10am EST surface chart and IR satellite image. (GMS-5 backup with GOES-9 operated by the joint effort of
JMA and US NOAA NESDIS over the Western Pacific) Morel surface charts (time EST):4am4pm10pm
In an unusual scenario, parts of northern WA today experienced record heat
while others enjoyed their coolest day in a month after early morning thunderstorms.
Learmonth, located on North West Cape with Exmouth Gulf to the east and the
Indian Ocean to the west, normally enjoys some relief from the constant heat
that grips northern WA during
the
build-up
to
the wet
season.
Today, it recorded a maximum temperature of 46.8C, 1.2 above its previous December
high in 30 years of record. A hot airmass had settled in for the night over
the West Gascoyne, to the SE of Learmonth, giving Nyang Station a record warm
December minimum of 32.3 (0.2 above the previous record in 30 years). A steady
ESE to SE wind advected this heat over Learmonth during the morning, raising
the temperature to 40C by 9.40am and 44 by 11.20am. It stayed continuously
above 44 until 3pm, when a weak northeasterly seabreeze delivered less torrid
temperatures in the mid to high 30s.
1,200km to the NE, the Kimberley region experienced its first mild day after
nearly a month of above average hot season heat. A broad area of thunderstorms
developed over the area overnight as a tongue of moist air curled in from the
northeast and instability increased as cooler air arrived aloft. Curtin airport,
35km SE of Derby, recorded 62.4mm in 78 minutes to 6am, of which 36.6 fell
in 19 minutes (details below). Fitzroy Crossing, 225km
ESE of Derby, recorded only 0.8mm, but widespread morning thunderstorm downdrafts
followed by a cloudy day kept the maximum temperature to a relatively mild
38.0 after 26 consecutive days of 40+ heat. In fact, since its first 40+ day
this season on 3 October, Fitzroy Crossing has recorded maxima below 40 on
only 7 days (the station was out of service and data lost on 5 days). The average
maximum for October was 41.7, November 40.9, and the first 20 days of December
43.2.
Severe
thunderstorm hits Barcaldine QLD
Thunderstorms developed east of a trough lying from NW QLD to Charleville
during the early afternoon. One particularly virulent storm swept through Barcaldine
about 3pm, bring strong winds, hail and 16mm of rain. The shire hall was partially
unroofed, powerlines were downed and trees, including one 50 years old, blown
down. Minor damage was reported to properties and a car was extensively damaged
when a tree fell on it. The Mayor of Barcaldine Shire, Councillor Rob Chandler,
told ABC Radio "Quite a lot of flying iron from the stable roofs was flying
about. A lot of trees came down, the big acacias and gum
trees and a lot of our big trees out on the Blackall road were just laid over
in a row, it was quite amazing."
Records set today
Records
set this day (previous record and years of computerised record shown
in brackets): Highest
daily maximum temperature for December Western Australia:
005007 LEARMONTH AIRPORT 46.8 (45.6, 30)
Summary of observations
For notes on how to interpret
the data and quality control issues, see Daily Weather Summary Help. Data is as received at 16:06EST, 01/10/2005.
Major centres
Max °
C
+/- norm °
C
Min °
C
+/- norm °
C
Grass Min °
C
Rain to 9am mm
Evaporation to 9am mm
Sunshine hours
Wind Run to 9am km (24-hour average km/h)
Maximum Gust km/h / hour of occurrence
GERALDTON AIRPORT
27.0
-2.4
16.6
+0.3
15.4
0.0
8.0
--
480 (20.0)
45/18
PERTH AIRPORT
26.2
-2.6
14.1
-0.7
12.1
0.0
8.4
13.3
458 (19.1)
41/17
ALBANY AIRPORT
27.4
+4.2
16.5
+4.0
16.6
0.0
8.0
6.4
370 (15.4)
41/13
BUNBURY
26.7
--
14.2
--
--
0.0
--
--
356 (14.8)
41/18
MANDURAH
23.3
--
17.0
--
--
0.0
--
--
541 (22.5)
50/16
DARWIN AIRPORT
33.4
+0.9
26.9
+1.6
26.2
0.0
5.4
5.7
236 ( 9.8)
26/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT
38.3
+3.0
21.2
+1.1
15.0
0.0
17.4
8.9
394 (16.4)
43/08
WHYALLA AERO
30.5
+2.6
12.1
-3.8
--
0.0
--
--
428 (17.8)
34/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)
29.4
+2.7
13.6
-1.8
8.2
0.0
4.6
12.7
245 (10.2)
35/16
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO
23.6
+0.9
5.5
-4.3
2.8
0.0
4.0
12.7
239 (10.0)
37/14
MOUNT ISA AERO
40.4
+3.4
23.8
+0.8
22.0
0.0
9.0
12.5
206 ( 8.6)
50/20
CAIRNS AERO
32.0
+0.7
24.6
+1.3
23.0
0.0
9.0
10.3
333 (13.9)
37/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO
32.8
+1.4
25.5
+1.5
24.2
0.0
7.8
11.4
350 (14.6)
37/17
MACKAY M.O
31.1
+1.2
22.5
-0.4
--
0.0
--
11.6
190 ( 7.9)
26/23
ROCKHAMPTON AERO
36.6
+4.5
24.3
+3.2
21.7
0.0
10.4
--
311 (13.0)
39/13
BUNDABERG AERO
27.8
-1.4
21.6
+1.2
--
13.6
11.0
--
317 (13.2)
--
NAMBOUR DPI
25.2
-3.9
20.6
+2.5
--
14.0
6.0
--
--
--
COOLANGATTA
26.2
-0.6
18.6
-1.1
--
4.8
--
--
510 (21.3)
35/08
BRISBANE AERO
25.7
--
20.2
--
19.8
2.0
8.0
0.0
460 (19.2)
35/01
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT
21.7
--
15.7
--
--
0.2
--
--
748 (31.2)
50/10
GUNNEDAH SCS
30.3
-0.7
15.3
-2.1
12.7
0.0
9.6
--
243 (10.1)
--
COFFS HARBOUR MO
25.8
-0.5
17.8
-0.3
15.1
0.4
4.2
12.0
518 (21.6)
34/00
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS
24.1
--
15.7
--
--
0.0
--
--
--
--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF
25.6
-1.6
17.8
+1.3
15.0
0.0
9.4
11.2
429 (17.9)
37/15
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS
25.9
-1.0
15.5
+0.4
18.0
0.0
--
--
183 ( 7.6)
26/15
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE
25.3
+1.0
7.5
-3.6
4.5
0.0
6.8
12.5
--
--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS
31.4
--
13.9
--
--
0.0
--
--
--
--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO
24.5
-1.1
18.4
+1.1
15.9
0.0
8.4
11.8
497 (20.7)
39/15
RICHMOND RAAF
29.8
--
16.9
--
--
0.0
--
--
233 ( 9.7)
34/16
BELLAMBI AWS
23.1
--
16.1
--
--
0.2
--
--
430 (17.9)
48/00
CANBERRA AIRPORT
30.6
+4.5
7.7
-3.5
4.4
0.0
5.8
13.8
250 (10.4)
50/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO
32.1
+2.8
9.6
-4.1
7.6
0.0
8.0
13.8
298 (12.4)
35/16
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS
30.5
--
11.7
--
--
0.0
--
--
--
--
MILDURA AIRPORT
31.7
+1.7
13.3
-1.4
11.6
0.0
9.8
13.6
316 (13.2)
24/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG
29.3
+2.0
9.5
-2.6
8.8
0.0
8.0
--
467 (19.5)
50/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT
30.8
+4.1
8.0
-3.2
--
0.0
--
--
345 (14.4)
32/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE
22.6
-1.5
13.4
+0.6
11.7
0.0
5.4
--
141 ( 5.9)
17/10
GEELONG AIRPORT
22.0
--
7.8
--
--
0.0
--
--
414 (17.3)
39/17
BALLARAT AERODROME
22.5
0.0
5.9
-3.5
--
0.2
--
--
427 (17.8)
31/22
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)
26.0
+3.7
8.8
-1.7
--
0.0
--
--
178 ( 7.4)
37/18
HOBART AIRPORT
21.5
+1.1
13.2
+2.6
9.9
0.0
7.6
5.3
459 (19.1)
41/18
Max °
C
+/- norm °
C
Min °
C
+/- norm °
C
Grass Min °
C
Rain to 9am mm
Evaporation to 9am mm
Sunshine hours
Wind Run to 9am km
Maximum Gust km/h / hour of occurrence
Hottest
Highest maximum temperature>
Greatest variation above normal maximum
Highest minimum temperature
Greatest variation above normal minimum
46.8 LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA 45.2 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA 45.0 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA 44.3 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA 44.3 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
+11.1
35.8 EUCLA Eucla WA +10.1
46.8 LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA +9.0
39.7 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA +8.9
40.8 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA +8.5
32.9 ESPERANCE Lower West WA
32.3 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA 30.0 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA 29.6 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA 29.5 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA 29.3 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA 29.3 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
+9.9
32.3 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA +7.9
22.0 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA +7.6
24.1 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA +7.6
19.9 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA +6.2
28.1 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
Coldest
Lowest maximum temperature
Greatest variation below normal maximum
Lowest minimum temperature
Greatest variation below normal minimum
7.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 11.4 LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS 11.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 11.8 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 14.0 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
-7.5
29.6 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA -7.3
31.2 WARMUN E Kimberley WA -6.5
30.9 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA -6.5
24.8 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -5.7
25.2 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
0.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 0.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 0.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 1.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 1.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
-6.2
11.9 WALGETT AIRPORT AWS NW Plains W NSW -5.7
12.5 WILCANNIA (REID ST) Far Northwest NSW -5.6
13.4 MUNGINDI POST OFFICE NW Plains W NSW -5.4
5.3 CASTLEMAINE PRISON N Central VIC -5.0
8.6 COROWA AIRPORT Riverina E NSW
Wettest
Sunniest &
dullest
Windiest
Highest gusts
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.
Highest
and lowest recordings of hours of sunshine for the 24 hours to midnight.
Highest wind
run totals in kilometres for the 24 hours to 9am (average speed in brackets).
All reported runs >
=25km/h are shown.
Highest wind
gusts in km/h for the 24 hours to midnight followed by the hour in which it occurred.
All stations with gusts >
89km/h are shown.
74.0 BUSTARD HEAD LIGHTHOUSE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 67.8 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 48.2 LAKE COOROIBAH(PINES AV) Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 44.0 QUANBUN DOWNS W Kimberley WA 41.0 MORNINGTON AIRSTRIP E Kimberley WA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
E Kimberley
41.0 MORNINGTON AIRSTRIP
W Kimberley
67.8 CURTIN AERO
44.0 QUANBUN DOWNS
QUEENSLAND
Wide Bay/Burnett
74.0 BUSTARD HEAD LIGHTHOUSE
Brisbane/SE Coast
48.2 LAKE COOROIBAH(PINES AV)
13.8 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW 13.8 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW 13.8 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA 13.6 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW 13.6 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
.....
2.3 ALSTONVILLE TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH STAT North Coast NSW 1.6 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT 0.6 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS 0.0 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
969 (40.4) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 939 (39.1) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS 866 (36.1) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS 859 (35.8) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA 856 (35.7) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW 756 (31.5) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS 751 (31.3) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 748 (31.2) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD 724 (30.2) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS 719 (30.0) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA 707 (29.5) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS 703 (29.3) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 694 (28.9) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS 677 (28.2) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 674 (28.1) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA 664 (27.7) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA 642 (26.8) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 635 (26.5) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA 628 (26.2) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW 627 (26.1) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA 618 (25.8) OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD
89/06 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 87/13 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS 84/02 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 83/02 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS 81/19 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
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 N Kimberley TRUSCOTT
10.8mm in 15 min to 11:00 43.2mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 11:00 11.0mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.7mm/h W Kimberley DERBY AERO
8.2mm in 46 min to 06:00 10.7mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 7.0mm/h CURTIN AERO
21.4mm in 10 min to 04:52 128.4mm/h
5.0mm in 2 min to 04:54 150.0mm/h
10.2mm in 7 min to 05:01 87.4mm/h
25.8mm in 59 min to 06:00 26.2mm/h
66.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 22.0mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers CHANNEL POINT
40.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 6.7mm/h QUEENSLAND Gulf Country MORNINGTON ISLAND
23.0mm in 1 hr to 12:00 23.0mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 7.7mm/h CLONCURRY AIRPORT
4.0mm in 12 min to 18:34 20.0mm/h Brisbane/SE Coast GYMPIE
15.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 15.8mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.7mm/h
WESTERN AUSTRALIA Interior WARBURTON AIRFIELD : 82( 20/ 65 ) at 19:46 QUEENSLAND Wide Bay/Burnett RUNDLE ISLAND : 72(120/ 63 ) at 04:11 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 82(310/ 70 ) at 01:00 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 83(240/ 65 ) at 04:00
