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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 complete, and has been visually checked by AWN for gross errors. Less obvious errors may remain.
Data is as received at 00:57EST, 28/10/2004.

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

33.3 BULMAN AWS N Rivers NT
33.2 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
33.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
32.9 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT
32.9 WOLLOGORANG N Rivers NT
32.9 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT

+7.9   27.1 THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE Far SW QLD
+7.8   27.3 CHARLEVILLE AERO Warrego QLD
+7.6   29.0 WINDORAH POST OFFICE Channel Country QLD
+7.3   26.5 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
+7.1   26.7 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+7.1   27.9 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
24.2 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.2 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
23.3 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.2 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

+11.2   17.4 SPRINGSURE DAME ST Central Highlands QLD
+10.0   17.8 BARCALDINE POST OFFICE Central West QLD
+9.4   18.2 EMERALD AIRPORT Central Highlands QLD
+9.0   14.4 THANGOOL AIRPORT Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
+8.8   15.7 LONGREACH AERO Central West QLD

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

-0.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
0.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
1.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
2.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-4.6   14.6 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
-4.3   16.5 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
-3.9   14.5 PAYNES FIND E Gascoyne WA
-3.7   14.7 LEONORA Goldfields WA
-3.5   14.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA

-8.6 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW
-8.1 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-8.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-8.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-7.4 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW

-7.0   -4.9 PINDARI DAM NW Slopes N NSW
-6.7   -6.6 BARRABA POST OFFICE NW Slopes N NSW
-6.1   -7.4 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-6.1   -5.0 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
-6.0   0.4 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW

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.

31.0 BINGIL BAY N Coast--Herbert QLD
28.0 KARRAGULLEN NORTH Lower West WA
28.0 WUNGONG DAM Lower West WA
27.0 ARALUEN Lower West WA
25.0 PICKERING BROOK NORTH Lower West WA

  Max+/- norm Min+/- normRain to 9am
BROOME AIRPORT 28.9 +0.1 15.9 +2.3 0.0
PERTH AIRPORT 16.6 -1.2 5.3 -2.8 6.2
ALBANY AIRPORT 14.1 -1.7 5.8 -1.7 16.0
KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT 14.1 -2.6 3.1 -1.8 2.0
DARWIN AIRPORT 30.8 +0.3 19.4 +0.1 0.0
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 26.7 +7.1 4.8 +0.8 0.0
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 20.5 +5.2 12.0 +4.6 0.0
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 16.4 +3.3 8.5 +3.4 0.0
CAIRNS AERO 24.4 -1.3 18.7 +1.7 0.0
TOWNSVILLE AERO 26.9 +1.9 19.1 +5.6 1.2
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 21.9 -1.2 17.6 +8.2 0.0
AMBERLEY AMO 23.5 +2.4 2.8 -2.6 0.0
BRISBANE AERO 21.6 7.8 0.0
ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS 15.7 -4.0 0.0
COFFS HARBOUR MO 20.7 +2.0 5.3 -2.2 0.0
NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS 19.7 +3.0 6.8 -1.6 0.0
SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) 18.6 +2.4 7.8 -0.2 0.0
PROSPECT DAM 18.9 +2.2 3.2 -2.9 0.0
WOLLONGONG UNIVERSITY 19.0 +2.0 5.6 -2.8 0.0
CANBERRA AIRPORT 13.2 +1.9 -2.4 -2.2 0.2
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 15.4 +2.8 1.0 -1.7 0.0
MILDURA AIRPORT 20.3 +5.0 9.2 +4.9 0.0
EAST SALE AIRPORT 17.1 +3.4 -0.1 -3.3 0.0
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 15.4 +2.0 10.3 +4.4 0.0
LAVERTON RAAF 15.1 +1.5 8.0 +3.1 0.0
BALLARAT AERODROME 11.5 +1.5 4.9 +1.7 0.2
LAUNCESTON AIRPORT 11.1 +0.2 2.6 +0.3 0.6
HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) 14.2 +2.6 4.3 -0.2 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.
No reports

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    W Agricultural
NEPTUNE ISLAND : 85(250/ 69 ) at 18:30
    Yorke Pen/Kanga Is
EDITHBURGH : 87(300/ 70 ) at 16:47
MOONTA (WARBURTO POINT) : 95(280/ 61 ) at 17:02
CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 91(350/ 72 ) at 12:56
    Adelaide/Lofty
MOUNT LOFTY : 87(280/ 65 ) at 18:13
NEW SOUTH WALES
    Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 102(320/ 85 ) at 18:00
VICTORIA
    Upper NE
MOUNT BULLER : 93(240/ 61 ) at 23:00
    W Coast
COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) : 82(340/ 67 ) at 23:30
TASMANIA
    Southeast
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 89(330/ 72 ) at 23:30