Australian Weather News -- 19 MAR 2001

Australian Weather News

Monday, 19 MAR 2001

Trough brings storms to SE Qld, Lord Howe Island
Drought continues in S Qld despite recent rain

A trough arcing northwards from the low that swept through Bass Strait and into the Tasman Sea at the weekend brought a fine electrical display and some heavy rain to southeast Queensland this evening. Tewantin, 120km north of Brisbane, recorded 47.6mm in the hour to 8pm, while Makowata, 90km NW of Bundaberg, recorded 104.6mm for the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday. Lord Howe Island had a day of storms, with 40mm falling between 9pm Sunday and 4 this morning, to be followed by a further 87.4mm, mostly in two storms, between 10 this evening and 6am Tuesday. Details are in the National Extremes below and for Tuesday.

Despite widespread storms in southeastern Queensland, most of the southern interior of the state remains drought-declared. Eleven shires stretching from the Darling Downs west to Mitchell have received little or nothing from the rain systems that have drenched the southeast coast, and produced good falls in central and southern inland NSW.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 15:13 EDST on 21/03/01
Quality control note: Data is complete, and has been visually checked by AWN for gross errors. Less obvious errors may remain. See Explanation of Extremes Pages for more information
Records set this day (none known)
Todays highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am. It includes the top 5 totals received, and/or all reported falls of 50mm or more. 130.0 SHELAMAR W Kimberley WA 69.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 68.0 CAPE FOURCROY Islands 66.0 WAGAIT BEACH Darwin-Daly NT 55.0 BLACK POINT Darwin-Daly NT *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *E Kimberley* 51.0 LISSADELL *W Kimberley* 130.0 SHELAMAR *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Darwin-Daly 66.0 WAGAIT BEACH 55.0 BLACK POINT 51.4 LABELLE DOWNS *QUEENSLAND* N Peninsula 69.0 COCONUT ISLAND *ISLANDS* Islands 68.0 CAPE FOURCROY	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *E Kimberley* KUNUNURRA AERO 9.2mm in 7 min to 12:41 78.9mm/h ARGYLE AERODROME 21.2mm in 1 hr to 05:00 21.2mm/h 31.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 10.3mm/h 22.4mm in 1 hr 10 min to 16:00 19.2mm/h *E Pilbara* PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT 21.6mm in 25 min to 20:48 51.8mm/h 7.6mm in 12 min to 21:00 38.0mm/h 32.4mm in 1 hr to 21:00 32.4mm/h 32.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 10.7mm/h *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Victoria* LAJAMANU 32.2mm in 1 hr to 23:30 32.2mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *N Peninsula* COCONUT ISLAND 37.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 12.3mm/h HORN ISLAND 12.2mm in 35 min to 08:43 20.9mm/h *Brisbane/SE Coast* HERVEY BAY AIRPORT 3.4mm in 2 min to 15:02 102.0mm/h 20.8mm in 1 hr to 16:00 20.8mm/h TEWANTIN RSL PARK 47.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 47.6mm/h 54.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 18.0mm/h *ISLANDS* *Islands* LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO 24.8mm in 1 hr to 23:00 24.8mm/h 16.6mm in 28 min to 23:58 35.6mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
40.0 LONGREACH AERO Central West QLD 39.8 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD 39.6 JULIA CREEK POST OFFICE Gulf Country QLD 39.5 WINTON POST OFFICE Northwest QLD 39.0 LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA 39.0 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD	27.5 DAMPIER PORT E Pilbara WA 27.2 KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA 27.0 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA 27.0 HUGHENDEN AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD 27.0 RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
9.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 11.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC 12.4 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 13.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 14.0 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW	0.8 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 3.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 4.2 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW 4.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 4.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW 4.5 CRADLE MOUNTAIN AIRSTRIP Central Plateau TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+10.2 35.6 EYRE Eucla WA +10.0 35.0 EUCLA Eucla WA +8.0 35.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA +7.3 36.7 BALGAIR Eucla WA +6.4 33.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA	+5.3 25.0 BUNDABERG AERO Wide Bay/Burnett QLD +5.0 23.7 LEONORA Goldfields WA +4.9 25.6 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD +4.8 26.0 TOWN OF 1770 Wide Bay/Burnett QLD +4.8 12.6 FINGAL (FORESTRY LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS
-12.2 21.6 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT -9.7 22.5 KULGERA Alice Springs NT -7.9 26.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA -7.4 25.2 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT -6.9 26.4 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA	-8.7 6.7 BARADINE FORESTRY NW Plains E NSW -7.8 7.1 PINDARI DAM NW Slopes N NSW -7.2 11.0 BOLLON MARY ST Warrego QLD -6.9 8.6 TEXAS POST OFFICE Darling Downs E QLD -6.8 10.5 BREWARRINA HOSPITAL Upper Darling NSW
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA : 82 (180/ 67 ) at 20:00 FORREST Eucla WA : 91 (260/ 74 ) at 17:06	Other extremes ..