Australian Weather News -- 01 JAN 2007

Monday 01 JAN 2007

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2007

Dec

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QLD, NSW, VIC: Widespread storms bring heavy falls. A deep trough extending down from SW QLD into western NSW and VIC continues to drag warm, moist and unstable tropical air into the three states generating widespread thunderstorms and heavy showers. Because steering winds are light, the storms are slow-moving and some scattered high rainfall totals have been reported, including 47mm in 3 hours to 9am at Broken Hill and 25.8mm in 96 minutes at Parkes NSW. Heavy cloud kept maximum temperatures around Broken Hill up to 12 below average. Storms and continuing rain gave Balranald in the western Riverina 51mm in the 24 hours to 9am. A fierce storm dumped 35mm in Gloucester NSW, and cut power to parts of the town and neighbouring Barrington for several hours.

A downpour in Ballarat VIC dumped 35.8mm between 5.40 and 8pm, 17mm of which fell in 8 minutes just before 6pm, inundating about 25 houses and overwhelming the city's drainage system. The Sovereign Hill Gold Museum was damaged and there were 66 emergency callouts. A storm took out TV transmitters atop Mt William in the Grampians, resulting in loss of signal between 6 and 9pm to thousands of viewers. Useful rain helped dampen fires in Victoria's Gippsland, but also made backburning operations difficult -- 9 fires are still listed as out of control across Victoria, with the Great Divide fire in the north-east which has burnt through 3470 square kilometres the largest. In Sydney's west, a line of showers dumped 51mm at Wilmot between 11am and 1pm and 59mm at Warragamba Dam between 10am and 1pm. (See wettest and downpours for more reports.)

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2255 EST on 20/08/2008. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Previous monthly record

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Date

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Date

Years

Highest daily rainfall

NSW

C Tablelands S

063049

LOWTHER PARK

92.0

84.6

17/01/2006

1 y

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 23:51EST, 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	27.1	-4.5	20.0	+1.7	18.7	0.0	9.0	--	490 (20.4)	45/16
PERTH AIRPORT	27.5	-4.1	14.0	-2.9	11.8	0.0	10.8	12.8	--	41/15
ALBANY AIRPORT	25.1	+0.4	14.2	+0.5	12.0	0.0	9.8	12.7	342 (14.3)	41/14
BUNBURY	26.5	-2.9	14.8	-0.3	--	0.0	--	--	305 (12.7)	43/15
MANDURAH	25.5	--	18.8	--	--	0.0	--	--	420 (17.5)	41/11
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.3	+1.5	23.3	-1.5	24.1	16.0	6.2	11.2	322 (13.4)	28/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	42.5	+6.1	26.9	+5.5	22.3	0.0	--	12.0	361 (15.0)	59/10
WHYALLA AERO	29.2	-0.7	16.0	-1.4	--	0.0	9.2	--	397 (16.5)	52/17
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	32.6	+3.5	21.3	+4.3	--	0.0	8.2	11.2	253 (10.5)	46/18
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	29.4	+4.2	14.4	+3.3	10.0	0.0	9.4	5.4	403 (16.8)	45/19
MOUNT ISA AERO	40.7	+4.4	21.7	-2.1	18.7	0.0	13.0	11.6	293 (12.2)	43/12
CAIRNS AERO	31.3	-0.1	23.7	0.0	22.0	0.0	6.0	6.2	244 (10.2)	34/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO	29.3	-2.0	21.2	-3.0	21.5	14.6	7.4	5.5	367 (15.3)	35/16
MACKAY M.O	29.0	-1.1	22.8	-0.7	--	5.8	--	11.4	440 (18.3)	41/21
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	29.9	-2.0	21.0	-1.1	20.6	3.6	6.8	--	360 (15.0)	--
BUNDABERG AERO	28.0	-2.1	19.5	-1.9	--	0.0	7.2	--	--	--
NAMBOUR DPI	27.2	-2.1	16.6	-2.8	--	0.0	--	--	109 ( 4.5)	30/14
COOLANGATTA	27.5	-0.6	17.4	-3.6	--	0.0	--	--	273 (11.4)	30/12
BRISBANE AERO	27.5	-1.5	21.4	+0.3	19.2	0.0	7.6	12.3	387 (16.1)	37/17
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	26.4	-1.7	15.3	-2.2	--	0.0	--	--	631 (26.3)	52/17
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	30.3	-1.6	18.2	-0.6	13.1	0.0	4.6	--	224 ( 9.3)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	25.4	-1.5	17.3	-2.1	15.6	0.0	4.4	7.2	224 ( 9.3)	35/20
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	25.3	-2.1	16.6	-1.5	--	98.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	25.8	-2.1	16.0	-2.0	14.9	0.0	6.4	9.9	625 (26.0)	43/15
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	25.5	-2.0	15.6	-1.1	16.3	0.0	--	--	122 ( 5.1)	32/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	23.4	-3.1	13.2	0.0	11.1	7.8	4.4	6.4	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	31.6	-1.5	17.0	-1.1	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	24.0	-2.4	19.7	+1.0	18.3	0.0	7.8	7.5	641 (26.7)	39/12
RICHMOND RAAF	23.2	-6.6	17.0	-0.4	--	0.0	--	--	247 (10.3)	31/12
BELLAMBI AWS	22.7	-2.1	18.8	-0.1	--	10.2	--	--	514 (21.4)	37/18
CANBERRA AIRPORT	22.8	-5.2	14.5	+1.3	12.7	0.0	6.2	6.3	393 (16.4)	50/16
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	30.6	-1.0	19.0	+2.8	18.5	0.0	11.0	7.2	552 (23.0)	71/23
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	29.9	-2.3	16.8	+0.2	--	3.2	--	--	254 (10.6)	41/18
MILDURA AIRPORT	29.7	-2.5	18.9	+2.3	17.3	5.6	13.6	6.5	558 (23.3)	45/05
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	--	--	20.4	+6.3	--	0.0	--	--	402 (16.8)	--
BENDIGO AIRPORT	29.1	-0.4	16.2	+2.3	--	0.2	--	--	346 (14.4)	--
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	27.8	+1.9	19.3	+5.0	16.7	0.2	3.0	--	127 ( 5.3)	32/10
GEELONG AIRPORT	23.5	-1.1	16.6	+3.5	--	0.8	--	--	170 ( 7.1)	39/15
BALLARAT AERODROME	24.3	-0.7	15.5	+4.7	--	1.0	--	--	533 (22.2)	--
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	23.1	-1.1	15.7	+3.6	--	0.0	--	--	210 ( 8.8)	30/17
HOBART AIRPORT	23.1	+0.6	15.1	+3.1	12.4	0.0	6.2	6.0	528 (22.0)	39/19
	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

44.5 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
44.4 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
44.2 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
44.0 WATARRKA N Plateau NT
43.6 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
43.6 TELFER AERO Interior WA

+15.4 : 41.5 ESPERANCE Lower West WA
+14.2 : 41.6 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
+12.1 : 42.5 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
+10.7 : 42.8 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
+9.1 : 29.6 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS

28.5 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
28.4 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
28.4 CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
28.0 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
28.0 LAJAMANU N Rivers NT
28.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA

+6.7 : 18.2 STRATHBOGIE Lower NE VIC
+6.5 : 18.0 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA
+6.3 : 20.4 TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG Upper North VIC
+5.9 : 19.0 KEITH Mallee/Upper SE SA
+5.8 : 12.0 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

10.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
12.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
12.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
12.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
13.2 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS

-13.4 : 23.3 WILCANNIA AERODROME AWS Far Northwest NSW
-11.9 : 23.4 WILCANNIA (REID ST) Far Northwest NSW
-10.1 : 24.2 MENINDEE POST OFFICE Lower Darling NSW
-8.8 : 20.6 TUGGERANONG (ISABELLA PLAINS) AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-8.6 : 22.1 PENRITH LAKES AWS Sydney--west NSW

3.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
4.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
5.4 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
5.7 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
7.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
7.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-6.2 : 17.0 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
-5.7 : 17.8 WINTON POST OFFICE Northwest QLD
-5.0 : 14.7 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
-4.9 : 18.1 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD

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.

134.0 PLEYSTOWE SUGAR MILL Central Coast E QLD
98.0 PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS MidNorth Coast S NSW
96.4 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD
92.0 LOWTHER PARK C Tablelands S NSW
89.9 BELCONNEN (HOLT (PINE RIDGE)) Goulburn/Monaro NSW

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N Kimberley
53.0 THEDA

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
76.2 TANDANGLE HILL
68.4 GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS
61.8 CENTRAL WATERHOUSE
60.8 MILINGIMBI AWS
57.4 MATARANKA STATION
54.6 UPPER WATERHOUSE RIVER
53.0 MARANBOY HILL

QUEENSLAND
Central Coast E
134.0 PLEYSTOWE SUGAR MILL
96.4 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE
87.0 DUMBLETON ROCKS ALERT
81.4 PROSERPINE AIRPORT
78.0 STRATHMORE
71.0 LETHEBROOK
64.0 KOUMALA HATFIELDS ROAD
62.0 BLOOMSBURY
58.2 CLARE
54.8 WILSON BEACH
54.6 HECATE
53.0 MOUNT CHARLTON
53.0 SEAFORTH
52.0 GARGETT POST OFFICE
50.6 PROSERPINE FULLER ST
50.0 STOCKADE NURSERY
Central West
70.0 SURBITON STATION

NEW SOUTH WALES
Lower Darling
50.4 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET)
Southwest Plains
51.0 BALRANALD (RSL)
NW Slopes S
59.2 NUNDLE (HEAD OF THE PEEL)
MidNorth Coast S
98.0 PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS
78.2 LAURIETON (PEACH GROVE)
Hunter Valley
60.0 DENMAN (PALACE STREET)
C Tablelands S
92.0 LOWTHER PARK
56.0 HAMPTON (BINDO)
Goulburn/Monaro
89.9 BELCONNEN (HOLT (PINE RIDGE))
58.0 HUNTLY
51.2 FAIRLIGHT STATION

13.2 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
12.8 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
12.7 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
12.7 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
12.3 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
12.3 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS

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1.5 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
0.5 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
0.1 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
0.0 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS

1272 (53.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
1147 (47.8) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
919 (38.3) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
906 (37.8) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
897 (37.4) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
862 (35.9) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
844 (35.2) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
821 (34.2) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
814 (33.9) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
802 (33.4) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
771 (32.1) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
768 (32.0) NHILL AERODROME Wimmera N VIC
732 (30.5) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
724 (30.2) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
719 (30.0) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
712 (29.7) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
708 (29.5) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
705 (29.4) KEITH (MUNKORA) Mallee/Upper SE SA
697 (29.0) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
689 (28.7) CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA
654 (27.3) CAPE BORDA AWS Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
650 (27.1) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
643 (26.8) WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS
641 (26.7) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
640 (26.7) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
631 (26.3) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
630 (26.3) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
629 (26.2) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
625 (26.0) WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
621 (25.9) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
619 (25.8) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
600 (25.0) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA

83/20 COONAMBLE AIRPORT AWS CW Plains N NSW
83/23 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
78/20 CHARLEVILLE AERO Warrego QLD
78/22 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
76/22 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS

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 Rivers MILINGIMBI AWS 43.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 14.3mm/h 48.2mm in 1 hr to 00:30 48.2mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.7mm/h NGAYAWILI 19.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.3mm/h BULMAN AWS 18.4mm in 53 min to 17:30 20.8mm/h 19.0mm in 1 hr to 17:30 19.0mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 6.7mm/h CENTRAL ARNHEM PLATEAU 9.4mm in 12 min to 19:59 47.0mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 6.7mm/h DELAMERE WEAPONS RANGE 10.6mm in 29 min to 17:30 21.9mm/h 14.8mm in 1 hr to 17:30 14.8mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.0mm/h QUEENSLAND Central Coast E HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT 30.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 10.0mm/h PROSERPINE AIRPORT 35.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 11.7mm/h ALVA BEACH 24.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 8.0mm/h Warrego CHARLEVILLE AERO 13.8mm in 1 hr to 22:30 13.8mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES Lower Darling BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) 47.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 15.7mm/h CW Plains N TRANGIE RESEARCH STATION AWS 9.4mm in 27 min to 22:00 20.9mm/h North Coast GRAFTON AIRPORT 10.6mm in 52 min to 12:52 12.2mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h BALLINA AIRPORT AWS 13.4mm in 53 min to 01:00 15.2mm/h 14.6mm in 1 hr to 01:00 14.6mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.7mm/h MidNorth Coast N KEMPSEY AIRPORT AWS 11.4mm in 1 hr to 02:00 11.4mm/h MidNorth Coast S PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 36.8mm in 3 hr to 02:00 12.3mm/h 98.0mm in 6 hr to 03:00 16.3mm/h CW Slopes S PARKES AIRPORT AWS 11.4mm in 36 min to 21:00 19.0mm/h 13.0mm in 1 hr to 21:00 13.0mm/h 14.4mm in 1 hr to 22:00 14.4mm/h Sydney--east BANKSTOWN AIRPORT AWS 16.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.3mm/h SW Slopes N YOUNG AIRPORT 16.0mm in 1 hr 9 min to 16:00 13.9mm/h VICTORIA Mallee S SWAN HILL AERODROME 15.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 5.0mm/h Wimmera S LONGERENONG 7.2mm in 37 min to 16:00 11.7mm/h Western Plains BALLARAT AERODROME 10.0mm in 5 min to 17:48 120.0mm/h 7.0mm in 3 min to 17:51 140.0mm/h 27.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 9.0mm/h 21.0mm in 1 hr to 18:30 21.0mm/h	NEW SOUTH WALES Far Northwest WHITE CLIFFS AWS : 82(200/ 69 ) at 13:00 CW Plains N COONAMBLE AIRPORT AWS : 80(230/ 65 ) at 21:33 VICTORIA W Gippsland KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 72( 91/ 63 ) at 15:40 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 76( 80/ 65 ) at 23:30