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Monday, 09 APR 2001 |
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The front that brought strong
winds to Victoria and Tasmania yesterday stagnated off the NSW Central
Coast this morning. Several thunderstorms developed behind the front.
One, which tracked ENE from around Mt Victoria mid afternoon gave
hail to 2½cm on the Darling Causeway north of Mt Victoria, and to
3cm near Richmond where 33.2mm felll in 35 minutes. A second storm
dropped 30mm in the hour to 5pm on the automatic weather station near Moss
Vale.
Winds gusted to 122km/h atop Mt Wellington behind Hobart in the wake of yesterday's change. |
National
weather extremes for today |
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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. 133.0 GOVE AIRPORT Arnhem NT |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.
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Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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Maximum | Minimum |
38.5
GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA 38.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA 38.0 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA 37.9 PARDOO STATION E Pilbara WA 37.6 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA |
28.0
NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 27.5 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 27.4 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA 27.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 27.0 VARANUS ISLAND Islands |
5.6
MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 6.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 7.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC 7.5 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 9.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC |
-1.0
PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 0.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC 0.4 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
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Maximum | Minimum |
+7.4
35.0 GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA +6.9 25.2 LITHGOW (BIRDWOOD ST) C Tablelands S NSW +6.8 35.2 MULLEWA Central West WA +6.8 29.6 NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION Hunter Valley NSW +6.8 26.0 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW |
+7.8
9.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW +7.4 18.8 INJUNE POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD +7.4 18.8 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD +7.1 14.0 CORRYONG PARISH LANE Lower NE VIC +7.0 20.0 SURAT POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD |
-4.8
22.4 KULGERA Alice Springs NT -3.9 21.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA -3.8 25.0 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT -3.6 24.3 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT -3.3 22.0 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA |
-11.1
0.8 EYRE Eucla WA -7.6 4.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA -6.6 4.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA -6.6 5.5 WINDY HARBOUR SW & S Coast WA -6.5 1.0 BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC |
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast
TAS: 109 (310/ 91 ) at 16:46 |
Other extremes .. |