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NSW: Heavy rain, storms hit Central Coast
Sat 31 Aug 2019

On Friday 29 August an upper cold pool moved from inland NSW across the Hunter Valley and Mid North Coast. This created an offshore trough that swung moist southeasterlies and rain onto the Illawarra and Central Coasts. On the coastal side of the trough, convergence lines formed where winds from slightly different directions meet and, having nowhere else to go, have to rise producing rain. The instability caused by the cold upper temperatures made sure this rain was heavy.

With the system virtually stationary, some of these convergence lines sat over the same places for hours and, in the case of the Central Coast, for over a day before moving very slowly northwards. The Gosford area saw the heaviest falls. In the 2 days ended 09.00 today, Gosford AWS recorded 198mm, Kangy Angy to its north 200, and East Gosford 193, Ettalong 192 and Kincumber 181. The southern Newcastle suburb of Blacksmiths recorded 181 while Wyoming on the Lower Hawkesbury River had 184mm and Mangrove Mountain 168. Most gauges from the Hawkesbury to southern Lake Macquarie had over 150mm. Some areas had their heaviest two-day falls in over three years.

In Sydney, rain graded from heavy on the coast and North Shore to light in the west. Falls were generally between 50 and 80mm in the east and 20 to 50mm in the west. Highest falls in the 2 days to 09.00 today were 127mm at Wahroonga and Forestville and 117 at Hornsby and Mosman (Spit Bridge), much of it from one convergence line that lodged diagonally across the area. The Wollongong Coast saw falls mostly between 20 and 40mm, but the exposed Bellambi Point managed 77mm.

The upper cold pool caused a massive dump of hail in the Coffs Harbour area as it passed on Friday night. The storm was faithfully captured for Facebook in this video by Coffs Harbour Fishermans Co-op staff, picked up in this article by ABC News. Coffs Harbour gauges picked up 20 to 25mm while Sawtell, 8km to the south, recorded 37mm all in the space of less than an hour before 6pm.

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Provisional records set or equalled today

Obvious errors have been corrected, however this is realtime data which has not yet been validated. Full validation of official records by the BoM Quality Management System (QMS) is a much more complex process and may take some months. Go here for further information on this records section and how the QMS works. These provisional records are based on data received as at 1406 EST on 01/09/2019.

District Site Today Previous monthly record Previous all time record
if equalled or broken 		Comments
Reading Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest daily rainfall

NSW

Hunter Valley

061226

WOLLOMBI (ST JOHNS CHURCH)

48.2

30.0

20/08/2007

19

1 N C

NSW

Hunter Valley

061268

MAITLAND BELMORE BRIDGE (HUNTER RIVER)

44.5

31.5

20/08/2007

13

1 N C

NSW

Hunter Valley

061385

WYONG (OLNEY FOREST)

93.0

79.0

20/08/2007

19

1 N C

NSW

Hunter Valley

061412

COORANBONG (LAKE MACQUARIE AWS)

62.8

43.6

30/08/2019

12

1 N C Previous record set yesterday.


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Data is as received at 14:06EST, 01/09/2019.

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
PERTH AIRPORT 19.1 +0.5 12.2 +4.1 10.4 12.4 4.0 10.5 546 (22.8) 63/00
BUNBURY 17.9 +0.3 11.2 +3.5 -- 13.0 -- -- 564 (23.5) 57/02
MANDURAH 18.4 +0.4 13.1 +2.1 -- 6.6 -- -- 771 (32.1) 65/04
DARWIN AIRPORT 31.6 +0.2 15.6 -4.7 15.0 0.0 8.0 11.3 233 ( 9.7) 31/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 27.6 +4.9 1.9 -4.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 241 (10.0) 24/13
WHYALLA AERO 23.6 +5.0 6.1 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 431 (18.0) 67/10
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 22.6 +5.9 11.5 +3.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 248 (10.3) 41/11
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 19.1 +4.9 7.0 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 482 (20.1) 61/10
MOUNT ISA AERO 28.8 +1.4 11.6 +1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 335 (14.0) 30/11
CAIRNS AERO 29.6 +2.9 17.6 +0.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 393 (16.4) 41/16
TOWNSVILLE AERO 27.1 +1.0 15.6 +0.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 301 (12.5) 35/14
MACKAY M.O 23.3 +0.6 15.4 +1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 289 (12.0) 28/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 27.5 +2.6 14.6 +3.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 218 ( 9.1) 28/09
BUNDABERG AERO 25.1 +1.6 13.6 +2.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 358 (14.9) 43/16
COOLANGATTA 22.1 +0.5 11.4 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 323 (13.5) 44/13
BRISBANE AERO 21.3 -0.7 11.1 +1.4 10.4 0.0 4.8 10.7 339 (14.1) 31/12
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 19.7 +1.0 6.5 -1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 317 (13.2) 31/21
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 21.5 +1.2 4.2 -2.4 -- 0.0 -- -- 324 (13.5) 28/11
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 18.0 -0.7 10.6 +3.7 -- 67.4 -- -- 343 (14.3) 39/12
BATHURST AIRPORT AWS 16.0 +2.5 0.8 -0.5 -- 0.2 -- -- 380 (15.8) 37/08
ORANGE AIRPORT AWS 15.3 +4.1 -0.6 -1.5 -- 0.0 -- -- 421 (17.5) 34/09
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 22.0 +4.4 4.3 +1.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 407 (17.0) 39/10
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 16.4 -2.0 12.2 +4.0 11.7 3.8 2.8 0.0 887 (37.0) 52/02
RICHMOND RAAF 19.7 -0.1 10.9 +6.5 -- 0.8 -- -- 440 (18.3) 46/00
BELLAMBI AWS 16.7 -1.3 10.7 +0.2 -- 2.2 -- -- 679 (28.3) 39/09
CANBERRA AIRPORT 17.2 -- 0.6 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 294 (12.3) 26/13
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 18.3 +3.8 -0.5 -4.0 -- 0.0 -- -- 174 ( 7.3) 26/10
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 17.4 +2.5 0.1 -3.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 98 ( 4.1) 18/14
MILDURA AIRPORT 23.0 +5.7 5.0 -0.2 -- 0.2 4.0 9.2 269 (11.2) 39/11
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 17.7 +3.0 -1.0 -4.8 -- 0.0 -- -- 63 ( 2.6) 35/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT 17.3 +3.1 0.2 -2.6 -- 0.0 -- -- 157 ( 6.5) 39/12
MELBOURNE AIRPORT 17.6 +3.2 4.0 -1.9 -0.4 0.0 2.6 10.8 325 (13.5) 61/12
BALLARAT AERODROME 15.2 +3.7 1.8 -1.9 -- 0.2 -- -- 359 (15.0) 55/09
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 15.9 +2.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
HOBART AIRPORT 18.8 +5.3 4.3 -0.4 0.9 0.0 2.2 7.5 368 (15.3) 43/14
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 temperatureGreatest variation above normal minimum

35.8 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
35.0 OENPELLI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
35.0 KANGAROO FLATS (DEFENCE) N Rivers NT
35.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
34.9 JABIRU AIRPORT N Rivers NT
34.9 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA

+8.7 : 32.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
+7.4 : 15.0 DINNER PLAIN (MOUNT HOTHAM AIRPORT) Upper NE VIC
+7.3 : 30.5 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT
+7.1 : 29.0 WILUNA Interior WA
+6.9 : 26.2 EUCLA Eucla WA

24.1 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.0 COCOS ISLAND NTC AWS Islands ISL
23.2 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.2 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
23.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.0 HOLMES REEF Islands ISL
23.0 FLINDERS REEF Islands ISL
23.0 TORRES STRAIT NTC AWS Islands ISL
23.0 ROWLEY SHOALS Islands ISL
23.0 ADELE ISLAND Islands ISL
23.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL

+9.7 : 17.1 CARNEGIE Interior WA
+7.9 : 17.8 KALBARRI Central West WA
+7.7 : 15.6 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
+7.7 : 16.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
+7.4 : 13.3 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA

Coldest
Lowest maximum temperatureGreatest variation below normal maximum Lowest minimum temperatureGreatest variation below normal minimum

4.2 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
4.7 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
6.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
6.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
7.1 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS

-4.4 : 13.0 MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-4.1 : 14.5 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-3.7 : 16.0 NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY Hunter Valley NSW
-3.4 : 14.4 TERREY HILLS AWS Sydney--east NSW
-3.2 : 16.2 PATERSON (TOCAL AWS) Hunter Valley NSW

-7.3 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.7 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.3 BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW

-9.3 : 4.9 DOUGLAS RIVER RESEARCH FARM N Rivers NT
-7.3 : 8.2 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA
-7.1 : 5.5 DALY WATERS AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT
-6.9 : 7.9 TINDAL RAAF N Rivers NT
-6.7 : -2.0 ECHUCA AERODROME Lower North VIC
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.
114.0 YARRAMALONG (LEWENSBROOK) Hunter Valley NSW
102.6 MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AWS Hunter Valley NSW
102.0 GEARS (WYONG RIVER) Hunter Valley NSW
102.0 PALM GROVE (LYREBIRD LANE) Hunter Valley NSW
93.4 WYONG (JILLIBY (JILLIBY CREEK)) Hunter Valley NSW

NEW SOUTH WALES
Hunter Valley
114.0 YARRAMALONG (LEWENSBROOK)
102.6 MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AWS
102.0 GEARS (WYONG RIVER)
102.0 PALM GROVE (LYREBIRD LANE)
93.4 WYONG (JILLIBY (JILLIBY CREEK))
93.0 WYONG (OLNEY FOREST)
84.2 GOSFORD AWS
82.6 NORAH HEAD AWS
77.6 SWANSEA (CATHERINE ST)
76.6 DORA CREEK (DORA ST)
72.0 NEWCASTLE (BLACKSMITHS)
69.0 COORANBONG (AVONDALE)
67.4 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF
63.6 NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS
62.8 COORANBONG (LAKE MACQUARIE AWS)
Sydney--east
55.6 ST IVES (RICHMOND AVENUE)
55.4 WAHROONGA (ADA AVENUE)

11.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.3 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.8 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
10.7 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
10.6 INVERELL RESEARCH CENTRE N Tablelands W NSW

.....

7.5 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
7.5 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
5.5 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
4.6 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
0.0 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW

 1257 (52.4) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1109 (46.2) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
1015 (42.3) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
981 (40.9) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
971 (40.5) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
911 (38.0) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
887 (37.0) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
884 (36.8) CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
877 (36.5) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
820 (34.2) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
771 (32.1) MANDURAH Lower West WA
762 (31.8) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
749 (31.2) SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
745 (31.0) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
736 (30.7) SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW
730 (30.4) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
721 (30.0) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
714 (29.8) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
707 (29.5) MINNIPA PIRSA W Agricultural SA
695 (29.0) JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
691 (28.8) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
689 (28.7) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
689 (28.7) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
683 (28.5) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
681 (28.4) KIAMA (BOMBO HEADLAND) Illawarra NSW
679 (28.3) BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
656 (27.3) MOUNT CRAWFORD AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
650 (27.1) PARNDANA CFS AWS Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
647 (27.0) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
644 (26.8) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
638 (26.6) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
637 (26.5) FORREST Eucla WA
626 (26.1) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
625 (26.0) WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
623 (26.0) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
619 (25.8) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
619 (25.8) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
617 (25.7) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
615 (25.6) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
611 (25.5) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
606 (25.3) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
106/09 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
102/20 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
100/07 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
98/22 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
94/20 LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
91/05 CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA

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
SWANBOURNE
6.0mm in 18 min to 00:30 20.0mm/h
BICKLEY
10.2mm in 1 hr to 01:30 10.2mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.0mm/h
MILLENDON (SWAN VALLEY)
10.4mm in 1 hr to 01:30 10.4mm/h
 NEW SOUTH WALES
Hunter Valley
NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS
23.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.7mm/h
11.8mm in 1 hr to 14:00 11.8mm/h
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF
25.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 8.3mm/h
PATERSON (TOCAL AWS)
11.6mm in 1 hr to 00:00 11.6mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 8.0mm/h
CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS
15.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.0mm/h
MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AWS
16.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.3mm/h
COORANBONG (LAKE MACQUARIE AWS)
17.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.7mm/h
GOSFORD AWS
11.0mm in 1 hr to 01:30 11.0mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 7.0mm/h
MAITLAND AIRPORT AWS
18.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.0mm/h

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
OCEAN REEF : 87(260/ 63 ) at 00:53
CAPE LEEUWIN : 91(270/ 80 ) at 05:36
CAPE NATURALISTE : 83(250/ 65 ) at 01:23
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Yorke Pen/Kanga Is
CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 106(340/ 76 ) at 09:30
TASMANIA
Southeast
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 95(320/ 72 ) at 23:30
KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) : 100(330/ 80 ) at 07:15
W Coast
LOW ROCKY POINT : 87(320/ 69 ) at 20:30
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 96(320/ 69 ) at 20:30
MOUNT READ : 83( 10/ 63 ) at 08:03