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Frosty morning across eastern AUS
Muggy night in southern WA
Frosts were likely (above) in areas shaded grey (below 3°) while sub-zero temperatures extended along the Great Divide from SE SA into SE QLD. In terms of departure from normal (below), most of the continent was 4° or more below with only SW WA going well against the trend .

Frosty morning across eastern AUS

Frost level minima covered much of NSW, VIC and TAS along with large parts of QLD and SA this morning. Cold air from the change early in the week has pushed north into the tropics and, along with clear skies under the ensuing high, has produced well below normal overnight temperatures. No records fell, but unusual lows in QLD were 3.3 at Kairi Research Station on the Atherton Tablelands 40km SSW of Cairns, 5.4 at Proserpine Airport, -3.9 at Oakey and -4.0 at Warwick and Stanthorpe in the state's southeast. In the Territory, Daly Water's 6.0 was 7.3 below average.

Muggy night in southern WA

In contrast to the rest of the country, southern WA residents threw off the doonas last night as a cold front fizzled. The change weakened rapidly after giving good rain to the Southwest yesterday morning, and failed to flush out the unseasonable heat that set June records yesterday. Many centres recorded minima that were more above the average than their maxima were above average yesterday. Salmon Gum's low of 15.9 was 10.3 above normal. With some rain having fallen across most of the Southwest, Great Southern and southern Wheatbelt it was not only a warm night but a humid one.

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 22:17EST, 27/10/2004.

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

30.5 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
30.1 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
30.0 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
30.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
29.9 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
29.9 OENPELLI N Rivers NT
29.9 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL

+7.7   26.4 EYRE Eucla WA
+7.6   26.7 BALGAIR Eucla WA
+6.4   25.3 LEONORA Goldfields WA
+6.3   25.8 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+6.1   25.6 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA
+6.1   24.8 EUCLA Eucla WA

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
25.5 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.2 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.1 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
24.0 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
24.0 HOLMES REEF Islands ISL

+10.3   15.9 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
+8.6   14.2 HYDEN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+8.3   15.1 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+8.1   14.5 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA
+8.0   15.4 MORAWA Central West WA
+8.0   15.1 EYRE Eucla WA

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

-2.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-0.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
0.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
0.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-6.9   6.8 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
-6.0   20.1 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
-5.9   20.4 TOORAK RESEARCH STATION Gulf Country QLD
-5.9   17.9 THANGOOL AIRPORT Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
-5.9   6.6 LAKE EILDON GOULBURN MURRAY WATER (LAKE N Central VIC

-11.1 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-7.4 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-7.0 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW
-6.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.2 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW

-8.7   3.3 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
-8.7   -6.2 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
-7.9   -3.9 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD
-7.3   6.0 DALY WATERS AWS N Rivers NT
-7.3   5.4 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
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.

42.8 MOUNT WILLIAM
41.4 KARRI VALLEY RESORT Lower West WA
40.4 WELLINGTON MILL ALERT Lower West WA
39.6 WELLINGTON MILL Lower West WA
37.4 WINDY HARBOUR Lower West WA

  Max+/- norm Min+/- normRain to 9am
BROOME AIRPORT 25.8 -3.4 12.2 -3.1 0.0
PERTH AIRPORT 18.1 -0.7 14.6 +5.6 5.0
ALBANY AIRPORT 15.0 -1.6 13.0 +4.8 10.4
KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT 22.4 +4.9 13.3 +7.2 0.0
DARWIN AIRPORT 29.0 -1.6 17.3 -2.7 0.0
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 17.3 -2.5 2.1 -3.0 0.0
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 13.7 -2.3 5.2 -3.0 1.4
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 11.5 -2.3 2.5 -3.2 0.0
CAIRNS AERO 26.1 +0.2 13.2 -4.5 0.0
TOWNSVILLE AERO 25.5 0.0 15.1 +0.6 0.0
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 19.5 -3.9 8.1 -2.7 0.0
AMBERLEY AMO 20.7 -0.8 0.5 -6.5 0.0
BRISBANE AERO 20.4 7.5 0.0
ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS 11.2 -3.2 0.0
COFFS HARBOUR MO 17.9 -1.4 4.9 -4.2 0.0
NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS 15.1 -2.3 8.4 -1.2 0.4
SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) 16.6 -0.3 10.0 +0.8 0.0
PROSPECT DAM 16.5 -0.8 8.8 +1.4 0.0
WOLLONGONG UNIVERSITY 15.5 -2.1 9.9 +0.4 1.0
CANBERRA AIRPORT 12.3 +0.1 -1.2 -2.1 0.2
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 6.8 -6.9 1.3 -2.4 0.2
MILDURA AIRPORT 11.4 -4.5 -0.8 -6.0 0.0
EAST SALE AIRPORT 13.2 -1.0 4.7 +0.5 4.2
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 13.0 -1.0 5.9 -0.9 0.0
LAVERTON RAAF 12.5 -1.6 2.8 -3.0 0.4
BALLARAT AERODROME 7.0 -3.7 1.2 -2.8 0.0
LAUNCESTON AIRPORT 10.0 -1.4 -2.7 -5.5 0.0
HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) 9.6 -2.3 0.9 -4.3 0.0

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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    Goldfields
NORSEMAN AERO
10.8mm in 1 hr to 14:00 10.8mm/h
     Interior
WARBURTON AIRFIELD
9.2mm in 10 min to 10:00 55.2mm/h

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    Yorke Pen/Kanga Is
CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 95(340/ 72 ) at 13:27
NEW SOUTH WALES
    Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 87(310/ 69 ) at 20:43
VICTORIA
    W Coast
CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE : 91(350/ 48 ) at 22:15
COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) : 93(340/ 70 ) at 22:57
TASMANIA
    N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS : 87(340/ 65 ) at 21:00
    Southeast
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 87(320/ 72 ) at 23:00