Australian Weather News -- 02 JUL 2007

Monday 02 JUL 2007

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Noteworthy weather today

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WA, SA, NT: Warm ahead of front

Warm conditions developed in northwesterly winds ahead of a front moving across southern Australia today. Nullarbor SA had its warmest July night in 21 years, while Newman in the WA East Gascoyne set an 11-year warm July minimum record (see records). Both maximum and minimum temperatures were up to 10 above the July norm (see hottest).

WA: Second front brings more wind, rain and unseasonable falls in the NW

Another cold front crossed SW WA during the afternoon and evening, bringing further heavy rain and high wind gusts. Significant rain was again confined to the far South West, with Pemberton recording 86.7mm over the 48 hours to 9am tomorrow.

Unseasonable falls have occurred in the state's northwest as passing fronts have drawn Timor Sea moisture in from the NW. The rain map for this morning shows an extensive rain band from north of Carnarvon into the Interior, while tomorrow's chart shows rain that fell after 9 this morning extending well into the Pilbara, where Mt Stuart, 135km SE of Onslow, recorded 34.6mm over the two days, twice its July monthly average of 16.6.

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0701 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 minimum temperature

E Gascoyne

007176

NEWMAN AERO

15.2

15.0

14/07/1998

1 N

W Agricultural

018106

NULLARBOR

12.3

12.0

16/07/2003

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 00:52EST, 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	20.8	+1.3	15.8	+6.3	13.5	4.8	4.2	--	687 (28.6)	65/16
PERTH AIRPORT	19.7	+1.8	14.0	+5.9	10.9	23.6	3.8	4.9	664 (27.7)	78/13
ALBANY AIRPORT	13.8	-2.0	9.6	+2.1	7.4	5.0	3.2	1.6	673 (28.0)	52/12
BUNBURY	18.9	+1.7	13.6	+6.4	--	14.6	--	--	828 (34.5)	93/10
MANDURAH	18.8	--	13.2	--	--	11.6	--	--	1049 (43.7)	93/13
DARWIN AIRPORT	29.2	-1.3	14.2	-5.0	12.6	0.0	4.8	10.8	317 (13.2)	39/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	27.6	+7.9	7.4	+3.4	2.4	0.0	5.6	10.4	203 ( 8.5)	44/09
WHYALLA AERO	20.5	+3.6	6.0	+0.7	--	0.4	--	--	234 ( 9.8)	57/11
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	16.3	+1.0	7.4	-0.1	5.4	4.4²	2.8	0.4	255 (10.6)	48/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	13.6	+0.5	6.0	+0.8	3.9	1.0	0.8	0.1	449 (18.7)	52/15
MOUNT ISA AERO	26.2	+1.5	6.0	-2.6	4.6	0.0	3.8	10.3	146 ( 6.1)	30/14
CAIRNS AERO	25.6	-0.1	11.9	-5.1	7.0	0.0	4.8	8.4	213 ( 8.9)	30/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO	24.5	-0.6	9.5	-4.1	6.7	0.0	4.0	10.7	110 ( 4.6)	28/15
MACKAY M.O	21.9	+0.6	10.1	-2.7	--	0.0	--	10.8	291 (12.1)	24/01
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	23.6	+0.5	5.9	-3.6	2.6	0.0	2.8	--	111 ( 4.6)	22/14
BUNDABERG AERO	22.7	+0.7	6.4	-3.7	--	0.0	3.7	--	281 (11.7)	34/12
NAMBOUR DPI	22.0	+0.9	2.6	-5.1	--	0.0	--	--	50 ( 2.1)	26/12
COOLANGATTA	20.8	+0.3	2.6	-7.3	--	0.0	--	--	140 ( 5.8)	24/13
BRISBANE AERO	21.8	+0.9	5.2	-3.6	1.0	0.0	4.0	9.7	323 (13.5)	35/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	17.0	+0.4	4.7	-1.6	--	0.0	--	--	478 (19.9)	41/15
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	18.1	+2.0	6.1	+1.4	1.7	0.0	2.0	--	195 ( 8.1)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	20.1	+1.4	3.3	-4.2	0.8	0.0	2.2	9.7	200 ( 8.3)	26/13
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	20.2	+1.5	1.9	-4.4	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	19.6	+2.6	9.7	+3.4	6.2	0.0	6.0	9.3	670 (27.9)	52/12
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	19.6	+2.1	4.4	-0.2	--	0.4	--	--	62 ( 2.6)	28/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	9.8	+0.5	3.4	+2.0	3.6	8.6	0.0	4.5	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	16.8	+1.6	5.9	+2.9	--	0.2	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	20.0	+3.0	9.0	+1.9	5.1	0.0	4.0	9.7	518 (21.6)	43/14
RICHMOND RAAF	18.8	+1.4	6.4	+2.9	--	0.0	--	--	247 (10.3)	54/13
BELLAMBI AWS	18.9	+2.1	10.7	+0.7	--	0.0	--	--	376 (15.7)	46/14
CANBERRA AIRPORT	12.3	+1.0	5.8	+5.9	3.1	0.2	1.4	6.2	607 (25.3)	48/10
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	12.5	-0.2	5.1	+2.4	4.6	2.0	0.6	3.1	189 ( 7.9)	24/02
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	11.7	-1.3	6.7	+3.5	--	5.6	--	--	126 ( 5.3)	24/14
MILDURA AIRPORT	17.0	+1.7	2.9	-1.4	-0.9	2.0	1.0	5.7	261 (10.9)	43/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	12.7	-0.3	4.3	+1.4	--	3.6	3.2	--	181 ( 7.5)	28/16
BENDIGO AIRPORT	11.4	-1.1	-0.4	-2.8	--	2.4	--	--	158 ( 6.6)	39/14
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	14.0	+0.6	8.7	+2.7	5.1	0.0	1.0	--	158 ( 6.6)	37/19
GEELONG AIRPORT	14.3	+0.5	7.5	+2.1	--	0.2	--	--	555 (23.1)	55/00
BALLARAT AERODROME	10.0	0.0	--	--	--	1.4	--	--	--	55/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	13.5	+0.9	0.3	-1.9	--	0.4	--	--	42 ( 1.8)	31/12
HOBART AIRPORT	13.3	+0.9	5.1	+1.0	3.6	0.6	0.2	4.0	340 (14.2)	32/01
	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

31.6 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT
31.5 MANGO FARM N Rivers NT
31.5 PORT KEATS AERO N Rivers NT
31.3 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
31.2 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
31.2 MCARTHUR RIVER MINE N Rivers NT

+9.9 : 28.3 ANDAMOOKA NW Pastoral SA
+9.9 : 28.3 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
+9.2 : 27.7 ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME) NW Pastoral SA
+9.1 : 28.7 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+9.1 : 29.0 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA

24.5 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
23.1 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
23.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
22.6 VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
22.0 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
22.0 FLINDERS REEF Islands ISL

+9.8 : 15.0 FORREST Eucla WA
+9.3 : 15.2 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
+8.9 : 12.5 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+8.6 : 14.0 WILUNA Interior WA
+8.1 : 17.7 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

-0.4 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
0.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
0.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
1.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-4.5 : 20.3 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
-4.1 : 21.1 ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
-3.8 : 28.2 OENPELLI N Rivers NT
-3.7 : 27.0 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
-3.6 : 25.3 CHANNEL POINT N Rivers NT

-5.0 TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-3.0 STANTHORPE LESLIE PARADE Darling Downs E QLD
-2.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.6 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-2.5 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-8.1 : 10.5 POINT FAWCETT Islands ISL
-7.3 : 2.6 COOLANGATTA Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-6.8 : 5.6 LARRIMAH 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.

52.0 BICKLEY Lower West WA
44.8 WINDY HARBOUR Lower West WA
43.0 WALTERS FARM Lower West WA
39.8 CARMEL Lower West WA
39.8 PICKERING BROOK NORTH Lower West WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
52.0 BICKLEY
44.8 WINDY HARBOUR
43.0 WALTERS FARM
39.8 CARMEL
39.8 PICKERING BROOK NORTH

10.8 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.8 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
10.7 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.7 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
10.5 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT

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1.5 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS
0.4 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.2 LAKE EILDON N Central VIC
0.1 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.1 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA

1595 (66.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1326 (55.3) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
1286 (53.6) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
1228 (51.2) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1056 (44.0) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
1049 (43.7) MANDURAH Lower West WA
1008 (42.0) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
989 (41.2) SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
887 (37.0) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
887 (37.0) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
875 (36.5) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
839 (35.0) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
828 (34.5) BUNBURY Lower West WA
798 (33.3) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
771 (32.1) BUSSELTON AERO Lower West WA
755 (31.5) JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
754 (31.4) WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA
730 (30.4) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
727 (30.3) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
687 (28.6) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
674 (28.1) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
673 (28.0) ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
673 (28.0) CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA
670 (27.9) WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
664 (27.7) PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
664 (27.7) JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
664 (27.7) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
655 (27.3) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
638 (26.6) MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA
632 (26.3) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
631 (26.3) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
628 (26.2) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
617 (25.7) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
615 (25.6) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
614 (25.6) MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
614 (25.6) CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
609 (25.4) PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
609 (25.4) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
607 (25.3) CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
604 (25.2) SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA

117/06 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
102/12 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
98/12 STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE Murray Valley SA
96/15 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
96/11 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
93/10 BUNBURY Lower West WA
93/13 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 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN 8.2mm in 35 min to 19:00 14.1mm/h JANDAKOT AERO 1.4mm in 1 min to 13:31 84.0mm/h BICKLEY 5.4mm in 13 min to 15:00 24.9mm/h 12.4mm in 1 hr to 18:00 12.4mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h WINDY HARBOUR 15.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.0mm/h BUNBURY 4.0mm in 11 min to 10:33 21.8mm/h Cent Wheatbelt KATANNING 4.0mm in 11 min to 12:44 21.8mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West PEARCE RAAF : 85(270/ 63 ) at 15:11 ROTTNEST ISLAND : 89(290/ 65 ) at 16:00 OCEAN REEF : 95(300/ 72 ) at 14:35 SWANBOURNE : 82(320/ 69 ) at 13:30 GARDEN ISLAND HSF : 80(290/ 63 ) at 15:51 CAPE LEEUWIN : 115(290/ 95 ) at 08:01 CAPE NATURALISTE : 96(280/ 70 ) at 12:00 BUSSELTON JETTY : 87(300/ 63 ) at 11:34 SOUTH AUSTRALIA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 96(340/ 78 ) at 12:31 Murray Valley STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE : 98(320/ 78 ) at 12:55 VICTORIA W Gippsland KINGFISH A SHIP LOG 206 : 76(286/ 63 ) at 04:50 E Central FAWKNER BEACON : 87(360/ 65 ) at 19:39 W Coast COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) : 83(340/ 63 ) at 19:21 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 89(270/ 80 ) at 05:00