Australian Weather News -- 28 NOV 2012

Wednesday 28 NOV 2012

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Records set or equalled today

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Previous monthly record

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Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest daily rainfall

SW & S Coast

009897

CAPE ARID NATIONAL PARK

32.2

28.0

03/11/2004

1 N

Highest wind gust (km/h)

Lower West

009193

ROTTNEST ISLAND

117

91.0

28/11/2006

SW & S Coast

009518

CAPE LEEUWIN

111

108.0

19/11/1992

SW & S Coast

009746

WITCHCLIFFE

72.0

24/11/2011

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 09:04EST, 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	23.0	-4.2	14.5	+0.7	--	0.0	--	--	712 (29.7)	83/11
PERTH AIRPORT	22.0	-3.8	14.2	+1.5	14.5	4.2	5.8	5.5	512 (21.3)	98/13
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON	23.4	+2.6	12.2	+1.4	--	0.0	--	--	315 (13.1)	76/13
BUNBURY	21.5	-2.8	14.2	+2.1	--	10.0	--	--	--	89/14
MANDURAH	20.3	-4.3	15.4	-0.2	--	3.4	--	--	727 (30.3)	91/14
DARWIN AIRPORT	35.0	+1.7	27.4	+2.1	27.2	0.0	7.8	6.5	316 (13.2)	31/17
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	40.8	+7.2	23.1	+5.3	22.3	0.0	7.2	11.5	243 (10.1)	37/17
WHYALLA AERO	34.4	+7.9	16.3	+2.3	--	0.0	8.0	--	454 (18.9)	28/16
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	35.4	+10.3	20.5	+6.5	--	0.0	8.6	--	218 ( 9.1)	44/23
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	31.2	+10.8	11.1	+2.7	8.4	0.0	5.6	12.8	474 (19.8)	35/13
MOUNT ISA AERO	38.4	+2.1	21.4	0.0	19.1	5.4	4.0	6.7	414 (17.3)	52/18
CAIRNS AERO	31.6	+1.0	22.5	+0.2	21.0	0.0	9.4	11.8	433 (18.0)	37/17
TOWNSVILLE AERO	31.4	+0.7	23.5	+0.6	21.8	0.0	10.0	9.0	459 (19.1)	39/13
MACKAY M.O	29.7	+0.5	22.9	+1.1	--	0.6	--	11.6	329 (13.7)	34/03
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	31.7	+0.5	19.8	+0.3	17.6	0.0	7.0	--	247 (10.3)	31/13
BUNDABERG AERO	30.3	+2.0	17.4	-1.4	--	0.0	--	--	246 (10.3)	34/14
COOLANGATTA	28.4	+2.5	21.5	+3.3	--	0.0	--	--	466 (19.4)	37/10
BRISBANE AERO	28.6	+1.9	20.5	+2.3	18.7	0.0	8.4	11.2	524 (21.8)	39/14
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	30.4	+4.8	16.4	+1.8	--	0.0	--	--	333 (13.9)	46/16
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	35.3	+7.0	20.7	+5.7	11.4	0.0	5.2	--	117 ( 4.9)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	26.6	+1.7	20.9	+4.7	17.8	0.0	4.0	5.1	453 (18.9)	50/00
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	27.5	+2.6	19.6	+4.5	--	1.0	--	--	202 ( 8.4)	39/13
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	25.3	-0.2	17.6	+3.3	--	0.0	--	--	379 (15.8)	28/10
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	24.2	-0.9	16.1	+2.9	--	4.4	--	--	105 ( 4.4)	18/20
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	30.0	+9.0	12.8	+3.6	8.9	0.0	4.4	7.4	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	36.2	+7.9	18.3	+4.6	--	0.0	--	--	286 (11.9)	46/18
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	23.4	-0.6	18.6	+3.2	16.3	8.6	3.2	0.0	429 (17.9)	31/19
RICHMOND RAAF	23.9	-2.7	17.5	+3.4	--	11.8	--	--	180 ( 7.5)	24/17
BELLAMBI AWS	21.1	-1.0	18.3	+2.6	--	10.8	--	--	283 (11.8)	26/03
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	32.8	+7.1	18.4	+7.6	16.1	13.6	5.4	11.3	376 (15.7)	39/21
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	32.5	+6.5	16.8	+4.9	--	0.4	--	--	180 ( 7.5)	30/13
MILDURA AIRPORT	39.8	+12.3	20.6	+8.1	19.0	0.0	10.6	12.7	364 (15.2)	35/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	33.8	+9.2	15.5	+5.3	--	1.4	4.8	--	365 (15.2)	24/09
BENDIGO AIRPORT	34.2	+9.9	14.9	+5.2	--	1.2	--	--	372 (15.5)	31/00
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	28.1	+6.1	15.3	+4.1	12.9	4.8	3.0	--	--	--
BALLARAT AERODROME	29.1	+9.5	12.5	+4.7	--	5.0	--	--	495 (20.6)	39/23
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	24.4	+4.0	14.5	+5.5	--	0.0	--	--	198 ( 8.3)	34/16
HOBART AIRPORT	23.3	+4.3	13.5	+4.3	13.1	0.0	3.8	11.5	356 (14.8)	41/13
	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

44.1 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
44.1 MARREE COMPARISON NE Pastoral SA
43.1 WALUNGURRU N Plateau NT
43.0 MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
42.8 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA

+15.9 : 40.0 EUCLA Eucla WA
+15.2 : 39.6 EYRE Eucla WA
+13.4 : 39.3 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+12.9 : 39.6 WALPEUP RESEARCH Mallee N VIC
+12.8 : 30.9 MOUNT LOFTY Adelaide/Lofty SA

28.7 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
28.5 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
28.4 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
28.0 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
28.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA

+11.1 : 25.4 POONCARIE MAIL AGENCY Lower Darling NSW
+11.1 : 26.5 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA
+10.6 : 25.3 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW
+10.6 : 25.5 BROKEN HILL AIRPORT AWS Lower Darling NSW
+9.7 : 19.9 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

14.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
16.9 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
17.6 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
17.7 CAPE BRUNY LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
18.0 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
18.0 BICKLEY Lower West WA

-9.9 : 19.0 KELLERBERRIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-9.6 : 18.9 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-9.5 : 18.9 NAREMBEEN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-9.4 : 20.9 DALWALLINU Central West WA
-9.1 : 22.8 MORAWA AIRPORT Central West WA

5.2 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
6.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
6.8 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
6.8 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
6.9 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS

-4.7 : 13.9 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA
-3.5 : 8.8 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
-3.2 : 15.3 NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
-2.9 : 9.3 COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
-2.8 : 11.3 LANCELIN Lower West 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.

82.0 ADELAIDE RIVER POST OFFICE N Rivers NT
67.2 BLACKHEATH (LAWRENCE ST) C Tablelands S NSW
54.0 KATOOMBA (MURRI ST) C Tablelands S NSW
46.0 WOLLONDILLY (RIVER VIEW) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
45.8 MOUNT FELIX N Rivers NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
82.0 ADELAIDE RIVER POST OFFICE
45.8 MOUNT FELIX

NEW SOUTH WALES
C Tablelands S
67.2 BLACKHEATH (LAWRENCE ST)
54.0 KATOOMBA (MURRI ST)
Goulburn/Monaro
46.0 WOLLONDILLY (RIVER VIEW)

13.5 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
13.0 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
13.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
12.8 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.8 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA

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4.7 INVERELL RESEARCH CENTRE N Tablelands W NSW
4.3 ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
3.5 SCONE SCS Hunter Valley NSW
2.8 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
0.0 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW

853 (35.5) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
824 (34.3) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
815 (34.0) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
745 (31.0) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
727 (30.3) MANDURAH Lower West WA
712 (29.7) GERALDTON AIRPORT COMPARISON Central West WA
707 (29.5) PORTLAND NTC AWS W Coast VIC
703 (29.3) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
692 (28.8) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
661 (27.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
660 (27.5) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
649 (27.0) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
640 (26.7) MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
639 (26.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
638 (26.6) MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
637 (26.5) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
624 (26.0) BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
613 (25.5) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
609 (25.4) SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
600 (25.0) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC

**S** 204/07 DARWIN NTC AWS N Rivers NT
117/11 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
111/18 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
107/20 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
106/17 FORREST Eucla WA
102/12 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
100/12 GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
100/15 DWELLINGUP Lower West WA
98/13 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
94/14 ESPERANCE AERO Lower West WA
94/14 ESPERANCE Lower West WA
93/13 SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
93/19 MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA
91/12 BICKLEY Lower West WA
91/14 MANDURAH Lower West WA
91/14 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT

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 E Kimberley HALLS CREEK AIRPORT 12.4mm in 30 min to 18:30 24.8mm/h 16.6mm in 1 hr to 18:30 16.6mm/h 14.6mm in 1 hr to 19:00 14.6mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h Lower West MOUNT HOWICK AG STATION 4.4mm in 11 min to 13:24 24.0mm/h Eucla RED ROCKS POINT 15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers JABIRU AIRPORT 11.8mm in 9 min to 15:09 78.7mm/h 10.0mm in 19 min to 15:28 31.6mm/h 26.8mm in 1 hr to 15:30 26.8mm/h 22.2mm in 1 hr to 16:00 22.2mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 7.3mm/h BATCHELOR AERO 18.6mm in 30 min to 21:30 37.2mm/h 18.6mm in 1 hr to 21:30 18.6mm/h 20.6mm in 1 hr to 22:00 20.6mm/h BRADSHAW 9.6mm in 6 min to 18:08 96.0mm/h 20.2mm in 1 hr to 18:30 20.2mm/h 18.2mm in 1 hr to 19:00 18.2mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 6.0mm/h QUEENSLAND Brisbane/SE Coast AMBERLEY AMO 8.8mm in 11 min to 16:11 48.0mm/h 11.6mm in 19 min to 16:30 36.6mm/h 28.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 9.3mm/h ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT 12.8mm in 1 hr to 17:00 12.8mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 17:30 11.6mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h Darling Downs E TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 5.2mm in 11 min to 17:11 28.4mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES N Tablelands W INVERELL RESEARCH CENTRE 13.0mm in 1 hr to 18:00 13.0mm/h GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS 3.2mm in 2 min to 17:28 96.0mm/h 3.4mm in 2 min to 17:30 102.0mm/h 9.8mm in 4 min to 17:34 147.0mm/h 12.4mm in 26 min to 18:00 28.6mm/h 29.6mm in 1 hr to 18:00 29.6mm/h 30.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 10.0mm/h 9.8mm in 16 min to 18:16 36.8mm/h 35.4mm in 1 hr to 18:30 35.4mm/h 16.2mm in 1 hr to 19:00 16.2mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.7mm/h ISLANDS Islands CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO 27.0mm in 3 hr to 04:00 9.0mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Central West BINNU AG STATION : *(290/ 63 ) at 12:28 Lower West PERTH AIRPORT : 91(330/ 69 ) at 12:08 JANDAKOT AERO : 89(330/ 63 ) at 12:12 ROTTNEST ISLAND : 117(330/ 98 ) at 11:47 GOOSEBERRY HILL : 87(250/ 69 ) at 22:06 OCEAN REEF : 104(290/ 72 ) at 21:36 SWANBOURNE : 85(320/ 63 ) at 14:00 BICKLEY : 91(290/ 50 ) at 17:00 GARDEN ISLAND HSF : 100(340/ 58 ) at 12:06 CAPE LEEUWIN : 111(290/ 70 ) at 18:33 CAPE NATURALISTE : 108(250/ 70 ) at 21:00 DWELLINGUP : 100(310/ 48 ) at 15:13 ESPERANCE AERO : 95(290/ 67 ) at 14:14 ESPERANCE : 95(300/ 65 ) at 14:20 BUSSELTON JETTY : 98(290/ 76 ) at 18:51 HOPETOUN NORTH : 85(350/ 63 ) at 16:58 MANDURAH : 91(310/ 70 ) at 14:30 Cent Wheatbelt CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD : 85(310/ 63 ) at 15:44 Eucla FORREST : 106(270/ 63 ) at 18:00 Goldfields MUNGLINUP WEST : 93(330/ 48 ) at 19:36 NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers DARWIN NTC AWS : 204( 40/ 4 ) at 08:00 JABIRU AIRPORT : 91( 90/ 37 ) at 14:58 NEW SOUTH WALES N Tablelands W GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS : 82**( 80/ 63 ) at 17:28