Australian Weather News -- 01 JUL 2007

Sunday 01 JUL 2007

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WA: Severe storms in Perth and the South West

Several lines of thunderstorms that moved across the state's southwest early this afternoon brought strong gusty winds and brief torrential rain. Wind gusted to 115 and 111km/h at Capes Naturaliste and Leeuwin, while Busselton Jetty and Rottnest Island recorded 104km/h. Swanbourne, Garden Island, Manjimup and Mandurah all recorded gusts above 90km/h (see highest gusts and highest AWS wind reports). Emergency services responded to 200 calls to property with wind damage. About 2pm, a roof was blown off a four-storey building in Subiaco, 5km west of Perth CBD. Gale force winds caused extensive damage to trees in Kings Park, some of them 75 years old. A groundsman told ABC Radio it was the worst damage he had seen in 30 years, with trees ripped out of the ground, another broken in half and many branches torn down. Waves on the Swan River washed onto the Kwinana Freeway at Como. Western Power said that 21,000 properties lost power during the storm, mostly as a result of wind damage to power infrastructure, with 8,000 still without power late afternoon. Scattered heavy rain fell, giving 24-hour totals of 52.0 at Bickley in the ranges ESE of Perth, 44.8 at Windy Harbour and 36.1 at Pemberton both in the South West. Some of the heavy downpours are listed in downpours below.

VIC: Warm front brings record Otway rain

A relatively warm, moist airmass moved onto the Otway coast overnight dumping a record 62.6mm on Cape Otway Lighthouse, its heaviest July one-day fall in 137 years. 54mm fell between midnight and 6am. Other heavy Otway falls were 50.6 at Weeaproinah and 45.0mm at Apollo Bay. The rain appears to have been associated with a warm front raising the moist airmass ahead of the cold front shown on the surface charts below.

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0658 EST on 21/08/2008. 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

VIC

W Coast

090015

CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE

62.6

52.6

19/07/1958

137

1 y

Lowest grass minimum temperature

QLD

N Peninsula

027045

WEIPA AERO

10.1

10.6

20/07/2000

1 Y

Lowest minimum temperature

Darwin-Daly

014253

CHANNEL POINT

10.0

10.6

15/07/1996

10.6

15/07/1996

1 N

Darwin-Daly

200731

POINT FAWCETT

10.2

10.9

20/07/2006

10.9

20/07/2006

1 N

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 00:51EST, 15/05/2012.

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	22.7	+3.2	15.3	+5.8	14.0	1.4	3.2	--	458 (19.1)	84/13
PERTH AIRPORT	18.4	+0.5	12.1	+4.0	9.5	7.2	0.6	0.6	380 (15.8)	87/13
ALBANY AIRPORT	17.9	+2.1	9.0	+1.5	5.4	0.2	2.0	4.1	347 (14.5)	81/14
BUNBURY	18.6	+1.4	12.0	+4.8	--	6.0	--	--	348 (14.5)	89/13
MANDURAH	18.4	--	14.5	--	--	1.4	--	--	532 (22.2)	94/20
DARWIN AIRPORT	27.5	-3.0	13.2	-6.0	12.0	0.0	5.0	10.3	216 ( 9.0)	34/16
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	26.9	+7.2	7.4	+3.4	3.4	0.0	4.0	10.4	169 ( 7.0)	24/11
WHYALLA AERO	20.2	+3.3	9.1	+3.8	--	0.0	--	--	277 (11.5)	41/10
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	15.8	+0.5	9.6	+2.1	7.7	3.8	--	4.6	229 ( 9.5)	35/11
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	14.1	+1.0	7.8	+2.6	6.0	1.2	2.0	2.5	468 (19.5)	58/13
MOUNT ISA AERO	24.9	+0.2	5.2	-3.4	4.0	0.0	2.2	10.5	140 ( 5.8)	32/14
CAIRNS AERO	24.9	-0.8	9.8	-7.2	4.2	0.0	3.2	10.9	187 ( 7.8)	28/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO	24.3	-0.8	7.7	-5.9	5.3	0.0	4.6	10.6	233 ( 9.7)	26/13
MACKAY M.O	21.9	+0.6	9.9	-2.9	--	0.0	--	10.7	286 (11.9)	28/14
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	22.9	-0.2	5.8	-3.7	2.4	0.0	3.2	--	138 ( 5.8)	26/13
BUNDABERG AERO	21.4	-0.6	7.4	-2.7	--	0.0	2.6	--	269 (11.2)	37/11
NAMBOUR DPI	20.9	-0.2	3.6	-4.1	--	0.0	--	--	50 ( 2.1)	30/10
COOLANGATTA	19.4	-1.1	3.9	-6.0	--	0.0	--	--	186 ( 7.8)	22/12
BRISBANE AERO	20.4	-0.5	6.5	-2.3	1.5	0.0	4.0	9.7	412 (17.2)	39/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	14.3	-2.3	4.9	-1.4	--	0.0	--	--	581 (24.2)	46/10
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	15.1	-1.0	5.0	+0.3	0.9	0.0	0.8	--	221 ( 9.2)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	18.3	-0.4	3.0	-4.5	-0.5	0.0	1.8	9.7	224 ( 9.3)	26/03
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	18.8	+0.1	0.1	-6.2	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	15.4	-1.6	7.4	+1.1	2.5	0.0	4.2	9.1	644 (26.8)	61/09
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	14.5	-3.0	1.7	-2.9	--	0.0	--	--	123 ( 5.1)	30/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	7.2	-2.1	1.1	-0.3	-0.8	1.6	0.6	2.5	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	13.6	-1.6	0.9	-2.1	--	0.2	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	16.6	-0.4	6.8	-0.3	2.7	0.0	2.4	6.0	633 (26.4)	67/11
RICHMOND RAAF	16.9	-0.5	2.5	-1.0	--	0.0	--	--	255 (10.6)	44/13
BELLAMBI AWS	16.1	-0.7	9.9	-0.1	--	0.0	--	--	596 (24.8)	89/10
CANBERRA AIRPORT	9.2	-2.1	5.2	+5.3	2.2	0.0	2.8	3.0	499 (20.8)	54/12
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	12.3	-0.4	1.5	-1.2	-1.1	0.2	1.2	0.5	253 (10.5)	32/17
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	11.4	-1.6	6.0	+2.8	--	0.0	--	--	242 (10.1)	17/19
MILDURA AIRPORT	15.2	-0.1	2.2	-2.1	-0.5	0.0	2.0	1.8	276 (11.5)	32/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	14.2	+1.2	4.5	+1.6	--	0.0	--	--	331 (13.8)	26/11
BENDIGO AIRPORT	11.1	-1.4	2.9	+0.5	--	0.0	--	--	264 (11.0)	28/17
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	14.1	+0.7	9.0	+3.0	6.0	3.6	2.0	--	156 ( 6.5)	30/12
GEELONG AIRPORT	13.7	-0.1	8.1	+2.7	--	2.8	--	--	500 (20.8)	59/22
BALLARAT AERODROME	9.0	-1.0	5.2	+2.0	--	1.8	--	--	446 (18.6)	--
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	12.1	-0.5	-2.0	-4.2	--	0.0	--	--	84 ( 3.5)	15/14
HOBART AIRPORT	12.6	+0.2	1.4	-2.7	-2.0	0.0	2.4	8.1	374 (15.6)	32/13
	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

30.6 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
30.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
30.0 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
29.9 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
29.8 MANGO FARM N Rivers NT
29.8 PINE CREEK COUNCIL N Rivers NT

+7.7 : 27.0 WILUNA Interior WA
+7.3 : 26.9 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+7.2 : 26.9 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+7.1 : 25.2 EYRE Eucla WA
+7.0 : 25.3 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA

24.3 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
23.3 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.2 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
21.7 THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
21.4 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL

+8.7 : 12.3 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+8.1 : 19.8 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA
+6.8 : 13.0 LEINSTER AERO Goldfields WA
+6.6 : 12.0 PAYNES FIND E Gascoyne WA
+6.3 : 13.7 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

-1.3 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-1.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-1.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
0.0 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
0.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW

-4.3 : 24.3 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
-3.9 : 28.1 OENPELLI N Rivers NT
-3.6 : 9.7 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-3.5 : 26.4 DUM IN MIRRIE AWS N Rivers NT
-3.5 : 15.3 INGLEWOOD FOREST Darling Downs E QLD
-3.5 : 7.9 GOULBURN TAFE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-3.5 : 8.4 EDI UPPER Upper NE VIC

-5.0 TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.3 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-3.2 CRESSY RESEARCH STATION N Coast TAS
-3.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-3.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW

-8.4 : 10.2 POINT FAWCETT Islands ISL
-8.3 : 2.8 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
-7.7 : 9.6 COOKTOWN AIRPORT N Coast--Barron QLD
-7.6 : 7.1 MANGO FARM N Rivers NT

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.

62.6 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
50.6 WEEAPROINAH W Coast VIC
48.6 WEERAGUA (CANN RIVER (EAST BRANCH) AT CH E Gippsland VIC
48.0 WYELANGTA W Coast VIC
45.0 APOLLO BAY W Coast VIC

VICTORIA
E Gippsland
48.6 WEERAGUA (CANN RIVER (EAST BRANCH) AT CH
W Coast
62.6 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE
50.6 WEEAPROINAH
48.0 WYELANGTA
45.0 APOLLO BAY

10.9 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
10.7 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.7 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
10.7 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
10.6 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD

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0.6 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
0.6 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.5 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
0.2 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

1280 (53.3) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1043 (43.5) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1040 (43.3) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1017 (42.4) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
951 (39.6) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
923 (38.5) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
917 (38.2) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
892 (37.2) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
833 (34.7) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
806 (33.6) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
796 (33.2) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
787 (32.8) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
758 (31.6) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
724 (30.2) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
718 (29.9) MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
712 (29.7) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
696 (29.0) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
689 (28.7) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
675 (28.1) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
670 (27.9) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
668 (27.8) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
655 (27.3) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
644 (26.8) WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
644 (26.8) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
633 (26.4) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
612 (25.5) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
610 (25.4) GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
600 (25.0) CAPE BORDA AWS Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA

115/11 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
111/12 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
104/11 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
98/03 LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
96/12 SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
94/13 GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
94/12 MANJIMUP Lower West WA
94/20 MANDURAH 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West PERTH AIRPORT 11.4mm in 1 hr to 13:00 11.4mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.0mm/h JANDAKOT AERO 16.6mm in 1 hr to 12:30 16.6mm/h 11.2mm in 1 hr to 13:00 11.2mm/h GINGIN AERO 5.8mm in 12 min to 13:08 29.0mm/h SWANBOURNE 11.2mm in 1 hr to 12:00 11.2mm/h 8.8mm in 5 min to 12:06 105.6mm/h 22.0mm in 1 hr to 12:30 22.0mm/h 12.6mm in 1 hr to 13:00 12.6mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.0mm/h PERTH METRO 12.2mm in 30 min to 12:30 24.4mm/h 13.2mm in 1 hr to 12:30 13.2mm/h 21.0mm in 1 hr to 13:00 21.0mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 7.7mm/h BICKLEY 9.4mm in 40 min to 12:40 14.1mm/h 13.0mm in 20 min to 13:00 39.0mm/h 22.4mm in 1 hr to 13:00 22.4mm/h 8.4mm in 7 min to 13:07 72.0mm/h 13.6mm in 1 hr to 14:00 13.6mm/h 39.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 13.0mm/h MANJIMUP 11.6mm in 1 hr to 13:00 11.6mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.0mm/h ROCKY GULLY 7.6mm in 36 min to 13:36 12.7mm/h Cent Wheatbelt KATANNING 4.2mm in 11 min to 14:21 22.9mm/h VICTORIA W Gippsland POUND CREEK 16.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.3mm/h MT MOORNAPA 13.2mm in 30 min to 01:00 26.4mm/h 20.2mm in 1 hr to 01:00 20.2mm/h 15.6mm in 1 hr to 01:30 15.6mm/h W Coast CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE 11.4mm in 1 hr to 02:30 11.4mm/h 16.0mm in 1 hr to 03:00 16.0mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 7.7mm/h 10.0mm in 30 min to 03:30 20.0mm/h 18.2mm in 1 hr to 03:30 18.2mm/h 16.0mm in 1 hr to 04:00 16.0mm/h 10.0mm in 1 hr to 06:00 10.0mm/h 31.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 10.3mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West ROTTNEST ISLAND : 104(330/ 80 ) at 12:01 OCEAN REEF : 93(320/ 72 ) at 13:02 SWANBOURNE : 96(320/ 61 ) at 12:20 GARDEN ISLAND HSF : 89(300/ 70 ) at 12:44 CAPE LEEUWIN : 111(300/ 95 ) at 12:18 CAPE NATURALISTE : 115(310/ 72 ) at 12:01 MANJIMUP : 95(280/ 41 ) at 12:46 BUSSELTON AERO : 83(330/ 69 ) at 11:48 BUSSELTON JETTY : 104(300/ 65 ) at 12:53 HOPETOUN NORTH : 83(350/ 63 ) at 13:39 BUNBURY : 85(280/ 63 ) at 20:25 MANDURAH : 95(280/ 52 ) at 20:44 NEW SOUTH WALES Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 93( 40/ 74 ) at 17:00 VICTORIA W Gippsland MT MOORNAPA : 108(350/ 20 ) at 01:00 ISLANDS Islands LORD HOWE ISLAND WINDY POINT : 80(250/ 63 ) at 03:30 HOGAN ISLAND : 76(290/ 65 ) at 16:30 LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO : 91(250/ 74 ) at 03:38