Australian Weather News -- 09 MAY 2001

Australian Weather News

Wednesday, 09 MAY 2001

Deluge on Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island Airport recorded 70mm in two hours to 11.30 this morning. An active cloudband has been streaming across the island yesterday and today, feeding around the low that gave heavy rain to the NSW coast early in the week. The low is slow-moving, and the island recorded 51mm for the day ended 9am in a succession of thunderstorms. 83mm fell between 9am and 1pm, making up a total of 134mm in 30 hours to 3pm.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 17:08 EDST on 10/05/01
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 (not checked or entered yet)
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. 113.0 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW 99.2 NORAH HEAD LIGHTHOUSE Hunter Valley NSW 70.0 LITTLE BAY (THE COAST GOLF CLUB) Sydney--east NSW 66.6 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW 64.0 CRONULLA SOUTH BOWLING CLUB Sydney--east NSW *NEW SOUTH WALES* Hunter Valley 113.0 NORAH HEAD AWS 99.2 NORAH HEAD LIGHTHOUSE 66.6 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 56.4 NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION 54.7 NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY 54.2 NELSON BAY (MONTEVIDEO PARADE) 52.4 GOSFORD NORTH (GLENNIE ST) Sydney--east 70.0 LITTLE BAY (THE COAST GOLF CLUB) 64.0 CRONULLA SOUTH BOWLING CLUB 63.4 RANDWICK BOWLING CLUB 55.0 SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) *ISLANDS* Islands 51.0 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *Murchison* MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT 11.0mm in 24 min to 16:50 27.5mm/h *ISLANDS* *Islands* NORFOLK ISLAND AERO 6.8mm in 12 min to 09:30 34.0mm/h 40.0mm in 1 hr to 10:30 40.0mm/h 15.8mm in 20 min to 10:50 47.4mm/h 30.0mm in 1 hr to 11:30 30.0mm/h 83.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 13.8mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
36.2 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA 35.0 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA 35.0 MANDORA E Pilbara WA 35.0 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA 35.0 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA	28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 26.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 26.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 26.0 VARANUS ISLAND Islands 25.0 THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
6.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 7.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 8.1 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 8.5 MAYDENA (POST OFFICE) Derwent Valley TAS 9.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 9.0 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS	-5.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -4.5 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS -2.9 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS -2.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -2.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW -2.0 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+7.5 25.0 ECHUCA AERODROME Lower North VIC +6.0 36.2 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA +5.9 30.7 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA +5.8 26.3 SOUTHERN CROSS Goldfields WA +5.7 29.4 WILUNA Interior WA	+7.4 12.6 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S NSW +7.4 14.7 JERRYS PLAINS POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW +7.1 12.4 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW +7.0 23.0 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA +6.7 14.0 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW
-5.3 10.3 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW -4.2 10.0 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS -3.3 11.2 GROVE RESEARCH STATION Southeast TAS -2.9 17.3 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW -2.8 12.6 BOWRAL (PARRY DRIVE) Illawarra NSW	-8.4 8.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT -7.8 10.4 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA -7.5 9.0 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD -7.5 6.0 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD -7.3 8.0 WAVE HILL Victoria NT
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 76 (200/ 67 ) at 16:30	Other extremes ..