Australian Weather News -- 13 MAY 2005

Friday 13 MAY 2005

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Noteworthy weather today

significant

newsworthy

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NSW: Moderate to heavy rain on northern half of coast

A low off the QLD Gold Coast moved slowly SSE and deepened slightly during the day to lie about 200km E of the NSW Mid North Coast at 10pm with a central pressure of 998hPa. Cloud wrapping around the southern side of the low brought showers and some broader rain areas onto the coast from around Sydney to the far North Coast. The heaviest totals for the 24 hours to 9am were around Coffs Harbour, where the airport measured 126.8mm and flood warning gauges measured 114mm at Perry Drive, 112 at Shephard's Lane and 100 at Red Hill. In this area, the rain fell fairly consistently through the 24-hour period, with 3-hourly totals at the airport of 10, 19, 20, 9, 11, 20, 36 and 2mm between 9am yesterday and 9am today. Yamba recorded 94.4 for the 24 hours and there were general falls of 25 to 60mm southwards along the coast and east-facing slopes on the ranges from the Clarence to the NE Hunter.

During the day, the strong southeasterly stream continued to push rain with scattered embedded thunderstorms into an area from about Nelson Bay to Wauchope, including the Comboyne Plateau. Radar showed some particularly heavy lines of showers developing along convergence lines parallel to the flow, and locations under these received the heaviest 24-hour totals to 9am Saturday. Of the official gauges, only Wauchope town with 99.6mm and Lorne 90.0 exceeded 60mm, but flood gauges with heavy 24-hour totals included Redoak 87, Logans Crossing 85, Laurieton 76 and Comboyne 73mm. All these locations are on the eastern side or flanks of the Comboyne Plateau.

Percentage of May rainfall received in WA to 9am 15 May 2005. BoM

WA: Showers build good start to wet season

Persistent northwesterly rainbands and frontal showers have brought significant rain to much of southern WA since the beginning of the month. Large areas have already received or exceeded their average May rainfall. Heavy showers in the South West over the past few days have helped nudge these totals along; Busselton Aero recorded 25.8mm in the hour to 11 this morning. A brace of stations recorded totals over 25mm in the 24 hours to 9am yesterday in the Central West , and the same occurred today in the Gascoyne and Murchison.

Records set or equalled today

These records are as received at 1943 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 daily rainfall

QLD

Darling Downs W

042094

CHERRY PARK

48.0

41.0

21/05/1991

QLD

Maranoa

043097

TEELBA

91.3

51.2

09/05/1978

Suspect

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 20:44EST, 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	23.4	-0.6	15.1	+2.2	14.0	0.6	1.0	--	305 (12.7)	34/13
PERTH AIRPORT	22.5	+0.8	12.9	+2.4	11.5	3.0	3.4	6.6	317 (13.2)	37/13
ALBANY AIRPORT	20.6	+1.7	10.8	+1.0	7.9	1.2	2.4	9.3	308 (12.8)	32/11
BUNBURY	20.6	-0.5	14.2	+4.7	--	5.6	--	--	290 (12.1)	37/00
MANDURAH	21.1	--	14.9	--	--	4.4	--	--	319 (13.3)	43/15
DARWIN AIRPORT	34.2	+2.2	22.3	+0.2	21.0	0.0	6.2	11.1	152 ( 6.3)	32/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	28.3	+5.3	8.4	+0.1	4.3	0.0	6.0	10.6	191 ( 8.0)	34/14
WHYALLA AERO	27.1	+6.6	7.8	-0.9	--	0.0	4.0	--	160 ( 6.7)	41/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	24.9	+5.9	10.3	+0.1	5.5	0.0	0.6	8.3	182 ( 7.6)	32/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	21.6	+5.5	4.0	-3.3	1.8	0.2	1.6	8.1	199 ( 8.3)	34/10
MOUNT ISA AERO	27.1	-0.8	9.8	-4.1	7.1	0.0	7.0	10.8	255 (10.6)	37/12
CAIRNS AERO	27.9	+0.3	18.0	-1.9	14.6	0.0	4.4	11.0	192 ( 8.0)	24/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO	28.6	+1.0	18.0	+0.4	14.2	0.0	6.8	11.0	291 (12.1)	35/12
MACKAY MO	26.3	+2.1	16.6	-0.5	--	0.0	--	9.7	334 (13.9)	34/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	24.4	-1.6	16.4	+2.2	15.3	1.0	3.0	--	286 (11.9)	41/12
BUNDABERG AERO	23.9	-0.8	15.6	+1.4	--	46.0	2.6	--	301 (12.5)	34/14
NAMBOUR DPI	25.6	+1.9	12.3	+0.3	--	8.6	0.8	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA AIRPORT	24.1	+1.0	17.1	+2.8	--	3.0	--	--	366 (15.3)	50/16
BRISBANE AERO	25.8	+2.2	13.7	+0.9	13.4	13.4	1.6	8.5	359 (15.0)	39/10
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	21.3	+1.3	11.3	+1.3	--	3.6	--	--	285 (11.9)	46/16
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR)	18.6	-1.7	12.8	+4.1	9.5	3.8	0.0	--	263 (11.0)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	19.3	-2.1	14.2	+2.5	14.3	125.6	--	0.0	658 (27.4)	74/18
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	17.4	-4.1	14.6	+4.1	--	50.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	20.6	+0.4	14.3	+4.2	14.0	39.0	5.6	0.0	367 (15.3)	59/09
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	20.0	-0.4	14.4	+6.1	13.4	9.8	--	--	144 ( 6.0)	35/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	18.0	+3.8	6.0	+1.3	2.0	0.0	2.6	9.1	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	23.6	+3.6	9.5	+2.7	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	20.8	+0.8	16.7	+5.8	15.5	1.2	3.4	0.7	592 (24.7)	50/23
RICHMOND RAAF	17.4	-3.2	14.2	+6.3	--	27.8	--	--	221 ( 9.2)	37/13
BELLAMBI AWS	19.0	-0.7	15.4	+2.3	--	3.2	--	--	370 (15.4)	46/12
CANBERRA AIRPORT	20.3	+4.7	1.9	-1.3	-0.6	0.0	2.2	9.1	192 ( 8.0)	24/16
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	22.2	+4.9	4.4	-1.5	2.7	0.0	2.0	9.8	214 ( 8.9)	22/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	20.9	+3.2	3.6	-2.0	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	22.6	+3.6	4.2	-3.2	1.5	0.0	2.0	9.4	172 ( 7.2)	21/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	19.1	+1.8	2.0	-3.8	2.3	0.0	3.0	--	289 (12.0)	52/16
BENDIGO AIRPORT	19.6	+3.0	1.9	-3.3	--	0.0	--	--	212 ( 8.8)	28/12
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	18.3	+1.6	7.7	-0.9	6.0	0.0	0.6	--	99 ( 4.1)	17/14
GEELONG AIRPORT	19.0	+1.9	9.4	+1.7	--	0.2	--	--	147 ( 6.1)	18/15
BALLARAT AERODROME	17.4	+3.8	1.7	-4.0	--	0.0	--	--	244 (10.2)	30/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	16.0	+0.2	-0.1	-5.2	--	0.0	--	--	66 ( 2.8)	24/15
HOBART AIRPORT	18.0	+2.8	6.7	+0.1	3.2	0.0	2.4	8.3	383 (16.0)	35/04
	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

37.4 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA
37.3 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
37.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
36.3 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
36.2 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA
36.2 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA

+10.5 : 32.0 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+8.8 : 29.7 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+8.1 : 28.2 STREAKY BAY W Agricultural SA
+7.9 : 26.8 CLEVE W Agricultural SA
+7.7 : 32.1 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA

28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
27.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
26.0 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
26.0 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
25.2 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL

+8.7 : 12.0 COONABARABRAN (NAMOI STREET) CW Slopes N NSW
+8.1 : 13.2 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S NSW
+7.9 : 12.3 MUDGEE AIRPORT AWS C Tablelands N NSW
+7.9 : 16.2 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+7.6 : 9.6 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

8.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
9.4 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
9.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
10.0 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
10.1 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS

-5.0 : 21.1 ROLLESTON METEOR ST Central Highlands QLD
-4.7 : 20.6 SPRINGSURE DAME ST Central Highlands QLD
-4.6 : 18.9 INJUNE POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
-4.6 : 18.5 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
-4.5 : 20.8 BRIGALOW RESEARCH STN Central Highlands QLD

-5.8 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-4.4 CRESSY RESEARCH STATION N Coast TAS
-4.2 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
-4.1 ROSS (THE BOULEVARDS) Midlands TAS
-3.0 LAUNCESTON AIRPORT N Coast TAS
-3.0 POWRANNA (TASMANIA FEEDLOT) N Coast TAS

-7.9 : -4.4 CRESSY RESEARCH STATION N Coast TAS
-7.5 : -4.1 ROSS (THE BOULEVARDS) Midlands TAS
-7.2 : -2.6 LAUNCESTON AIRPORT N Coast TAS
-7.1 : -3.0 POWRANNA (TASMANIA FEEDLOT) N Coast TAS
-7.0 : -0.8 SWANSEA POST OFFICE E Coast TAS

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.

125.6 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
94.4 YAMBA PILOT STATION North Coast NSW
**S** 91.3 TEELBA Maranoa QLD
83.0 BULBY BRUSH - BLUE LOOK-OUT MidNorth Coast S NSW
81.0 ILUKA (OWEN ST) North Coast NSW

QUEENSLAND
Darling Downs W
53.0 KILBEGGAN
Maranoa
**S** 91.3 TEELBA

NEW SOUTH WALES
North Coast
94.4 YAMBA PILOT STATION
81.0 ILUKA (OWEN ST)
65.0 WOOLI BEACH
60.0 WOOLI (MINNIE WATERS PUMP SHED)
MidNorth Coast N
125.6 COFFS HARBOUR MO
74.0 WOOLGOOLGA (HIGH STREET)
73.8 UPPER ORARA (AURANIA)
70.0 LEIGH (ROLLING ACRES)
62.0 NAMBUCCA HEADS BOWLING CLUB
56.0 CORAMBA (GLENFIDDICH)
56.0 PROMISED LAND (BELLINGEN (CRYSTAL CREEKS
53.6 URUNGA (SUNSET PLACE)
50.0 BOWRA SUGARLOAF
MidNorth Coast S
83.0 BULBY BRUSH - BLUE LOOK-OUT
80.0 HARRINGTON (OXLEY ANCHORAGE CARAVAN PARK
78.1 TAREE AIRPORT AWS
63.4 TELEGRAPH POINT (FARRAWELLS ROAD)
62.0 WOOTTON
60.0 KRAMBACH POST OFFICE
60.0 COMBOYNE SOUTH
59.2 KRAMBACH (TIPPERARY)
56.2 WAUCHOPE (COMMERCE ST)
56.0 COMBOYNE POST OFFICE
54.6 WINGHAM (LANARK CLOSE)
53.0 BULAHDELAH POST OFFICE
52.6 SEAL ROCKS (SUGARLOAF POINT LIGHTHOUSE)
52.4 LAURIETON (PEACH GROVE)
52.2 KENDALL POST OFFICE
51.0 WAUCHOPE (AVONDALE STREET)
50.0 PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS
50.0 LORNE (LORNE ROAD)
Hunter Valley
66.0 RAYMOND TERRACE (KINROSS)
58.4 WOODVILLE ( CLARENCE TOWN RD )
Sydney--east
52.6 TURRAMURRA (KISSING POINT ROAD)
50.2 WAHROONGA (BOUNDARY ROAD)

11.5 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
11.4 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
11.1 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
11.0 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
11.0 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD

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1.0 INVERELL RESEARCH CENTRE N Tablelands W NSW
0.7 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
0.0 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
0.0 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW

1096 (45.7) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1009 (42.0) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
992 (41.3) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
807 (33.6) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
747 (31.1) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
733 (30.5) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
733 (30.5) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
723 (30.1) EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS North Coast NSW
720 (30.0) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
703 (29.3) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
658 (27.4) COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW

96/14 FORREST Eucla WA
81/10 MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
78/01 LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
74/18 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
74/16 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW

Downpours	High AWS wind reports
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less from AWS and synoptic reports.	Storm force gusts (>89km/h) and 10-minute mean gales (>62km/h) reported by AWSs. Wind direction and mean windspeed are shown in brackets.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA W Gascoyne SHARK BAY AIRPORT 11.8mm in 1 hr to 02:00 11.8mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h Lower West ROTTNEST ISLAND 10.0mm in 1 hr to 07:00 10.0mm/h BUSSELTON 10.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 10.0mm/h BUSSELTON AERO 25.8mm in 1 hr to 11:00 25.8mm/h 33.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 11.0mm/h MANDURAH 10.8mm in 1 hr to 12:00 10.8mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.7mm/h QUEENSLAND Brisbane/SE Coast CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE 5.6mm in 8 min to 18:44 42.0mm/h 10.2mm in 5 min to 18:49 122.4mm/h 16.2mm in 1 hr to 19:30 16.2mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES MidNorth Coast N COFFS HARBOUR MO 11.0mm in 1 hr to 03:00 11.0mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.7mm/h 10.0mm in 36 min to 04:30 16.7mm/h 12.2mm in 1 hr to 04:30 12.2mm/h 9.4mm in 19 min to 04:49 29.7mm/h 17.2mm in 1 hr to 05:30 17.2mm/h 36.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 12.0mm/h MidNorth Coast S FORSTER BEACH CARAVAN PARK 33.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 5.5mm/h YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) 38.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 6.3mm/h TAREE AIRPORT AWS 10.4mm in 1 hr to 09:00 10.4mm/h 10.8mm in 1 hr to 15:00 10.8mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h Sydney--west RICHMOND RAAF 10.0mm in 30 min to 00:00 20.0mm/h 10.0mm in 1 hr to 00:00 10.0mm/h 10.4mm in 1 hr to 00:30 10.4mm/h ISLANDS Islands LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO 11.8mm in 1 hr to 12:00 11.8mm/h 15.8mm in 1 hr to 12:30 15.8mm/h 12.6mm in 1 hr to 13:00 12.6mm/h 29.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 9.7mm/h 5.4mm in 8 min to 16:30 40.5mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Eucla FORREST : 96(260/ 28 ) at 14:57 ISLANDS Islands LORD HOWE ISLAND AUTO : 91( 70/ 41 ) at 00:52