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Saturday 13 SEP 2008

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2008

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National Daily Weather Summary

Noteworthy weather today

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Descriptions of significant weather events appear here when reliable information is available and time permits. Information comes from many sources, and updates may be made well after the event! For weather news as it happens, your best sources are ABC News and the breaking weather forum on Weatherzone.

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Prs Ext Rec Not War Rdr Cht Rfl Rec

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data that is unchecked and are likely to pick up errors as well as true records. They are limited to data received as at 1348 EST on 14/09/2008. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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NSW

South Coast

069134

BATEMANS BAY (CATALINA COUNTRY CLUB)

31.1

30.8

22/09/2003

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.
Data is as received at 13:46EST, 14/09/2008.

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	20.6	-1.4	14.4	+5.2	12.8	0.8	4.0	--	546 (22.8)	54/05
PERTH AIRPORT	17.6	-2.5	11.1	+2.2	8.9	1.0	4.2	5.2	616 (25.7)	57/00
ALBANY AIRPORT	15.0	-2.3	6.7	-1.3	3.2	21.0	8.4	6.6	638 (26.6)	63/00
BUNBURY	17.0	-1.2	10.7	+2.2	--	4.0	--	--	576 (24.0)	55/23
MANDURAH	17.8	--	11.8	--	--	6.0	--	--	717 (29.9)	65/07
DARWIN AIRPORT	32.5	0.0	23.4	+0.4	22.3	0.0	5.8	9.4	310 (12.9)	31/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	35.6	+8.5	13.3	+3.1	10.8	0.0	10.2	7.4	227 ( 9.5)	61/15
WHYALLA AERO	31.0	+9.7	8.8	+0.8	--	0.0	--	--	276 (11.5)	76/21
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	28.4	+9.5	11.8	+2.2	6.1	0.0	--	--	320 (13.3)	57/16
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	22.9	+7.1	10.7	+4.4	9.2	2.4	2.2	9.1	616 (25.7)	59/22
MOUNT ISA AERO	36.0	+4.9	20.2	+5.9	17.2	0.0	8.4	9.8	389 (16.2)	57/10
CAIRNS AERO	28.7	+0.7	19.5	+0.9	18.1	0.0	4.6	10.9	347 (14.5)	39/10
TOWNSVILLE AERO	27.3	-0.4	19.6	+2.3	17.2	0.0	7.2	9.9	438 (18.3)	34/10
MACKAY M.O	24.2	-1.0	15.3	-1.3	--	0.0	--	10.9	267 (11.1)	24/22
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	27.7	+0.4	14.8	+1.3	12.0	0.0	5.2	--	215 ( 9.0)	26/14
BUNDABERG AERO	25.4	+0.1	13.0	-0.6	--	0.0	4.0	--	228 ( 9.5)	30/13
NAMBOUR DPI	26.0	+1.2	13.0	+2.5	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	23.8	+0.8	15.7	+2.3	--	0.0	--	--	399 (16.6)	43/12
BRISBANE AERO	23.7	-0.5	12.9	+0.4	9.9	0.4	4.2	10.1	405 (16.9)	41/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	24.9	+2.5	11.1	+0.6	--	0.0	--	--	393 (16.4)	30/12
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	27.7	+6.4	11.2	+2.7	5.9	0.0	3.8	--	104 ( 4.3)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	26.7	+4.8	13.6	+2.7	8.5	0.0	3.4	11.0	404 (16.8)	54/14
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	26.0	+3.5	8.7	-0.6	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	29.8	+8.6	7.7	-1.3	5.0	0.0	5.0	10.8	242 (10.1)	28/17
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	31.1	+9.9	7.0	-0.6	--	0.0	--	--	87 ( 3.6)	37/09
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	21.7	+7.8	10.5	+6.3	2.9	0.0	5.2	7.9	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	28.2	+7.1	11.0	+4.5	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	32.3	+11.9	14.2	+3.9	7.8	0.0	7.4	10.6	464 (19.3)	54/16
RICHMOND RAAF	30.9	+8.2	7.7	-0.5	--	0.0	--	--	220 ( 9.2)	48/14
BELLAMBI AWS	29.4	+9.3	16.1	+3.6	--	0.0	--	--	615 (25.6)	61/22
CANBERRA AIRPORT	25.5	+9.4	9.0	+5.8	4.2	0.0	5.6	10.2	447 (18.6)	50/14
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	29.0	+11.5	6.8	+1.6	5.9	0.0	5.8	10.0	328 (13.7)	70/19
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	24.8	+6.8	7.6	+1.5	--	0.0	--	--	268 (11.2)	54/19
MILDURA AIRPORT	29.1	+8.8	8.9	+1.5	4.0	0.0	5.2	10.8	307 (12.8)	46/15
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	25.8	+8.5	5.6	+0.1	--	0.0	--	--	328 (13.7)	41/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT	25.7	+9.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	358 (14.9)	41/14
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	25.5	+8.3	16.3	+8.4	13.2	0.0	5.0	--	243 (10.1)	31/11
GEELONG AIRPORT	24.9	+8.2	11.4	+4.6	--	0.0	--	--	519 (21.6)	55/13
BALLARAT AERODROME	21.3	+7.5	8.8	+4.0	--	0.0	--	--	738 (30.8)	55/13
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	17.1	+1.6	10.6	+5.5	--	11.0	--	--	423 (17.6)	54/11
HOBART AIRPORT	22.0	+6.7	10.4	+4.4	7.6	0.8	5.4	--	718 (29.9)	--
	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

40.1 ELLIOTT N Plateau NT
39.7 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
39.6 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
39.2 WAVE HILL N Rivers NT
39.0 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS N Rivers NT
39.0 TIMBER CREEK N Rivers NT
39.0 WARMUN E Kimberley WA

+11.9 : 32.3 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
+11.5 : 29.0 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
+11.4 : 32.0 HILLSTON AIRPORT Riverina W NSW
+11.2 : 30.5 WYALONG POST OFFICE SW Slopes N NSW
+11.2 : 31.0 GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS Riverina W NSW

26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
25.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
24.9 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.8 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.6 DUM IN MIRRIE AWS N Rivers NT

+10.4 : 15.5 NOOJEE (SLIVAR) W Gippsland VIC
+10.3 : 16.6 CONDOBOLIN AIRPORT AWS CW Plains S NSW
+9.6 : 15.9 TRANGIE RESEARCH STATION AWS CW Plains N NSW
+9.6 : 17.0 PARKES (MACARTHUR STREET) CW Slopes S NSW
+9.3 : 18.2 TAMBO POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

7.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
8.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
8.5 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
9.8 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
9.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-4.9 : 24.3 ISISFORD POST OFFICE Central West QLD
-4.1 : 14.8 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
-4.0 : 24.6 BARCALDINE POST OFFICE Central West QLD
-4.0 : 27.2 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA
-4.0 : 17.5 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA
-4.0 : 16.4 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
-4.0 : 20.2 BALGAIR Eucla WA

-0.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
0.0 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
0.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
1.0 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
1.5 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW

-5.0 : 5.0 JURIEN BAY Lower West WA
-4.9 : 12.0 POINT LOOKOUT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-4.3 : 6.9 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
-3.9 : 4.8 EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
-3.8 : 7.1 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA

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.

33.8 GRAFTON RESEARCH STN North Coast NSW
33.8 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM) Central Plateau TAS
33.0 GRAFTON SOUTH (SOUTH GRAFTON (CLARENCE North Coast NSW
32.0 WARATAH (MOUNT ROAD) W Coast TAS
31.6 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

11.0 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
10.9 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
10.9 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
10.9 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
10.8 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
10.8 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
10.8 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC

.....

5.3 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
5.2 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
4.7 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
3.5 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

1679 (70.0) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1554 (64.8) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1415 (59.0) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
1396 (58.2) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1326 (55.3) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1222 (50.9) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1143 (47.6) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
1106 (46.1) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
1051 (43.8) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
1033 (43.0) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
998 (41.6) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
991 (41.3) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
974 (40.6) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
959 (40.0) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
910 (37.9) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
850 (35.4) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
837 (34.9) HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
832 (34.7) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
820 (34.2) ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
816 (34.0) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
811 (33.8) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
810 (33.8) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
798 (33.3) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
794 (33.1) SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
789 (32.9) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
784 (32.7) FERNY CREEK (DUNNS HILL) E Central VIC
783 (32.6) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
776 (32.3) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
773 (32.2) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
771 (32.1) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
763 (31.8) MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA
753 (31.4) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
746 (31.1) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
745 (31.0) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
744 (31.0) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
740 (30.8) TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
739 (30.8) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
738 (30.8) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
733 (30.5) CAMPANIA (KINCORA) Southeast TAS
722 (30.1) LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
718 (29.9) HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
717 (29.9) MANDURAH Lower West WA
710 (29.6) NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
710 (29.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
705 (29.4) SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
700 (29.2) CONDOBOLIN AIRPORT AWS CW Plains S NSW
696 (29.0) JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
693 (28.9) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
689 (28.7) KATANNING Cent Wheatbelt WA
673 (28.0) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
673 (28.0) CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE) Lower SE SA
672 (28.0) ROBE AIRFIELD Lower SE SA
656 (27.3) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
652 (27.2) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
651 (27.1) WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
647 (27.0) CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
641 (26.7) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
638 (26.6) ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
638 (26.6) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
635 (26.5) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
633 (26.4) WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA
633 (26.4) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
631 (26.3) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
625 (26.0) BICKLEY Lower West WA
625 (26.0) ESSENDON AIRPORT E Central VIC
624 (26.0) MOORABBIN AIRPORT E Central VIC
619 (25.8) SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
616 (25.7) PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
616 (25.7) MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
615 (25.6) BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
611 (25.5) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
609 (25.4) JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
607 (25.3) MORTLAKE RACECOURSE W Coast VIC
606 (25.3) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
605 (25.2) KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
603 (25.1) AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC

122/23 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
122/23 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
117/23 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
115/23 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
111/10 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
111/12 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
102/11 FORREST Eucla WA
102/21 NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
100/12 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
98/03 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
96/15 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
94/00 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
93/11 HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
91/21 ORBOST E Gippsland VIC

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 BICKLEY 10.2mm in 1 hr to 00:00 10.2mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES SW Slopes S KHANCOBAN AWS 4.8mm in 6 min to 20:14 48.0mm/h 16.4mm in 1 hr to 21:00 16.4mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West CAPE LEEUWIN : 98(240/ 61 ) at 03:33 CAPE NATURALISTE : 80(220/ 63 ) at 06:06 Eucla FORREST : 102(240/ 67 ) at 11:40 SOUTH AUSTRALIA NW Pastoral COOBER PEDY AIRPORT : 74(220/ 65 ) at 21:26 TARCOOLA AERO : 78(240/ 63 ) at 19:43 W Agricultural NULLARBOR : 96(290/ 56 ) at 15:12 NEPTUNE ISLAND : 102(260/ 80 ) at 21:30 Yorke Pen/Kanga Is MINLATON AERO : 78(260/ 65 ) at 22:20 MOONTA (WARBURTO POINT) : 93(270/ 65 ) at 22:00 NEW SOUTH WALES Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 122(360/ 85 ) at 23:54 Riverina E NARRANDERA AIRPORT : 93( 50/ 19 ) at 17:29 Riverina W GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS : 82(360/ 63 ) at 16:55 VICTORIA Wimmera S GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) : 96(260/ 69 ) at 00:00 Upper NE MOUNT BULLER : 113(360/ 72 ) at 23:30 FALLS CREEK : 104(350/ 69 ) at 23:30 MT HOTHAM : 122(350/ 87 ) at 23:30 W Gippsland KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 74( 26/ 65 ) at 22:50 TASMANIA Southeast HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) : 93(310/ 59 ) at 13:00 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 96(330/ 80 ) at 05:00 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 106(320/ 83 ) at 11:00 TASMAN ISLAND : 95(320/ 67 ) at 01:00 DROUGHTY HILL : 108(290/ 65 ) at 13:30 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 102(330/ 70 ) at 12:30 MOUNT READ : 91( 10/ 59 ) at 23:14