Australian Weather News -- 07 SEP 2005

Wednesday 07 SEP 2005

DWS ARCHIVE
2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
Before 2003

About the DWS

2005

Dec

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
			01	02	03	04
05	06	07	08	09	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

Nov

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
	01	02	03	04	05	06
07	08	09	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30

Oct

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
					01	02
03	04	05	06	07	08	09
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31

Sept

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
			01	02	03	04
05	06	07	08	09	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30

August

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
01	02	03	04	05	06	07
08	09	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

July

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
				01	02	03
04	05	06	07	08	09	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

June

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
		01	02	03	04	05
06	07	08	09	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30

May

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
						01
02	03	04	05	06	07	08
09	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31

April

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
				01	02	03
04	05	06	07	08	09	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30

March

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
	01	02	03	04	05	06
07	08	09	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

February

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
	01	02	03	04	05	06
07	08	09	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28

January

M	Tu	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
					01	02
03	04	05	06	07	08	09
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31

Monthly summaries:
from BoM

Find a place:
Google Maps |
Aust Gazetteer|
Geonames

National Daily Weather Summary

Noteworthy weather today

significant

newsworthy

major

WA: Gales and rain in the South West

The latest in a succession of cold fronts can be seen entering SW WA on the 10am chart above. Squally westerly winds preceded the front for much of the morning. The highest gusts were 106km/h at Cape Leeuwin, 95 at North Walpole on the South Coast and 91 at Bickley in the ranges east of Perth. Cape Leeuwin's average wind speed for the 24 hours to 9am was a high 70.5km/h -- other high 24-hour averages are listed in Windiest. Lines of showers moved across the South West overnight and for much of the day, giving widespread light falls (see the map for the 24 hours to 9am Thursday) with some moderate totals on the ranges south from Perth to the South Coast. Mt William, 50km SE of Mandurah, recorded 48.6mm for the 2 days ended 9am Thursday.

Newsbits

Hot in centre: Overnight and daytime temperatures were well above normal in the southern NT and northern SA today. Alice Springs' overnight minimum of 22.3C was 12.1 above, while Oodnadatta's high of 36.5 was up 10.1 on normal. Widespread storms developed across SA during the afternoon, one giving a wind gust of 93km/h at Oodnadatta.

Norfolk Island storm: The trough visible in the eastern Tasman on the surface chart above gave Norfolk Island several thunderstorms late morning and through the afternoon. The first dumped 27.2mm in 43 minutes to midday at the airport.

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1907 EST on 14/08/2006. 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 average wind speed - anemometer above 3m (km/h)

SW & S Coast

009518

CAPE LEEUWIN

70.5

65.9

15/09/1996

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 21:21EST, 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	20.6	-1.4	14.3	+5.0	12.4	0.2	5.0	--	558 (23.3)	50/08
PERTH AIRPORT	18.9	-1.2	13.3	+4.4	12.5	3.2	4.2	1.3	649 (27.0)	71/10
ALBANY AIRPORT	14.8	-2.5	11.2	+3.2	9.4	3.0	4.2	6.4	748 (31.2)	76/12
BUNBURY	17.6	-0.6	13.4	+4.9	--	5.2	--	--	774 (32.3)	74/07
MANDURAH	17.8	--	14.6	--	--	4.0	--	--	999 (41.6)	76/05
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.9	+1.4	20.3	-2.7	19.8	0.0	6.0	10.3	252 (10.5)	43/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	34.6	+7.3	22.3	+11.9	17.9	0.0	11.6	10.5	458 (19.1)	55/13
WHYALLA AERO	28.6	+7.1	13.7	+5.7	--	0.0	9.6	--	672 (28.0)	48/10
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	25.3	+6.3	13.8	+4.1	8.5	1.0	2.6	10.5	458 (19.1)	37/23
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	21.8	+6.0	11.7	+5.4	10.0	1.4	5.8	10.3	697 (29.0)	61/00
MOUNT ISA AERO	35.0	+3.8	11.8	-2.4	9.6	0.0	8.8	11.2	219 ( 9.1)	35/16
CAIRNS AERO	28.8	+0.8	19.0	+0.3	17.1	0.0	4.8	10.4	254 (10.6)	35/17
TOWNSVILLE AERO	27.3	-0.4	21.8	+4.5	19.5	0.0	6.4	10.4	379 (15.8)	37/12
MACKAY MO	24.6	-0.6	20.6	+4.0	--	0.0	--	8.8	282 (11.8)	34/15
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	25.9	-1.4	17.8	+4.2	17.0	0.0	5.8	--	380 (15.8)	32/07
BUNDABERG AERO	24.6	-0.8	13.6	-0.1	--	0.0	2.6	--	395 (16.5)	34/15
NAMBOUR DPI	22.3	-2.6	11.1	+0.5	--	0.0	4.4	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA AIRPORT	22.0	-1.1	11.9	-1.5	--	0.0	--	--	336 (14.0)	35/13
BRISBANE AERO	21.7	-2.5	10.7	-2.0	7.6	0.0	3.8	10.7	396 (16.5)	28/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	20.8	-1.6	9.6	-1.0	--	0.0	--	--	645 (26.9)	43/19
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR)	20.3	-1.1	9.7	+1.2	5.2	0.0	3.8	--	178 ( 7.4)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	19.9	-2.0	11.0	+0.1	6.0	0.0	3.4	10.0	338 (14.1)	21/12
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	20.3	-2.2	9.4	0.0	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	19.9	-1.3	3.1	-5.9	2.7	0.0	2.6	10.6	172 ( 7.2)	32/13
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	20.6	-0.7	3.7	-4.0	0.8	0.2	--	--	67 ( 2.8)	24/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	15.6	+1.6	2.5	-1.7	-1.0	0.0	2.0	10.7	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	20.7	-0.5	8.8	+2.4	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	21.0	+0.5	9.1	-1.2	7.0	0.0	2.0	10.8	291 (12.1)	41/14
RICHMOND RAAF	22.6	-0.1	3.6	-4.5	--	0.0	--	--	87 ( 3.6)	31/11
BELLAMBI AWS	19.9	-0.3	12.5	0.0	--	0.0	--	--	239 (10.0)	52/15
CANBERRA AIRPORT	18.2	+2.0	2.0	-1.2	-0.6	0.0	3.8	7.7	153 ( 6.4)	37/12
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	20.3	+2.7	3.7	-1.4	2.0	0.0	3.0	11.0	169 ( 7.0)	--
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	19.9	+1.8	3.6	-2.3	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	22.5	+2.1	8.4	+1.0	4.7	1.2	4.4	7.5	455 (19.0)	45/09
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	19.6	+2.2	4.0	-1.4	2.1	0.0	1.6	--	256 (10.7)	35/09
BENDIGO AIRPORT	19.4	+2.6	2.2	-2.1	--	0.0	--	--	234 ( 9.8)	--
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	20.7	+3.5	10.2	+2.3	9.1	0.0	4.0	--	177 ( 7.4)	37/11
GEELONG AIRPORT	21.8	+5.0	5.5	-1.2	--	0.0	--	--	242 (10.1)	52/14
BALLARAT AERODROME	16.5	+2.6	5.6	+0.8	--	0.0	--	--	717 (29.9)	59/21
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	15.8	+0.3	3.3	-1.8	--	0.2	--	--	133 ( 5.5)	55/13
HOBART AIRPORT	19.1	+3.8	8.1	+2.1	3.3	0.2	1.8	8.2	288 (12.0)	48/11
	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

39.2 ELLIOTT N Plateau NT
39.1 MCARTHUR RIVER MINE N Rivers NT
38.4 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
38.3 DALY WATERS AWS N Rivers NT
38.3 MANGO FARM N Rivers NT

+9.9 : 36.5 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+8.7 : 35.6 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
+8.7 : 35.6 KULGERA N Plateau NT
+8.1 : 33.8 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
+7.6 : 27.0 CLEVE W Agricultural SA
+7.6 : 25.9 ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE) Adelaide/Lofty SA

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
25.5 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
25.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
24.8 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
24.5 WARMUN E Kimberley WA

+11.9 : 22.3 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+7.6 : 18.6 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA
+7.6 : 19.0 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+7.3 : 22.0 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
+7.2 : 12.2 YORK Cent Wheatbelt WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

6.0 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
6.2 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
7.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
7.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
8.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-6.1 : 26.1 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
-5.7 : 22.6 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
-5.6 : 25.0 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA
-5.3 : 27.0 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA
-5.0 : 27.7 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA

-3.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.0 BOMBALA (THERRY STREET) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-0.5 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-7.0 : 7.9 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
-5.9 : 3.1 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
-5.3 : 3.0 MAITLAND VISITORS CENTRE Hunter Valley NSW
-5.1 : 3.8 PATERSON (TOCAL AWS) Hunter Valley NSW
-5.0 : 0.6 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC

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.

39.0 NORFOLK ISLAND (KINGSTON) Islands ISL
31.6 WALTERS FARM Lower West WA
29.4 IAWAKIA Lower West WA
27.6 NORTHCLIFFE Lower West WA
25.8 WOKALUP Lower West WA

11.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.2 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
11.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
11.0 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
11.0 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW

.....

2.4 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
2.3 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
2.0 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
2.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
1.3 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA

1692 (70.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1275 (53.1) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
1160 (48.3) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
1149 (47.9) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
999 (41.6) MANDURAH Lower West WA
984 (41.0) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
959 (40.0) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
943 (39.3) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
914 (38.1) CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
907 (37.8) SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
890 (37.1) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
880 (36.7) CHEADANUP Goldfields WA
848 (35.3) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
837 (34.9) CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA
830 (34.6) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
825 (34.4) MANJIMUP Lower West WA
819 (34.1) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
813 (33.9) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
806 (33.6) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
803 (33.5) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
800 (33.3) HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
793 (33.0) WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA
782 (32.6) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
774 (32.3) BUNBURY Lower West WA
771 (32.1) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
762 (31.8) JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
755 (31.5) NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
754 (31.4) CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA
748 (31.2) ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
737 (30.7) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
736 (30.7) ROBE AIRFIELD Lower SE SA
728 (30.3) ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
725 (30.2) JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
725 (30.2) SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
724 (30.2) ROCKY GULLY Lower West WA
717 (29.9) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
715 (29.8) NOARLUNGA Adelaide/Lofty SA
715 (29.8) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
714 (29.8) MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER Adelaide/Lofty SA
699 (29.1) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
697 (29.0) MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
689 (28.7) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
680 (28.3) LAKE GRACE Cent Wheatbelt WA
675 (28.1) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
673 (28.0) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
672 (28.0) WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
668 (27.8) YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA
666 (27.8) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
664 (27.7) WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
652 (27.2) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
651 (27.1) SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
649 (27.0) PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
645 (26.9) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
644 (26.8) PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
635 (26.5) KEITH (MUNKORA) Mallee/Upper SE SA
633 (26.4) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
632 (26.3) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
632 (26.3) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
629 (26.2) DUNNS HILL E Central VIC
619 (25.8) LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
617 (25.7) LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC
616 (25.7) MORTLAKE RACECOURSE W Coast VIC
614 (25.6) MINNIPA DPI W Agricultural SA
613 (25.5) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
604 (25.2) OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
600 (25.0) COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA

106/05 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
93/20 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
91/07 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
89/10 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
89/07 CAPE NATURALISTE 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.
ISLANDS Islands NORFOLK ISLAND AERO 6.0mm in 6 min to 11:23 60.0mm/h 6.0mm in 7 min to 11:30 51.4mm/h 12.8mm in 1 hr to 11:30 12.8mm/h 15.2mm in 30 min to 12:00 30.4mm/h 28.0mm in 1 hr to 12:00 28.0mm/h 16.8mm in 1 hr to 12:30 16.8mm/h 28.0mm in 3 hr to 12:30 9.3mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West ROTTNEST ISLAND : 89(270/ 67 ) at 10:41 BICKLEY : 91(290/ 45 ) at 11:01 CAPE LEEUWIN : 100(280/ 80 ) at 07:00 CAPE NATURALISTE : 76(250/ 63 ) at 06:11 ESPERANCE AERO : 78(290/ 63 ) at 14:49 NORTH WALPOLE : 95(300/ 43 ) at 07:30 SOUTH AUSTRALIA NE Pastoral OODNADATTA AIRPORT : 93(340/ 28 ) at 20:31 Yorke Pen/Kanga Is CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 83(350/ 70 ) at 01:30 NEW SOUTH WALES Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 74(320/ 65 ) at 07:00 VICTORIA Upper NE MT HOTHAM : 80( 50/ 67 ) at 06:30 TASMANIA Southeast MOUNT WELLINGTON : 87(310/ 69 ) at 08:37