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Weather events and extremes today

Descriptions of significant weather events are added here when time permits and reliable information is available. This is sometimes well after the event!

The day's significant weather statistics 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 complete, and has been visually checked by AWN for gross errors. Less obvious errors may remain.
Data is as received at 19:38EST, 14/11/2004.

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

44.0 TREPELL AIRPORT Northwest QLD
43.9 WINTON AIRPORT Northwest QLD
43.3 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
43.0 NGUKURR N Rivers NT
43.0 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD

+7.0   38.8 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
+6.6   42.7 LONGREACH AERO Central West QLD
+6.0   40.5 BARCALDINE POST OFFICE Central West QLD
+5.9   42.2 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
+5.9   41.6 ISISFORD POST OFFICE Central West QLD

30.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
29.0 LAJAMANU N Rivers NT
29.0 ALI CURUNG N Plateau NT
28.9 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
28.5 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
28.5 DUM IN MIRRIE AWS N Rivers NT

+9.0   17.7 CASTERTON SHOWGROUNDS W Coast VIC
+8.6   16.4 HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
+8.2   15.7 ARARAT PRISON Western Plains VIC
+7.7   29.0 ALI CURUNG N Plateau NT
+7.7   21.2 IVANHOE POST OFFICE Southwest Plains NSW
+7.7   16.6 LONGERENONG Wimmera S VIC

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

6.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
7.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
7.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
7.2 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
8.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-11.4   15.0 TOCUMWAL AIRPORT Riverina E NSW
-9.5   18.6 BALRANALD RSL Southwest Plains NSW
-8.6   18.5 OUYEN (POST OFFICE) Mallee N VIC
-8.6   17.9 KERANG (POST OFFICE) Lower North VIC
-8.4   17.0 BENALLA (SHADFORTH STREET) Lower NE VIC

0.0 YORK Cent Wheatbelt WA
3.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
3.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
4.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
4.4 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW

-9.1   10.0 CARNEGIE Interior WA
-8.3   9.9 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
-7.3   5.0 KELLERBERRIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.0   9.8 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
-6.8   11.0 WILUNA Interior 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.

21.0 EURAMO TM N Coast--Herbert QLD
20.4 WIRRABARA Upper North SA
20.2 EUCLA Eucla WA
19.0 JAMESTOWN Lower North SA
18.6 MOUNT REMARKABLE (MAMBRAY CREEK PARK HQ) Upper North SA

  Max+/- norm Min+/- normRain to 9am
BROOME AIRPORT 32.1 -1.4 25.3 +0.3 0.0
PERTH AIRPORT 22.2 -3.4 14.0 +1.4 2.2
ALBANY AIRPORT 18.6 -2.2 12.1 +1.5 1.2
KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT 28.1 -0.8 10.2 -3.8 4.4
DARWIN AIRPORT 34.2 +1.0 26.9 +1.6 0.0
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 34.2 +0.6 21.0 +3.2 0.0
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 19.9 -4.7 13.9 +0.1 12.0
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 16.8 -3.3 15.0 +6.8 0.0
CAIRNS AERO 31.3 +0.7 22.9 +0.6 0.0
TOWNSVILLE AERO 31.8 +1.1 24.5 +1.7 0.0
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 32.3 +1.1 21.4 +2.0 5.8
AMBERLEY AMO 27.8 -1.7 17.4 +1.1 0.0
BRISBANE AERO 30.0 17.8 0.0
ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS 22.9 10.1 0.0
COFFS HARBOUR MO 25.0 +0.1 15.4 -0.6 0.0
NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS 22.2 -1.4 16.4 +0.3 0.0
SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) 22.0 -1.6 14.2 -1.3 0.0
PROSPECT DAM 23.6 -1.5 12.2 -1.9 0.2
WOLLONGONG UNIVERSITY 23.4 +0.6 13.3 -1.1 0.0
CANBERRA AIRPORT 17.6 -4.9 11.1 +2.5 0.0
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 19.2 -6.2 12.0 +1.5 0.6 /2
MILDURA AIRPORT 19.5 -7.7 15.4 +3.1 8.2
EAST SALE AIRPORT 19.4 -1.6 13.7 +4.3 0.0
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 20.0 -1.8 18.0 +6.9 0.0
LAVERTON RAAF 18.9 -2.4 16.6 +6.7 0.0
BALLARAT AERODROME 16.1 -3.3 14.7 +7.0 0.0
LAUNCESTON AIRPORT 16.9 -1.8 9.3 +2.2 0.0
HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) 21.1 +2.5 12.3 +3.1 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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
    N Rivers
BATCHELOR AERO
1.4mm in 1 min to 15:52 84.0mm/h
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    Yorke Pen/Kanga Is
CAPE BORDA AWS
6.2mm in 35 min to 05:05 10.6mm/h
QUEENSLAND
    Darling Downs E
INGLEWOOD FOREST
8.0mm in 43 min to 18:43 11.2mm/h
5.0mm in 3 min to 18:46 100.0mm/h
9.8mm in 14 min to 19:00 42.0mm/h
22.8mm in 1 hr to 19:00 22.8mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.7mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
    Upper Darling
BOURKE AIRPORT AWS
989.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 329.7mm/h
    CW Plains N
TRANGIE RESEARCH STATION AWS
12.6mm in 15 min to 16:17 50.4mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h
    N Tablelands W
GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h
    MidNorth Coast S
TAREE AIRPORT AWS
8.2mm in 22 min to 21:00 22.4mm/h
    Hunter Valley
NORAH HEAD AWS
10.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 10.6mm/h
15.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 15.4mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 21:00 10.0mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.3mm/h
    C Tablelands N
NULLO MOUNTAIN AWS
18.8mm in 1 hr to 19:00 18.8mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.3mm/h
MUDGEE AIRPORT AWS
14.0mm in 1 hr 1 min to 19:00 13.8mm/h
    C Tablelands S
KATOOMBA (NARROW NECK RD)
803.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 267.7mm/h
815.0mm in 6 hr to 21:00 135.8mm/h
BATHURST AIRPORT AWS
7.2mm in 5 min to 17:40 86.4mm/h
13.4mm in 1 hr to 18:00 13.4mm/h
MOUNT BOYCE AWS
8.0mm in 42 min to 19:00 11.4mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 19:00 10.0mm/h
ORANGE AIRPORT AWS
18.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.0mm/h
    CW Slopes S
PARKES AIRPORT AWS
14.0mm in 7 min to 16:01 120.0mm/h
13.0mm in 59 min to 17:00 13.2mm/h
28.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 9.3mm/h
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS
20.0mm in 14 min to 16:57 85.7mm/h
5.8mm in 17 min to 17:14 20.5mm/h
31.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 10.3mm/h
    Sydney--east
TERREY HILLS (TERREY HILLS RESERVE)
11.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 11.0mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.7mm/h
SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL)
7.2mm in 13 min to 20:00 33.2mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 20:00 11.2mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 11.4mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h
14.6mm in 1 hr to 22:00 14.6mm/h
CANTERBURY RACECOURSE AWS
11.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 11.0mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 20:30 10.6mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h
HOMEBUSH (OLYMPIC STADIUM) AWS
10.0mm in 30 min to 20:00 20.0mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 11.6mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 10.4mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h
    Sydney--west
RICHMOND RAAF
11.0mm in 30 min to 19:30 22.0mm/h
13.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 13.0mm/h
13.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 13.6mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.3mm/h
PENRITH LAKES AWS
10.2mm in 1 hr to 19:00 10.2mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 14.0mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h
    Illawarra
NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS
9.8mm in 28 min to 19:28 21.0mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 20:00 10.0mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h
JERVIS BAY (PT PERPENDICULAR AWS)
9.4mm in 50 min to 19:50 11.3mm/h
MOSS VALE AWS
4.4mm in 11 min to 19:00 24.0mm/h
    South Coast
BEGA AWS
11.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 11.0mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 11.4mm/h
MERIMBULA AIRPORT AWS
22.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 22.2mm/h
26.0mm in 33 min to 22:33 47.3mm/h
27.8mm in 1 hr to 23:00 27.8mm/h
    Goulburn/Monaro
CANBERRA AIRPORT
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h
MOUNT GININI
11.4mm in 1 hr to 17:00 11.4mm/h
14.2mm in 1 hr to 19:00 14.2mm/h
27.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 9.0mm/h
    Riverina W
HAY CSIRO AWS
12.2mm in 1 hr to 18:00 12.2mm/h
VICTORIA
    Mallee N
WALPEUP RESEARCH
10.0mm in 1 hr to 14:00 10.0mm/h
    Wimmera N
NHILL AERODROME
12.8mm in 1 hr to 13:30 12.8mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h
    Wimmera S
LONGERENONG
10.8mm in 1 hr to 15:00 10.8mm/h
HORSHAM AERODROME
11.2mm in 1 hr to 14:30 11.2mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h
STAWELL AERODROME
10.8mm in 1 hr to 16:30 10.8mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.0mm/h
    E Gippsland
MT NOWA NOWA
11.0mm in 1 hr to 21:30 11.0mm/h
11.4mm in 1 hr to 22:00 11.4mm/h
    W Gippsland
BAIRNSDALE AIRPORT
17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h
MT MOORNAPA
15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h
    E Central
MELBOURNE AIRPORT
7.4mm in 18 min to 20:00 24.7mm/h
    W Central
GEELONG AIRPORT
11.2mm in 1 hr to 18:00 11.2mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    Lower West
CAPE LEEUWIN : 76(270/ 63 ) at 08:00
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    NE Pastoral
MARREE AERO : 83(210/ 65 ) at 00:34
NEW SOUTH WALES
    Far Northwest
WILCANNIA AERODROME AWS : 82(270/ 63 ) at 09:18
    NW Plains E
MOREE AERO : 96(360/ 69 ) at 17:36
    C Tablelands S
ORANGE AIRPORT AWS : 98(350/ 19 ) at 17:06
    CW Slopes S
PARKES AIRPORT AWS : 96(280/ 32 ) at 16:01
    South Coast
MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 91( 30/ 80 ) at 21:45
    Snowy Mtns
THREDBO AWS : 93(330/ 61 ) at 19:00
    Riverina W
GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS : 78(300/ 63 ) at 17:40
VICTORIA
    Mallee S
HOPETOUN AIRPORT : 80(230/ 63 ) at 14:43
    Upper NE
MT HOTHAM : 89(340/ 65 ) at 05:30
TASMANIA
    Southeast
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 82(340/ 63 ) at 02:47
TASMAN ISLAND : 85(***/ 69 ) at 14:00