Australian Weather News -- 15 SEP 2005

Thursday 15 SEP 2005

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VIC, TAS: Wintry and windy

The front sweeping across VIC and TAS on the 10am surface chart above brought strong winds and hail showers to the two states, and more snow to the VIC Alps. A succession of fronts in a mobile westerly stream has topped up snow depths at VIC resorts by 20 to 30cm since the weekend, with around 10cm accumulating last night. The front brought scattered reports of hail showers across the state, with weather stations at Weeaproinah in the Otways and Castlemaine reporting hail and Gabo Island reporting hail and a wintry thunderstorm. Wind gusted to 109km at Cape Grim and 98km/h atop Mt Reid in TAS, 100km/h on Mt Gellibrand and 93k/h at Geelong Airport in VIC, and 106km/h on Hogan Island in Bass Strait.

NT, WA: Temperature contrasts breed violent storms

While a cool airmass continued to give below average temperatures across the south of the continent today, above average temperatures persisted in the tropics, especially in the NT. At the rubbing point between the airmasses, thunderstorms developed in the southern NT. One, at Territory Grape Farm 140km N of Alice Springs, delivered a wind gust of 130km/h and dumped 27.6mm in 12 minutes to 2.31pm for a storm total of 40.0mm giving the farm its wettest September day in its 16 years of existence. The wind averaged 104km/h for 10 minutes from 2.15 to 2.25pm.

Balgair on the western edge of the Nullarbor Plain in WA equalled its coldest September night in 22 years of record while Timber Creek in NW NT came within 0.5C of its record high September minimum in 24 years.

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1938 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 rainfall

Goldfields

012280

BANJAWARN

19.0

17.4

22/09/1982

Alice Springs

015584

ARGADARGADA

33.5

25.0

29/09/1997

Alice Springs

015585

AMMAROO

36.4

26.9

14/09/1965

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 21:24EST, 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	22.2	+0.2	4.6	-4.7	1.7	0.0	2.6	--	349 (14.5)	37/17
PERTH AIRPORT	19.2	-0.9	5.5	-3.4	4.2	0.0	4.0	10.5	312 (13.0)	30/15
ALBANY AIRPORT	15.7	-1.6	6.9	-1.1	5.7	1.4	3.6	6.7	322 (13.4)	37/11
BUNBURY	17.2	-1.0	1.7	-6.8	--	0.0	--	--	171 ( 7.1)	30/14
MANDURAH	18.1	--	8.4	--	--	0.2	--	--	285 (11.9)	35/14
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.2	+0.7	23.5	+0.5	23.2	0.0	6.8	10.6	257 (10.7)	34/18
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	23.3	-4.0	13.0	+2.6	9.7	0.0	8.4	5.1	285 (11.9)	39/09
WHYALLA AERO	16.2	-5.3	7.0	-1.0	--	0.0	5.8	--	279 (11.6)	34/10
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	16.0	-3.0	10.3	+0.6	5.8	1.8	2.8	10.1	302 (12.6)	50/01
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	14.0	-1.8	7.0	+0.7	4.2	2.4	3.0	8.6	443 (18.5)	55/13
MOUNT ISA AERO	33.7	+2.5	16.2	+2.0	13.1	0.0	8.4	4.4	253 (10.5)	35/09
CAIRNS AERO	28.6	+0.6	18.8	+0.1	15.2	0.0	4.8	8.6	162 ( 6.8)	39/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO	29.2	+1.5	18.0	+0.7	16.9	0.0	5.4	10.8	268 (11.2)	32/11
MACKAY MO	26.9	+1.7	17.2	+0.6	--	0.0	--	10.0	336 (14.0)	37/15
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	31.1	+3.8	14.7	+1.1	12.9	0.0	6.6	--	246 (10.3)	43/16
BUNDABERG AERO	27.8	+2.4	16.8	+3.1	--	0.0	4.4	--	276 (11.5)	31/13
NAMBOUR DPI	28.2	+3.3	6.2	-4.4	--	0.0	2.0	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA AIRPORT	23.4	+0.3	7.7	-5.7	--	0.0	--	--	135 ( 5.6)	34/19
BRISBANE AERO	25.5	+1.3	7.0	-5.7	1.9	0.4	4.2	11.2	296 (12.3)	37/22
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	24.8	+2.4	8.5	-2.1	--	0.0	--	--	360 (15.0)	43/11
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR)	21.8	+0.4	6.3	-2.2	2.5	0.0	2.8	--	117 ( 4.9)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	23.3	+1.4	6.8	-4.1	0.3	0.0	--	11.1	247 (10.3)	32/14
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	24.7	+2.2	4.4	-5.0	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	25.2	+4.0	2.9	-6.1	1.8	0.0	5.4	10.5	284 (11.8)	67/11
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	24.4	+3.1	6.1	-1.6	--	0.0	--	--	147 ( 6.1)	37/14
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	13.5	-0.5	5.5	+1.3	-1.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	20.5	-0.7	4.8	-1.6	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	25.9	+5.4	13.3	+3.0	5.9	0.0	4.8	11.2	417 (17.4)	52/17
RICHMOND RAAF	24.6	+1.9	7.5	-0.6	--	0.0	--	--	226 ( 9.4)	57/12
BELLAMBI AWS	24.0	+3.8	13.6	+1.1	--	0.0	--	--	315 (13.1)	54/17
CANBERRA AIRPORT	16.2	0.0	6.9	+3.7	4.0	3.0	4.2	8.0	423 (17.6)	67/13
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	15.7	-1.9	3.7	-1.4	2.3	9.0	3.0	9.0	215 ( 9.0)	43/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	15.5	-2.6	6.7	+0.8	--	0.2	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	18.4	-2.0	5.5	-1.9	1.1	0.0	4.0	8.7	355 (14.8)	41/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	15.7	-1.7	3.5	-1.9	1.9	0.2	2.9	--	217 ( 9.0)	45/16
BENDIGO AIRPORT	15.0	-1.8	1.2	-3.1	--	0.2	--	--	186 ( 7.8)	46/16
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	17.1	-0.1	8.7	+0.8	5.8	0.6	2.0	--	123 ( 5.1)	32/09
GEELONG AIRPORT	14.8	-2.0	5.1	-1.6	--	1.8	--	--	379 (15.8)	93/11
BALLARAT AERODROME	12.6	-1.3	2.6	-2.2	--	1.4	--	--	374 (15.6)	52/15
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	11.8	-3.7	2.1	-3.0	--	0.8	--	--	152 ( 6.3)	41/23
HOBART AIRPORT	12.7	-2.6	5.4	-0.6	2.8	0.0	0.4	3.8	291 (12.1)	39/20
	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

39.8 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
39.4 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
39.4 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA
39.3 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
39.2 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA

+5.4 : 25.9 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
+5.4 : 38.0 TOORAK RESEARCH STATION Gulf Country QLD
+5.3 : 33.9 CARNEGIE Interior WA
+5.0 : 35.0 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
26.9 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
26.5 KIDMAN SPRINGS N Rivers NT
26.2 LARRIMAH N Rivers NT
26.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA

+8.3 : 23.5 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD
+7.8 : 26.2 LARRIMAH N Rivers NT
+7.5 : 24.5 DALY WATERS AWS N Rivers NT
+7.0 : 21.7 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
+6.9 : 24.0 LAJAMANU N Rivers NT

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

-1.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-0.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.6 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
0.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
0.8 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-8.6 : 14.0 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
-7.1 : 17.8 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
-7.0 : 17.7 FORREST Eucla WA
-6.3 : -0.6 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
-5.7 : 3.0 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW

-3.4 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-3.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-3.1 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
-3.0 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-2.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-6.8 : 1.7 BUNBURY Lower West WA
-6.8 : -0.4 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
-6.7 : 2.4 JIMNA FORESTRY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-6.7 : -2.0 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
-6.4 : 5.0 BALLINA AIRPORT AWS North 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.

36.4 AMMAROO N Plateau NT
34.6 NIANGALA (KENTUCKY BLUE) MidNorth Coast S NSW
33.5 ARGADARGADA N Plateau NT
30.0 HUMPTY DOO EVAN ROAD N Rivers NT
24.5 WANAARING (THURLOO DOWNS) Far Northwest NSW

11.3 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
11.2 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
11.2 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
11.2 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
11.1 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW

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3.6 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
3.6 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
3.1 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
1.9 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.0 ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE C Tablelands S NSW

1166 (48.6) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
959 (40.0) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
926 (38.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
757 (31.5) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
744 (31.0) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
725 (30.2) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
708 (29.5) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
683 (28.5) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
676 (28.2) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
670 (27.9) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
667 (27.8) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
662 (27.6) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
637 (26.5) CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA
637 (26.5) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
637 (26.5) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
614 (25.6) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
611 (25.5) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
601 (25.0) COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA

109/12 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
106/23 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
100/12 COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
98/20 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
94/15 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
93/11 GEELONG AIRPORT W Central VIC
91/04 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns 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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY N Plateau TERRITORY GRAPE FARM 5.0mm in 3 min to 14:22 100.0mm/h 2.4mm in 1 min to 14:23 144.0mm/h 5.2mm in 2 min to 14:25 156.0mm/h 8.6mm in 4 min to 14:29 129.0mm/h 36.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 12.0mm/h 6.4mm in 2 min to 14:31 192.0mm/h	NORTHERN TERRITORY N Plateau TERRITORY GRAPE FARM : 130(230/ 87 ) at 14:31 SOUTH AUSTRALIA W Agricultural NEPTUNE ISLAND : 76(230/ 67 ) at 00:24 NEW SOUTH WALES Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 91(300/ 43 ) at 04:59 VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 95(270/ 46 ) at 15:18 KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 80(257/ 65 ) at 18:10 W Central GEELONG AIRPORT : 93(270/ 65 ) at 11:56 W Coast COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) : 100(280/ 58 ) at 12:21 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 109(270/ 70 ) at 12:46 Flinders Is/Bass St FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT : 82(260/ 70 ) at 22:50 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 106(260/ 74 ) at 23:35