Australian Weather News -- 13 JUL 2005

Wednesday 13 JUL 2005

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NSW, VIC, SA: Unusually widespread light rain

The northwest cloudband that gave record July rain in the Pilbara on 10 JUL moved into a complex area of weak troughs and ridges across SE AUS yesterday, diffusing the cloudmass and resulting in unusually widespread and consistent light rainfall. The rain map at right shows how most of NSW and VIC and half of SA recorded between 1 and 10mm to 9am.

The major exception was the southern half of the NSW North West Slopes which recorded 15 to 40mm, most falling between about 3 and 9am today. Tamworth Airport registered 38.0mm, 32 of which fell in the 6 hours to 9am. (Also see Downpours). Ogunbil and Duri, SE of Tamworth, recorded 34.4 and 34.6mm. Boggabri, 100km NW of Tamworth, recorded 39.2. Although thunderstorms developed in NE NSW later in the day, these heavy falls did not appear to be associated with thunder. Flooding of local streams was reported, with a Mazda bus stranded on a causeway 10km S of Werris Creek about 1pm, some time after the rain eased. The bus was winched to safety, the driver commenting that the water "had risen slightly and was flowing a little faster" than when he had safely driven through earlier in the morning.

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2158 EST on 23/06/2006. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Previous monthly record

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Highest maximum temperature

Victoria

014829

LAJAMANU

33.0

07/07/2005

Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.

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 21:04EST, 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	19.2	-0.3	8.1	-1.4	10.2	8.6	3.8	--	555 (23.1)	55/00
PERTH AIRPORT	18.1	+0.2	8.5	+0.4	7.3	12.2	2.6	6.3	427 (17.8)	61/01
ALBANY AIRPORT	13.8	-2.0	5.6	-1.9	4.2	6.6	2.4	5.9	359 (15.0)	61/10
BUNBURY	16.3	-0.9	7.1	-0.1	--	13.4	--	--	486 (20.3)	65/07
MANDURAH	17.0	--	10.4	--	--	14.8	--	--	582 (24.3)	68/00
DARWIN AIRPORT	30.7	+0.2	20.3	+1.1	19.7	0.0	5.0	10.7	109 ( 4.5)	37/17
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	23.0	+3.3	5.5	+1.5	3.9	0.2	4.2	8.1	197 ( 8.2)	41/16
WHYALLA AERO	16.0	-0.9	7.4	+2.1	--	4.0	1.0	--	291 (12.1)	34/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	11.0	-4.3	8.4	+0.9	10.2	6.0	1.2	0.0	161 ( 6.7)	28/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	10.2	-2.9	5.0	-0.2	3.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	153 ( 6.4)	--
MOUNT ISA AERO	28.9	+4.2	6.6	-2.0	5.4	0.0	4.0	10.5	146 ( 6.1)	26/14
CAIRNS AERO	26.0	+0.3	14.1	-2.9	11.3	0.0	4.8	10.5	242 (10.1)	28/15
TOWNSVILLE AERO	26.4	+1.3	14.0	+0.4	12.3	0.2	3.0	9.6	220 ( 9.2)	39/13
MACKAY MO	25.5	+4.2	15.2	+2.4	--	0.0	--	8.7	412 (17.2)	24/15
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	26.1	+3.0	11.5	+2.0	9.9	0.0	0.8	--	187 ( 7.8)	26/15
BUNDABERG AERO	23.8	+1.8	14.8	+4.7	--	0.8	2.2	--	316 (13.2)	31/16
NAMBOUR DPI	23.5	+2.4	12.6	+4.9	--	1.2	1.6	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA AIRPORT	21.4	+0.9	13.0	+3.1	--	4.0	--	--	207 ( 8.6)	37/13
BRISBANE AERO	20.5	-0.4	11.9	+3.1	9.8	3.2	2.6	6.3	236 ( 9.8)	34/17
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	19.7	+3.1	10.1	+3.8	--	0.0	--	--	480 (20.0)	48/13
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR)	14.6	-1.5	9.4	+4.7	8.0	31.9	1.3	--	43 ( 1.8)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	20.3	+1.6	11.3	+3.8	8.2	0.0	0.8	4.8	234 ( 9.8)	35/13
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	18.0	-0.7	9.6	+3.3	--	0.8	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	17.2	+0.2	9.3	+3.0	8.2	3.0	0.8	4.6	188 ( 7.8)	54/15
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	18.6	+1.1	7.9	+3.3	8.2	1.8	--	--	15 ( 0.6)	34/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	7.0	-2.3	5.0	+3.6	4.0	13.0	3.2	0.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	12.4	-2.8	8.9	+5.9	--	9.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	19.1	+2.1	10.5	+3.4	8.6	0.8	0.0	6.9	271 (11.3)	46/15
RICHMOND RAAF	19.5	+2.1	6.0	+2.5	--	2.4	--	--	69 ( 2.9)	35/13
BELLAMBI AWS	18.5	+1.7	12.0	+2.0	--	0.0	--	--	333 (13.9)	41/16
CANBERRA AIRPORT	10.4	-0.9	0.5	+0.6	0.4	3.6	0.8	0.6	116 ( 4.8)	32/12
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	10.5	-2.2	5.4	+2.7	7.5	5.0	1.0	0.0	293 (12.2)	26/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	10.5	-2.5	4.3	+1.1	--	4.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	12.5	-2.8	5.9	+1.6	6.6	9.6	0.2	1.7	240 (10.0)	21/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	11.0	-2.0	3.8	+0.9	4.8	1.8	0.2	--	172 ( 7.2)	18/16
BENDIGO AIRPORT	9.2	-3.3	4.4	+2.0	--	1.6	--	--	200 ( 8.3)	18/22
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	11.8	-1.6	6.6	+0.6	5.1	0.6	0.0	--	69 ( 2.9)	9/09
GEELONG AIRPORT	11.4	-2.4	6.5	+1.1	--	0.0	--	--	107 ( 4.5)	17/12
BALLARAT AERODROME	8.3	-1.7	3.8	+0.6	--	0.0	--	--	316 (13.2)	21/09
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	9.7	-2.9	1.0	-1.2	--	0.0	--	--	17 ( 0.7)	11/15
HOBART AIRPORT	10.7	-1.7	6.2	+2.1	4.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	253 (10.5)	26/03
	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

35.2 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
35.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
35.0 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA
34.9 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
34.9 KIDMAN SPRINGS N Rivers NT

+6.9 : 31.4 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+6.3 : 33.0 LAJAMANU N Rivers NT
+6.1 : 34.5 ELLIOTT N Plateau NT
+5.9 : 33.1 HALLS CREEK AIRPORT E Kimberley WA
+5.4 : 32.1 BRUNETTE DOWNS N Plateau NT
+5.4 : 29.8 ALI CURUNG N Plateau NT

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
25.1 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.9 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
23.7 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL

+10.5 : 22.5 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
+9.5 : 16.0 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
+8.7 : 22.3 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
+8.4 : 22.2 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
+8.1 : 9.0 STANTHORPE LESLIE PARADE Darling Downs E QLD

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

-0.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
0.0 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
0.0 MOUNT GININI Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-5.7 : 13.2 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
-5.1 : 10.8 HAWKER Upper North SA
-4.7 : 9.0 HORSHAM AERODROME Wimmera S VIC
-4.7 : 11.5 MURRAY BRIDGE Murray Valley SA
-4.5 : 14.0 ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME) NW Pastoral SA
-4.5 : 12.0 LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
-4.5 : 12.0 IVANHOE AERODROME AWS Southwest Plains NSW

-3.2 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-3.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-2.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.3 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-5.9 : -1.5 BRIDGETOWN COMPARISON Lower West WA
-5.0 : 1.2 KARNET Lower West WA
-4.8 : 2.7 COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
-4.6 : -0.2 BRIDGETOWN Lower West WA
-4.3 : -0.2 NEWDEGATE RES.STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA

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.

57.4 KELVIN (KAHANA) NW Slopes S NSW
44.0 CLARE (NEAGLE'S ROCK) Lower North SA
44.0 PORT SMITH W Kimberley WA
41.2 SOMERTON (KALLAROO) NW Slopes S NSW
41.0 NUNDLE (OLSLAND) MidNorth Coast S NSW

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
W Kimberley
44.0 PORT SMITH

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Lower North
44.0 CLARE (NEAGLE'S ROCK)

NEW SOUTH WALES
NW Slopes S
57.4 KELVIN (KAHANA)
41.2 SOMERTON (KALLAROO)
MidNorth Coast S
41.0 NUNDLE (OLSLAND)

10.9 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.8 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
10.7 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.6 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.5 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
10.5 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD

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0.0 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.0 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.0 COWRA RESEARCH CENTRE C Tablelands S NSW
0.0 ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE C Tablelands S NSW
0.0 WELLINGTON (AGROWPLOW) CW Slopes S NSW
0.0 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
0.0 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.0 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
0.0 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.0 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
0.0 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
0.0 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.0 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC

1014 (42.3) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
992 (41.3) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
875 (36.5) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
835 (34.8) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
833 (34.7) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
780 (32.5) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
775 (32.3) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
762 (31.8) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
653 (27.2) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
640 (26.7) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA

106/00 GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
104/08 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
91/06 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
89/06 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
89/18 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA

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.
NEW SOUTH WALES NW Slopes S GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS 16.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.3mm/h TAMWORTH AIRPORT AWS 20.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 6.7mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West ROTTNEST ISLAND : 91(250/ 50 ) at 06:06 CAPE LEEUWIN : 104(250/ 65 ) at 08:51 ESPERANCE AERO : 89(270/ 63 ) at 18:38 Goldfields CHEADANUP : 74(280/ 65 ) at 13:41