Australian Weather News -- 31 JUL 2012

Tuesday 31 JUL 2012

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Highest daily rainfall

VIC

Mallee N

076105

BOUNDARY BEND

49.0

23.6

16/07/1971

1 y

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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 02:59EST, 20/04/2013.

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 COMPARISON	21.8	+2.3	11.9	+2.5	--	0.0	--	--	407 (17.0)	61/14
PERTH AIRPORT	18.6	+0.7	11.5	+3.5	8.1	5.6	4.4	0.2	447 (18.6)	46/14
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON	19.6	+3.8	11.9	+4.4	--	0.0	--	--	453 (18.9)	57/11
BUNBURY	19.5	+2.3	12.0	+4.9	--	7.0	--	--	413 (17.2)	46/11
MANDURAH	18.5	+1.1	13.7	+3.0	--	26.4	--	--	532 (22.2)	59/11
DARWIN AIRPORT	29.9	-0.6	17.6	-1.7	16.0	0.0	6.8	11.2	412 (17.2)	48/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	16.8	-2.9	-2.3	-6.4	-4.9	0.0	5.0	10.3	357 (14.9)	35/12
WHYALLA AERO	13.1	-3.8	9.3	+4.1	--	0.0	3.0	--	288 (12.0)	28/03
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	13.8	-1.5	7.7	+0.2	--	0.0	1.4	--	124 ( 5.2)	24/17
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	13.1	-0.1	4.4	-0.8	2.7	0.2	0.8	1.3	234 ( 9.8)	18/07
MOUNT ISA AERO	22.6	-2.1	8.3	-0.3	6.0	0.0	6.0	10.7	439 (18.3)	41/08
CAIRNS AERO	26.2	+0.5	11.8	-5.2	7.5	0.0	5.8	10.9	386 (16.1)	34/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO	23.6	-1.5	9.1	-4.5	5.0	0.0	5.4	10.2	220 ( 9.2)	35/14
MACKAY M.O	19.2	-2.1	10.0	-2.9	--	0.0	--	10.7	339 (14.1)	35/11
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	21.9	-1.2	7.1	-2.4	2.9	0.0	4.6	--	187 ( 7.8)	24/15
BUNDABERG AERO	21.5	-0.5	6.7	-3.5	--	0.0	--	--	227 ( 9.5)	39/11
COOLANGATTA	19.3	-1.2	7.9	-2.0	--	0.0	--	--	292 (12.2)	43/10
BRISBANE AERO	19.3	-1.6	6.9	-2.0	4.9	0.0	3.6	10.0	291 (12.1)	31/08
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	16.0	-0.5	4.0	-2.4	--	0.0	--	--	358 (14.9)	26/13
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	14.4	-1.7	1.4	-3.3	-1.7	0.0	2.4	--	72 ( 3.0)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	17.7	-1.0	9.2	+1.6	5.1	0.0	3.8	9.7	470 (19.6)	44/11
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	16.8	-1.9	9.6	+3.2	--	0.0	--	--	463 (19.3)	43/10
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	15.9	-1.1	7.5	+1.1	5.4	3.2	4.2	4.6	566 (23.6)	41/00
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	14.6	-2.9	6.3	+1.6	--	0.4	--	--	147 ( 6.1)	35/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	9.8	+0.4	-2.5	-4.0	-10.6	0.2	1.2	7.9	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	14.9	-0.3	-1.4	-4.4	--	0.0	--	--	269 (11.2)	26/14
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	13.9	-3.1	7.8	+0.7	4.9	2.8	3.0	6.3	776 (32.3)	54/11
RICHMOND RAAF	15.6	-1.8	1.1	-2.5	--	0.0	--	--	207 ( 8.6)	41/10
BELLAMBI AWS	14.3	-2.5	9.5	-0.5	--	0.0	--	--	720 (30.0)	52/00
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	12.5	-0.2	-2.6	-5.3	-4.6	0.0	1.0	8.9	238 ( 9.9)	22/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	13.9	+0.9	-1.3	-4.4	--	0.0	--	--	40 ( 1.7)	21/11
MILDURA AIRPORT	13.7	-1.6	3.0	-1.3	-1.3	0.0	2.2	6.2	284 (11.8)	30/15
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	12.5	-0.5	0.7	-2.2	-4.0	0.0	1.6	--	295 (12.3)	24/10
BENDIGO AIRPORT	12.8	+0.3	6.4	+3.9	--	0.0	--	--	341 (14.2)	37/09
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	15.1	+1.6	8.5	+2.5	6.3	0.0	1.0	--	--	--
BALLARAT AERODROME	10.4	+0.4	4.9	+1.7	--	0.2	--	--	517 (21.5)	37/11
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	12.7	+0.1	1.5	-0.7	--	0.0	--	--	208 ( 8.7)	22/16
HOBART AIRPORT	11.1	-1.3	5.6	+1.5	4.0	2.2	2.0	1.8	408 (17.0)	39/14
	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

31.8 SCHERGER RAAF N Peninsula QLD
31.0 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
30.9 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
30.4 OENPELLI N Rivers NT
30.3 PIRLANGIMPI N Rivers NT
30.3 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT

+6.4 : 22.5 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
+6.2 : 23.0 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA
+5.7 : 22.4 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
+5.6 : 24.2 MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
+5.4 : 23.5 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
+5.4 : 23.5 EYRE Eucla WA
+5.4 : 22.7 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA

25.9 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
23.9 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.5 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
22.6 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
22.4 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL

+8.0 : 12.4 BRIDGETOWN Lower West WA
+7.2 : 11.6 BRIDGETOWN COMPARISON Lower West WA
+7.1 : 11.9 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA
+6.9 : 13.7 BUSSELTON AERO Lower West WA
+6.6 : 14.6 WITCHCLIFFE Lower West WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

-2.6 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-1.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.5 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-0.1 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
0.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-5.7 : 5.3 COMBIENBAR AWS E Gippsland VIC
-5.0 : 4.4 GELANTIPY E Gippsland VIC
-4.9 : 12.1 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
-4.7 : 23.7 ELLIOTT N Plateau NT
-4.7 : 23.7 WAVE HILL N Rivers NT

-7.4 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-6.2 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.8 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-5.8 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-8.2 : -3.2 KULGERA N Plateau NT
-7.5 : -2.4 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
-7.4 : 1.7 HUGHENDEN AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
-7.2 : -3.4 ROMA AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
-6.9 : 1.7 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
-6.9 : -3.5 WALGETT AIRPORT AWS NW Plains W NSW

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.

65.2 BLACK SPUR E Central VIC
49.0 BOUNDARY BEND Mallee N VIC
39.2 FINGAL BAY (FINGAL HAVEN) Hunter Valley NSW
31.4 NARACOORTE (BETTWS-Y-COED) Lower SE SA
27.4 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Lower SE
31.4 NARACOORTE (BETTWS-Y-COED)

NEW SOUTH WALES
Hunter Valley
39.2 FINGAL BAY (FINGAL HAVEN)
27.4 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD)

VICTORIA
Mallee N
49.0 BOUNDARY BEND
E Central
65.2 BLACK SPUR

11.2 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.9 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.9 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.9 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
10.8 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA

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1.3 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.2 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
0.2 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
**W** 0.0 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
0.0 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS

1193 (49.7) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
1188 (49.5) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
971 (40.5) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
923 (38.5) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
874 (36.4) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
836 (34.8) SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW
828 (34.5) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
816 (34.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
800 (33.3) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
786 (32.8) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
776 (32.3) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
776 (32.3) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
763 (31.8) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
758 (31.6) JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW
755 (31.5) KIAMA (BOMBO HEADLAND) Illawarra NSW
752 (31.3) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
751 (31.3) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
720 (30.0) BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
712 (29.7) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
709 (29.5) TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
689 (28.7) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
679 (28.3) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
678 (28.3) ULLADULLA AWS South Coast NSW
665 (27.7) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
653 (27.2) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
651 (27.1) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
639 (26.6) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
627 (26.1) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
624 (26.0) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
616 (25.7) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
604 (25.2) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS

76/09 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
76/00 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
74/21 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
72/17 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
70/21 ESPERANCE Lower West WA
70/00 LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
70/05 MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW

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 12.8mm in 1 hr to 12:30 12.8mm/h 10.0mm in 1 hr to 13:00 10.0mm/h 12.4mm in 1 hr to 13:30 12.4mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 14:00 11.6mm/h 27.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 9.0mm/h BICKLEY 15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h MANDURAH 5.0mm in 13 min to 06:30 23.1mm/h 16.2mm in 1 hr to 06:30 16.2mm/h 13.0mm in 1 hr to 07:00 13.0mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.7mm/h 11.2mm in 1 hr to 11:30 11.2mm/h BADGINGARRA AG STATION 11.0mm in 1 hr to 12:30 11.0mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 13:30 10.6mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West CAPE LEEUWIN : 76(270/ 63 ) at 10:00 NEW SOUTH WALES Sydney--east WATTAMOLLA AWS : 87(180/ 65 ) at 00:34 ISLANDS Islands LORD HOWE ISLAND WINDY POINT : 74(180/ 63 ) at 00:01