Australian Weather News -- 09 APR 2001

Australian Weather News

Monday, 09 APR 2001

Storms bring hail, heavy rain west of Sydney
Gales continue in Tasmania

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 Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 22:47 EDST on 10/04/01
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. 133.0 GOVE AIRPORT Arnhem NT 118.0 NORTH EAST ISLAND Islands 97.0 NARAWILLI Arnhem NT 60.0 ELCHO ISLAND Arnhem NT 48.0 GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS Darwin-Daly NT *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Arnhem 133.0 GOVE AIRPORT 97.0 NARAWILLI 60.0 ELCHO ISLAND Darwin-Daly 48.0 GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS *ISLANDS* Islands 118.0 NORTH EAST ISLAND	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Arnhem* NARAWILLI 72.0mm in 6 hr to 02:30 12.0mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *Sydney--west* RICHMOND RAAF 33.2mm in 35 min to 16:00 56.9mm/h 34.4mm in 1 hr to 16:00 34.4mm/h 35.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 11.7mm/h *Illawarra* MITTAGONG (ONE TREE HILL) 30.0mm in 1 hr to 17:00 30.0mm/h 33.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 11.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
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
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 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 122 (240/ 89 ) at 16:30 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS: 98 (240/ 59 ) at 17:00	Other extremes ..