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2008

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National Daily Weather Summary

Noteworthy weather today

significant

newsworthy

major

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.

The graphics and statistical information on this page fill gradually as they become available. The page is updated every 30 minutes at about 15 and 45 minutes past the hour.

Prs Ext Rec Not War Rdr Cht Rfl Rec

Records set or equalled today
None known

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 13:42EST, 03/10/2008.

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	19.4	-5.0	10.6	-0.3	8.2	0.6	4.4	--	286 (11.9)	50/09
PERTH AIRPORT	18.9	-3.6	12.8	+2.6	12.6	4.8	3.4	8.3	396 (16.5)	46/14
ALBANY AIRPORT	14.8	-3.9	8.9	-0.2	2.1	6.0	3.2	7.8	--	44/11
BUNBURY	17.7	-2.8	9.9	+0.9	--	3.0	--	--	320 (13.3)	39/14
MANDURAH	18.2	--	12.8	--	--	6.6	--	--	415 (17.3)	41/12
DARWIN AIRPORT	34.5	+1.3	24.0	-1.0	23.4	0.0	8.0	11.9	326 (13.6)	41/15
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	38.9	+8.0	26.3	+11.5	23.7	0.0	14.4	9.7	364 (15.2)	44/13
WHYALLA AERO	29.5	+5.7	12.9	+2.5	--	0.0	--	--	448 (18.7)	34/17
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	24.8	+3.1	15.0	+3.6	13.4	0.0	4.0	8.6	376 (15.7)	28/16
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	18.9	+1.1	11.8	+4.7	11.8	0.0	4.2	8.5	690 (28.8)	50/00
MOUNT ISA AERO	37.7	+3.1	19.4	+0.9	17.7	0.0	8.2	10.5	175 ( 7.3)	35/07
CAIRNS AERO	30.7	+1.2	21.8	+1.2	19.7	0.0	9.2	9.2	515 (21.5)	44/09
TOWNSVILLE AERO	30.0	+0.6	20.9	+0.2	18.9	0.0	9.2	9.7	468 (19.5)	50/11
MACKAY M.O	26.1	-1.4	22.0	+2.4	--	0.0	--	5.4	402 (16.8)	35/01
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	27.4	-2.2	18.4	+1.4	17.6	0.0	7.0	--	384 (16.0)	35/14
BUNDABERG AERO	26.4	-0.4	13.2	-3.3	--	0.0	5.1	--	371 (15.5)	34/14
NAMBOUR DPI	25.0	-1.7	13.0	-0.7	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	24.7	+0.5	15.5	-0.7	--	0.0	--	--	386 (16.1)	39/16
BRISBANE AERO	24.4	-1.0	14.4	-1.3	11.0	0.0	6.8	7.6	444 (18.5)	37/11
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	21.8	-2.8	11.8	-1.0	--	0.0	--	--	539 (22.5)	37/13
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	29.0	+4.0	14.7	+2.6	8.8	0.0	4.8	--	147 ( 6.1)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	26.4	+2.8	17.2	+3.4	12.9	0.0	5.2	11.1	625 (26.0)	59/12
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	26.6	+2.7	15.2	+3.3	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	31.2	+7.7	12.1	+0.1	8.8	0.0	5.4	10.9	241 (10.0)	28/12
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	30.8	+7.1	10.5	-0.1	--	0.0	--	--	71 ( 3.0)	28/23
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	22.2	+4.8	9.8	+3.3	3.0	0.0	5.4	10.6	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	29.5	+5.0	10.7	+1.4	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	31.6	+9.2	16.5	+3.4	16.9	0.0	6.6	10.0	--	39/15
RICHMOND RAAF	32.5	+7.5	9.1	-1.9	--	0.0	--	--	184 ( 7.7)	30/12
BELLAMBI AWS	28.2	+6.7	14.6	+0.7	--	0.0	--	--	205 ( 8.5)	43/14
CANBERRA AIRPORT	27.6	+8.3	5.6	-0.4	1.8	0.0	5.2	11.0	242 (10.1)	46/10
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	30.9	+9.7	9.5	+1.8	5.4	0.0	5.6	11.1	267 (11.1)	30/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	29.3	+8.1	7.1	-0.9	--	0.0	--	--	123 ( 5.1)	30/12
MILDURA AIRPORT	26.5	+2.8	11.8	+2.1	9.7	0.0	9.8	11.5	460 (19.2)	28/16
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	25.8	+5.0	5.7	-1.9	--	0.0	7.0	--	294 (12.3)	30/01
BENDIGO AIRPORT	25.0	+5.1	5.7	-0.5	--	0.0	--	--	313 (13.0)	30/15
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	24.5	+4.9	14.4	+4.9	8.4	0.0	6.2	--	210 ( 8.8)	28/01
GEELONG AIRPORT	21.7	+3.0	11.2	+3.5	--	0.0	--	--	405 (16.9)	44/02
BALLARAT AERODROME	21.5	+4.9	5.2	-1.0	--	0.0	--	--	545 (22.7)	31/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	18.3	+0.4	6.9	0.0	--	0.0	--	--	234 ( 9.8)	50/13
HOBART AIRPORT	21.2	+4.0	10.6	+3.1	7.3	0.0	2.2	9.5	437 (18.2)	55/13
	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

41.5 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
41.2 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
41.0 URANDANGI Northwest QLD
40.9 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
40.8 WARMUN E Kimberley WA

+12.9 : 33.0 MORUYA HEADS PILOT STATION South Coast NSW
+12.5 : 34.1 BEGA AWS South Coast NSW
+11.8 : 33.6 BATEMANS BAY (CATALINA COUNTRY CLUB) South Coast NSW
+11.7 : 32.6 ULLADULLA AWS South Coast NSW
+10.9 : 33.9 EUCLA Eucla WA

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
26.3 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
26.3 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
26.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.8 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD

+11.5 : 26.3 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+9.4 : 23.6 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT
+9.1 : 23.0 ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) NW Pastoral SA
+8.0 : 25.8 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
+7.6 : 22.3 YULARA AERO N Plateau NT
+7.6 : 22.6 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

5.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
9.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
10.9 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
11.0 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
11.6 LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS

-10.0 : 15.0 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-9.2 : 17.0 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
-8.2 : 19.5 MORAWA AIRPORT Central West WA
-7.7 : 16.9 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.4 : 18.5 DALWALLINU Central West WA

1.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.8 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
1.8 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
2.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
2.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-5.9 : 3.0 RAVENSTHORPE Cent Wheatbelt WA
-4.2 : 11.6 MAROOCHYDORE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-4.0 : 11.4 MARYBOROUGH Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-3.9 : 9.9 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-3.8 : 8.4 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA

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.

16.0 KARNET Lower West WA
13.2 MARGARET RIVER Lower West WA
12.8 MOUNT SOLUS Lower West WA
12.6 KARRI VALLEY RESORT Lower West WA
11.8 PEMBERTON Lower West WA

11.9 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
11.6 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
11.5 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
11.4 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.3 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
11.3 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
11.3 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC

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7.2 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD
6.9 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS
6.5 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
5.4 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
4.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

1456 (60.7) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1419 (59.1) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
1230 (51.3) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1197 (49.9) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1025 (42.7) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
986 (41.1) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
949 (39.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
933 (38.9) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
906 (37.8) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
815 (34.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
795 (33.1) WALLAN (KILMORE GAP) N Central VIC
793 (33.0) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
784 (32.7) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
776 (32.3) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
771 (32.1) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
770 (32.1) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
764 (31.8) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
755 (31.5) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
748 (31.2) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
743 (31.0) CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE) Lower SE SA
737 (30.7) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
730 (30.4) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
729 (30.4) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
727 (30.3) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
725 (30.2) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
716 (29.8) FERNY CREEK (DUNNS HILL) E Central VIC
707 (29.5) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
706 (29.4) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
690 (28.8) MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
689 (28.7) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
686 (28.6) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
685 (28.5) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
669 (27.9) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
654 (27.3) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
652 (27.2) NARRABRI AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes N NSW
650 (27.1) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
647 (27.0) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
647 (27.0) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
642 (26.8) ROBE AIRFIELD Lower SE SA
641 (26.7) MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
630 (26.3) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
630 (26.3) LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
629 (26.2) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
625 (26.0) MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER Adelaide/Lofty SA
625 (26.0) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
625 (26.0) COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
610 (25.4) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
610 (25.4) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA

113/00 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
107/02 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
102/03 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
100/08 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
94/13 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE 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.
None reported	NEW SOUTH WALES Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 98(300/ 76 ) at 01:00 VICTORIA Upper NE MOUNT BULLER : 98(340/ 67 ) at 03:00 MT HOTHAM : 113(340/ 82 ) at 00:00 W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 83(270/ 67 ) at 05:41 E Central DUNNS HILL : 91(360/ 52 ) at 00:00 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 95(330/ 72 ) at 13:34 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 98(270/ 76 ) at 08:00 TASMAN ISLAND : 80(360/ 63 ) at 01:00 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 74(320/ 67 ) at 20:01 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 72(280/ 65 ) at 05:00