Australian Weather News -- 03 JUL 2007

Tuesday 03 JUL 2007

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SA, NT: Warmth continues in the Centre

A procession of cold fronts across the south of the continent has failed to flush out an area of unusually warm air over central southern AUS -- see the temperature charts below. Ernabella in NW SA recorded a minimum temperature of 15.3, 11 above average and 2.3 above the highest July minimum previously recorded in 11 years.

WA, SA, VIC, TAS: Windy in the south

The same fronts have continued to produce gales along southern coastlines and adjacent ocean waters. Hogan Island, 50km ESE of Wilsons Promontory and technically in TAS, recorded a peak gust of 137km/h and a 10-minute average of 111km/h at 2.45am. Cape Leeuwin WA averaged 59.5km/h over the 24 hours to 9 this morning and followed it up with 56.9km/h over the 24 hours to 9am tomorrow. Other wind data is in the windiest, highest gusts and highest AWS wind reports sections.

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0703 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

SW & S Coast

009968

SHANNON

47.0

42.0

13/07/1997

1 n

ANT

Antarctica

300017

CASEY

27.4

23.2

01/07/1990

1 N

Highest minimum temperature

NW Pastoral

016097

ERNABELLA (PUKATJA)

15.3

13.0

28/07/2006

1 N

Highest maximum temperature

ANT

Antarctica

300017

CASEY

1.7

1.1

30/07/1996

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	19.4	-0.1	15.7	+6.2	13.4	1.4	6.0	--	790 (32.9)	55/01
PERTH AIRPORT	18.2	+0.3	11.2	+3.1	8.9	16.2	4.6	7.2	675 (28.1)	59/01
ALBANY AIRPORT	14.1	-1.7	7.2	-0.3	5.9	17.4	5.2	6.0	546 (22.8)	68/15
BUNBURY	16.3	-0.9	9.6	+2.4	--	18.0	--	--	694 (28.9)	76/02
MANDURAH	16.8	--	11.7	--	--	10.4	--	--	899 (37.5)	70/03
DARWIN AIRPORT	29.6	-0.9	17.6	-1.6	15.2	0.0	4.6	9.6	396 (16.5)	35/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	27.3	+7.6	10.2	+6.2	4.3	0.0	6.8	9.8	381 (15.9)	52/15
WHYALLA AERO	22.0	+5.1	8.9	+3.6	--	0.6	1.6	--	273 (11.4)	43/18
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	20.1	+4.8	9.9	+2.4	7.1	2.8	1.2	6.2	264 (11.0)	65/20
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	15.8	+2.7	7.2	+2.0	5.6	0.6	0.6	3.8	533 (22.2)	37/00
MOUNT ISA AERO	26.1	+1.4	5.8	-2.8	4.4	0.0	3.8	10.4	138 ( 5.8)	30/11
CAIRNS AERO	24.7	-1.0	12.7	-4.3	8.4	0.0	4.0	10.3	346 (14.4)	28/08
TOWNSVILLE AERO	24.5	-0.6	10.0	-3.6	7.3	0.0	3.8	10.5	112 ( 4.7)	24/13
MACKAY M.O	22.5	+1.2	10.5	-2.3	--	0.0	--	10.7	264 (11.0)	22/07
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	24.7	+1.6	6.3	-3.2	3.9	0.0	3.0	--	87 ( 3.6)	26/12
BUNDABERG AERO	24.4	+2.4	8.5	-1.6	--	0.0	2.8	--	255 (10.6)	31/14
NAMBOUR DPI	24.5	+3.4	5.3	-2.4	--	0.0	2.2	--	41 ( 1.7)	24/11
COOLANGATTA	22.4	+1.9	5.0	-4.9	--	0.0	--	--	145 ( 6.0)	24/14
BRISBANE AERO	24.2	+3.3	6.0	-2.8	2.3	0.0	4.0	9.3	204 ( 8.5)	35/11
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	19.7	+3.1	6.1	-0.2	--	0.0	--	--	372 (15.5)	41/12
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	20.1	+4.0	7.0	+2.3	2.4	0.0	1.2	--	218 ( 9.1)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	23.0	+4.3	6.0	-1.5	3.3	0.0	1.6	8.2	212 ( 8.8)	21/09
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	23.3	+4.6	3.4	-2.9	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	22.1	+5.1	9.8	+3.5	5.2	0.0	4.0	6.5	517 (21.5)	50/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	23.2	+5.7	5.8	+1.2	--	0.0	--	--	85 ( 3.5)	28/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	12.8	+3.5	5.4	+4.0	3.0	15.0	3.0	7.5	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	17.5	+2.3	8.5	+5.5	--	0.2	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	22.4	+5.4	12.6	+5.5	9.2	0.0	3.4	7.8	408 (17.0)	37/14
RICHMOND RAAF	22.7	+5.3	11.0	+7.5	--	0.0	--	--	301 (12.5)	39/10
BELLAMBI AWS	21.9	+5.1	11.9	+1.9	--	0.0	--	--	265 (11.0)	41/22
CANBERRA AIRPORT	13.5	+2.2	6.7	+6.8	3.3	0.0	2.4	9.3	480 (20.0)	61/13
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	15.8	+3.1	7.7	+5.0	4.8	5.0	0.8	7.7	207 ( 8.6)	32/03
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	15.4	+2.4	8.0	+4.8	--	10.4	--	--	179 ( 7.5)	28/05
MILDURA AIRPORT	20.2	+4.9	3.5	-0.8	1.0	1.0	1.2	5.4	334 (13.9)	--
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	14.7	+1.7	6.5	+3.6	--	4.6	1.4	--	325 (13.5)	26/01
BENDIGO AIRPORT	13.3	+0.8	3.8	+1.4	--	5.4	--	--	345 (14.4)	30/01
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	16.0	+2.6	9.3	+3.3	5.1	0.6	1.2	--	180 ( 7.5)	28/16
GEELONG AIRPORT	15.7	+1.9	9.8	+4.4	--	2.2	--	--	586 (24.4)	65/05
BALLARAT AERODROME	12.3	+2.3	3.5	+0.3	--	6.2	--	--	610 (25.4)	46/20
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	14.7	+2.1	5.1	+2.9	--	11.8	--	--	144 ( 6.0)	37/17
HOBART AIRPORT	14.6	+2.2	5.7	+1.6	4.2	1.6	1.2	3.2	192 ( 8.0)	54/14
	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

37.6 PORT KEATS AERO N Rivers NT
31.5 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
31.5 MCARTHUR RIVER MINE N Rivers NT
31.3 BORROLOOLA N Rivers NT
31.2 PINE CREEK COUNCIL N Rivers NT

+9.4 : 29.0 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+8.6 : 28.5 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
+8.3 : 27.8 MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+8.1 : 25.0 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
+8.0 : 25.8 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
+8.0 : 27.0 KULGERA N Plateau NT

24.6 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
23.9 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
22.8 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
22.7 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
22.3 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL

+10.9 : 15.3 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA
+9.2 : 15.7 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
+9.0 : 14.8 CARNEGIE Interior WA
+8.6 : 12.6 CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
+8.1 : 11.5 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

1.8 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
2.2 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
3.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
3.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
3.7 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-3.9 : 20.9 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
-3.5 : 19.5 TOM PRICE W Pilbara WA
-3.2 : 12.0 NEWDEGATE RES.STATION Cent Wheatbelt WA
-3.0 : 25.0 ALYANGULA POLICE N Rivers NT
-2.4 : 28.5 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
-2.4 : 23.0 EMU CREEK STATION W Gascoyne WA
-2.4 : 27.4 PALMERVILLE S Peninsula QLD

-4.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-3.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-3.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW

-6.1 : 4.0 WOOLSHED Central Coast E QLD
-6.0 : 12.6 POINT FAWCETT Islands ISL
-5.9 : 4.2 ATHERTON SHIRE COUNCIL N Coast--Barron QLD
-5.3 : 11.0 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country 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.

50.0 MOUNT HELENA Lower West WA
47.0 SHANNON Lower West WA
44.6 LAKE LESCHENAULTIA Lower West WA
39.4 CHIDLOW Lower West WA
39.0 BICKLEY Lower West WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
50.0 MOUNT HELENA
47.0 SHANNON
44.6 LAKE LESCHENAULTIA
39.4 CHIDLOW
39.0 BICKLEY

10.7 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
10.6 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.5 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.5 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
10.4 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.4 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD

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4.1 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
4.1 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
3.8 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
3.2 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
2.8 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS

1428 (59.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1199 (50.0) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1196 (49.8) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
1186 (49.4) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
1063 (44.3) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
1040 (43.3) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
1005 (41.9) SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
953 (39.7) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
903 (37.6) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
899 (37.5) MANDURAH Lower West WA
893 (37.2) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
869 (36.2) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
831 (34.6) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
817 (34.0) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
813 (33.9) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
801 (33.4) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
790 (32.9) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
783 (32.6) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
778 (32.4) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
778 (32.4) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
776 (32.3) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
764 (31.8) MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
735 (30.6) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
735 (30.6) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
732 (30.5) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
726 (30.3) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
719 (30.0) JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
709 (29.5) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
708 (29.5) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
705 (29.4) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
694 (28.9) BUNBURY Lower West WA
694 (28.9) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
688 (28.7) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
685 (28.5) DUNNS HILL E Central VIC
683 (28.5) SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
677 (28.2) GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
675 (28.1) PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
674 (28.1) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
665 (27.7) CAPE BORDA AWS Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
663 (27.6) MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA
657 (27.4) PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
652 (27.2) MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC
639 (26.6) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
637 (26.5) CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA
630 (26.3) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
629 (26.2) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
627 (26.1) NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
625 (26.0) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
615 (25.6) HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
610 (25.4) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
604 (25.2) WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
602 (25.1) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
602 (25.1) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
602 (25.1) MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER Adelaide/Lofty SA
601 (25.0) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS

137/02 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
117/02 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
107/17 NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
96/16 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
96/20 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
96/00 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
95/11 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
95/12 MOUNT WELLINGTON 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.
TASMANIA N Coast SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) 12.6mm in 1 hr to 02:30 12.6mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.3mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West ROTTNEST ISLAND : 70(240/ 63 ) at 22:10 CAPE LEEUWIN : 96(270/ 63 ) at 19:32 CAPE NATURALISTE : 91(250/ 65 ) at 00:01 SOUTH AUSTRALIA NW Pastoral WOOMERA AERODROME : 85(260/ 65 ) at 17:21 W Agricultural NEPTUNE ISLAND : 108(310/ 63 ) at 17:41 Yorke Pen/Kanga Is MINLATON AERO : 87(270/ 69 ) at 21:00 MOONTA (WARBURTO POINT) : 78(280/ 65 ) at 21:13 CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 96(290/ 72 ) at 20:04 NEW SOUTH WALES Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 80(320/ 65 ) at 23:00 VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 117(280/ 87 ) at 02:24 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 82(260/ 65 ) at 06:30 SHEFFIELD SCHOOL FARM : 78(280/ 65 ) at 11:39 Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 95(320/ 83 ) at 11:30 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 95(250/ 65 ) at 12:31 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 85(310/ 65 ) at 11:04 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 137(290/111 ) at 02:45