Australian Weather News -- 06 APR 2005

Wednesday 06 APR 2005

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Noteworthy weather today

significant

newsworthy

major

VIC: Strong winds cause fire and boating problems

Winds strengthened with the passage of a front across VIC today. A canoeist was missing, believed drowned, at Loch Sport on Lake Victoria south of Bairnsdale. The canoe capsized in choppy water. A woman and child swam for two hours to shore using an esky lid for flotation, but the man had not been found after a week's search.

Three private burn-offs blazed out of control in gusty winds around Ballarat. A grassfire burnt through 50ha near Clunes during the afternoon and two other small grassfires were fought at Clunes and Haddon. 250 firefighters continue to fight, monitor and mop up the Wilsons Promontory fire which had died down today, though hotspots continued on the Wilson Range in the south and around Titania Creek near Tidal River. A 12km firebreak is being built across the isthmus that connects the Prom to the mainland to contain the fire, which has burnt through about 7,000ha.

WA: Hot in the west

Maximum temperatures were 8 to 11 above average along the west coast and a small area of the Gascoyne today. Medina, 30km south of Perth, recorded it highest April temperature in its 22 year history with a top of 36.5, 10.8 above normal. Perth Airport's 35.6 was 10.1 up on average.

Records set or equalled today

These records are as received at 1701 EST on 10/02/2006. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

District

Site

Today

Previous monthly record

Previous all time record
if equalled or broken

Comments

Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest maximum temperature

Lower West

009194

MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE

36.5

35.5

07/04/1999

Lower West

009215

SWANBOURNE

35.9

34.1

02/04/1998

The day in charts
Surface charts	Satellite images	Rain & temperatures
4am EST		Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am
		Week to 9am \| SE AUS detail
10am EST		Minimum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
4pm EST		Maximum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
10pm EST		Solar Radiation

Summary of observations

For notes on how to interpret the data and quality control issues, see Daily Weather Summary Help.
**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 20:31EST, 14/05/2012.

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	30.3	+2.7	17.0	+1.6	15.5	0.0	3.4	--	262 (10.9)	34/20
PERTH AIRPORT	35.6	+10.1	15.5	+2.6	14.6	0.0	6.0	10.4	306 (12.8)	45/12
ALBANY AIRPORT	22.0	+0.2	15.9	+4.3	14.8	0.0	3.6	7.1	347 (14.5)	41/14
BUNBURY	31.6	+7.5	16.8	+5.3	--	0.0	--	--	341 (14.2)	35/03
MANDURAH	32.9	--	18.8	--	--	0.0	--	--	227 ( 9.5)	28/00
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.5	+0.8	24.5	+0.5	23.4	0.0	7.6	8.0	272 (11.3)	26/12
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	31.6	+3.4	13.6	+1.0	10.0	0.0	8.6	7.3	278 (11.6)	35/09
WHYALLA AERO	26.3	+2.7	13.9	+2.3	--	0.0	8.8	--	251 (10.5)	48/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	29.3	+6.7	11.6	-0.8	6.8	0.0	3.6	10.2	125 ( 5.2)	50/22
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	20.5	+1.1	3.8	-4.9	2.3	0.2	3.0	9.6	132 ( 5.5)	39/14
MOUNT ISA AERO	34.8	+2.9	18.9	+0.4	16.1	0.0	10.6	10.4	288 (12.0)	43/10
CAIRNS AERO	30.1	+0.9	23.1	+1.5	21.2	1.6	5.4	4.2	492 (20.5)	50/16
TOWNSVILLE AERO	33.8	+4.2	20.7	+0.2	18.7	0.0	11.4	10.0	460 (19.2)	52/14
MACKAY MO	28.0	+1.3	21.4	+1.3	--	1.8	--	6.1	717 (29.9)	58/03
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	31.9	+3.1	22.4	+4.6	21.5	0.2	5.8	--	397 (16.5)	48/12
BUNDABERG AERO	29.7	+2.3	20.6	+3.1	--	0.0	4.2	--	556 (23.2)	52/14
NAMBOUR DPI	24.0	-2.1	19.8	+4.4	--	8.2	3.0	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA AIRPORT	27.4	+2.1	19.7	+2.7	--	10.4	--	--	482 (20.1)	52/00
BRISBANE AERO	27.4	+1.4	20.3	+4.1	19.1	12.6	4.2	9.2	416 (17.3)	45/12
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	25.8	+2.4	15.6	+2.3	--	0.0	--	--	614 (25.6)	55/10
GUNNEDAH SCS	28.8	+3.7	15.1	+2.3	9.2	0.0	6.8	--	328 (13.7)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	24.2	+0.2	18.0	+2.8	15.7	1.0	1.2	3.5	347 (14.5)	32/09
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	24.7	+0.7	15.9	+2.2	--	55.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	23.9	+0.3	14.6	+1.4	14.5	1.4	6.0	6.5	396 (16.5)	24/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	26.3	+2.7	13.1	+1.2	13.9	0.0	--	--	160 ( 6.7)	24/05
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	23.0	+4.5	6.0	-1.2	4.0	0.0	3.6	10.4	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	27.8	+3.3	11.9	+1.8	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	24.0	+1.1	16.1	+2.0	13.5	0.0	4.8	7.3	372 (15.5)	30/21
RICHMOND RAAF	26.8	+2.9	12.3	+1.0	--	0.0	--	--	55 ( 2.3)	30/17
BELLAMBI AWS	22.3	+0.2	14.7	-0.7	--	0.0	--	--	195 ( 8.1)	21/18
CANBERRA AIRPORT	25.7	+5.7	3.3	-3.4	-0.9	0.0	3.6	9.1	216 ( 9.0)	26/18
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	27.8	+5.3	10.2	+1.1	7.4	0.0	4.8	10.9	262 (10.9)	32/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	26.8	+4.4	7.5	-0.5	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	30.7	+7.2	11.8	+1.7	9.8	0.0	4.4	10.8	226 ( 9.4)	28/23
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	26.0	+4.4	6.9	-1.3	10.5	0.0	3.4	--	167 ( 7.0)	28/21
BENDIGO AIRPORT	26.4	+5.2	7.1	-0.3	--	0.0	--	--	184 ( 7.7)	39/22
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	22.2	+1.9	10.9	+0.1	8.1	0.0	2.8	--	77 ( 3.2)	18/14
GEELONG AIRPORT	19.8	-0.2	7.9	-1.4	--	0.0	--	--	208 ( 8.7)	35/15
BALLARAT AERODROME	22.4	+4.8	5.6	-1.8	--	0.0	--	--	327 (13.6)	44/23
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	21.4	+2.5	6.6	-0.9	--	0.0	--	--	164 ( 6.8)	57/16
HOBART AIRPORT	18.2	+0.1	9.8	+1.1	7.0	0.0	3.2	0.7	301 (12.5)	67/11
	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

41.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
39.3 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
39.1 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
39.0 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA
39.0 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA

+10.9 : 36.5 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA
+10.8 : 35.9 SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
+10.5 : 37.0 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
+10.1 : 35.5 LANCELIN Lower West WA
+10.1 : 35.6 JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
+10.1 : 35.8 PERTH METRO Lower West WA
+10.1 : 35.6 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA

28.0 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
28.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.8 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
27.7 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
27.7 BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA

+7.8 : 18.0 IVANHOE POST OFFICE Southwest Plains NSW
+7.7 : 23.7 WINDORAH POST OFFICE Channel Country QLD
+7.3 : 23.0 QUILPIE AIRPORT Far SW QLD
+7.0 : 20.8 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
+6.9 : 21.9 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

5.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
7.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
7.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
10.2 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
10.6 TARRALEAH VILLAGE Derwent Valley TAS

-4.2 : 12.5 DOVER Southeast TAS
-3.8 : 24.3 ROMA AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
-3.8 : 7.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
-3.7 : 10.7 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
-3.5 : 11.0 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS

-2.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
0.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
0.4 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
0.8 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW

-8.5 : 2.2 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
-6.4 : 3.3 PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
-5.0 : 2.6 MORTLAKE RACECOURSE W Coast VIC
-4.9 : 3.8 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
-4.8 : 0.8 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast 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.

94.0 EUNGAI CREEK (SOUTHBANK ROAD) MidNorth Coast N NSW
83.0 TOPAZ N Coast--Barron QLD
64.3 TELEGRAPH POINT (FARRAWELLS ROAD) MidNorth Coast S NSW
55.0 PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS MidNorth Coast S NSW
52.4 KUNDABUNG (RAVENSWOOD RD) MidNorth Coast S NSW

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
83.0 TOPAZ

NEW SOUTH WALES
MidNorth Coast N
94.0 EUNGAI CREEK (SOUTHBANK ROAD)
50.6 THUMB CREEK (FIGTREE)
MidNorth Coast S
64.3 TELEGRAPH POINT (FARRAWELLS ROAD)
55.0 PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS
52.4 KUNDABUNG (RAVENSWOOD RD)

11.2 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
11.0 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.0 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
11.0 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
10.9 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.9 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW

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3.5 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
3.5 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
1.8 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS
1.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.7 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS

1091 (45.5) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
1038 (43.3) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1027 (42.8) GREEN ISLAND N Coast--Barron QLD
1025 (42.7) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
996 (41.5) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
977 (40.7) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
976 (40.7) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
933 (38.9) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
900 (37.5) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
899 (37.5) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
871 (36.3) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
841 (35.0) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
812 (33.8) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
776 (32.3) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
772 (32.2) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
727 (30.3) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
717 (29.9) MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
708 (29.5) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
665 (27.7) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
663 (27.6) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
626 (26.1) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
614 (25.6) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
604 (25.2) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT

98/05 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
89/05 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
83/11 MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
80/10 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
78/07 GREEN ISLAND N Coast--Barron QLD

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.
QUEENSLAND Central Coast E HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT 11.6mm in 1 hr to 12:00 11.6mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.3mm/h Brisbane/SE Coast BEERBURRUM FOREST STN 20.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.7mm/h GOLD COAST SEAWAY 16.0mm in 39 min to 00:30 24.6mm/h 20.2mm in 1 hr to 00:30 20.2mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.3mm/h	QUEENSLAND Central Coast E HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT : 76(140/ 69 ) at 14:32 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 100(310/ 65 ) at 08:19 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 95(250/ 69 ) at 05:30