE MARGARET DAM W Coast TAS
37.2 NATIONAL PARK FORESTRY Derwent Valley TAS

QUEENSLAND
    N Coast--Barron
59.0 KOOMBOOLOOMBA DAM

VICTORIA
    Upper NE
72.0 FALLS CREEK (ROCKY VALLEY)

TASMANIA
    Derwent Valley
37.2 NATIONAL PARK FORESTRY
    W Coast
44.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE
41.8 LAKE MARGARET DAM

  Max+/- norm Min+/- normRain to 9am
BROOME AIRPORT 31.0 +2.2 14.4 +0.8 0.0
PERTH AIRPORT 17.0 -0.8 2.1 -6.0 7.2
ALBANY AIRPORT 14.7 -1.1 4.5 -3.0 6.4
KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT 13.0 -3.7 7.0 +2.1 14.4
DARWIN AIRPORT 29.8 -0.7 19.6 +0.3 0.0
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 25.0 +5.4 1.1 -2.9 0.0
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 18.6 +3.3 10.3 +2.9 0.0
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 12.0 -1.1 9.6 +4.5 0.0
CAIRNS AERO 25.8 +0.1 20.4 +3.4 0.0
TOWNSVILLE AERO 26.6 +1.6 14.7 +1.2 0.0
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 24.5 +1.4 11.2 +1.8 0.0
BRISBANE AERO 21.0 10.8 1.2
AMBERLEY AMO 22.4 +1.3 6.1 +0.7 0.0
ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS 14.6 -2.0 0.2
COFFS HARBOUR MO 20.5 +1.8 6.1 -1.4 0.0
NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS 19.9 +3.2 7.7 -0.7 0.0
SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) 22.4 +6.2 9.0 +1.0 0.0
PROSPECT DAM 21.6 +4.9 5.5 -0.6 0.1
WOLLONGONG UNIVERSITY 20.5 +3.5 7.7 -0.7 0.0
CANBERRA AIRPORT 13.3 +2.0 -0.8 -0.6 0.0
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 15.5 +2.9 2.0 -0.7 0.0
MILDURA AIRPORT 20.3 +5.0 5.7 +1.4 0.0
EAST SALE AIRPORT 18.3 +4.6 2.0 -1.2 0.0
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 15.6 +2.2 9.3 +3.4 0.0
LAVERTON RAAF 16.2 +2.6 7.9 +3.0 0.0
BALLARAT AERODROME 12.1 +2.1 3.6 +0.4 0.0
LAUNCESTON AIRPORT 9.8 -1.1 7.5 +5.2 4.4
HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) 11.6 0.0 6.9 +2.4 7.2

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.
TASMANIA
    W Coast
CAPE SORELL
17.0mm in 3 hr to 04:00 5.7mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 05:00 5.0mm/h
LOW ROCKY POINT
15.0mm in 3 hr to 02:00 5.0mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h
MOUNT READ
15.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.0mm/h

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    Mt Lofty Ranges
MOUNT LOFTY : 104(320/ 70 ) at 00:30
QUEENSLAND
    N Coast--Barron
GREEN ISLAND : 72(160/ 65 ) at 15:00
    Brisbane/SE Coast
CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 69(140/ 63 ) at 00:00
VICTORIA
    Upper NE
MT HOTHAM AIRPORT : 137(320/ 45 ) at 11:30
MT HOTHAM : 91(350/ 76 ) at 01:00
    W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 113(330/ 58 ) at 07:59
    E Central
MELBOURNE AIRPORT : 87( 10/ 65 ) at 10:00
SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND : 83(360/ 65 ) at 05:00
DUNNS HILL : 93(360/ 61 ) at 02:00
FAWKNER BEACON : 89( 10/ 69 ) at 06:48
    N Central
KILMORE GAP : 83(360/ 63 ) at 01:00
    Western Plains
LOOKOUT HILL : 91(340/ 48 ) at 01:00
    W Coast
COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) : 74(350/ 63 ) at 00:00
TASMANIA
    N Coast
DEVONPORT AIRPORT : 89(310/ 67 ) at 07:17
CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. : 96(320/ 72 ) at 02:00
    E Coast
EDDYSTONE POINT : 89(300/ 63 ) at 04:00
FRIENDLY BEACHES : 98(300/ 50 ) at 04:04
    Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 111(310/ 98 ) at 07:00
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 115(310/ 82 ) at 03:00
TASMAN ISLAND : 117(310/ 67 ) at 03:00
    W Coast
STRAHAN AERODROME : 82(350/ 63 ) at 01:00
ISLANDS
    Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 98(280/ 80 ) at 15:03