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Friday, 06 JUL 2001 |
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Tasmania's East Coast and
Midlands received their heaviest rain in nearly 3 months overnight,
with many locations recording between 50 and 75mm. A cloudband, moving in
from the east underneath a weak low pressure system in eastern Bass Strait
gave steady rain between about 6pm yesterday and 9 this morning. While the
coastal ranges around St Marys recorded the best falls, the farming country
around Oatlands recorded 50mm or more, with 54.8 at Rotherwood, 53.0 at
Mt Seymour and 51.2 at York Plains the highest.
Light to moderate snow fell in NSW today from the hills west of Canberra north to Orange and Lithgow. A cold airmass moved from western Victoria into southern and central NSW overnight, while a broad area of low pressure over the state triggered patchy precipitation. An unusually long line of storms developed off the length of the NSW coastline around midday as the leading edge of the cold upper air moved offshore. The Oberon weather observer reported 15cm of snow on the ground at 9am, with light snow continuing intermittently through the day. Official reports of snow also came in from Orange, Lithgow, Katoomba, Taralga and Tidbinbilla, in the hills SW of Canberra. The Oberon to Goulburn Road was closed by snow around Black Springs, while four trucks which jack-knifed in icy conditions blocked the main road east of Oberon. There were also reports of moderate snow on main roads out of Bathurst: at Fitzgerald's Mount on the Mid Western Highway to the southwest, The Rocks on the Mitchell Highway to the west, and around Yetholme on the Great Western Highway to the east, though roads were not closed. Light snow covered Mt Panorama at Bathurst at dawn. |
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. 72.8 GRAY (CRAIGIE-LEA) E Coast
TAS |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. |
Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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Maximum | Minimum |
34.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 34.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT 33.4 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 33.4 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA 33.2 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA |
25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 24.1 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 24.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 24.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 23.4 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA |
-1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -1.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 0.0 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW 0.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 0.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC |
-4.0 BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW -4.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW -3.5 ARLTUNGA Alice Springs NT -3.4 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -3.4 BOMBALA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
Maximum | Minimum |
+6.4 24.6 PAYNES FIND Murchison WA +6.1 23.0 DALWALLINU COMPARISON Central West WA +5.7 23.8 MORAWA POST OFFICE Central West WA +5.7 22.7 WONGAN HILLS Central West WA +5.2 22.0 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA |
+9.2 20.0 WAVE HILL Victoria NT +8.4 22.4 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA +7.9 19.0 VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS Victoria NT +7.8 20.3 WARMUN E Kimberley WA +7.1 21.5 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA |
-6.0 7.8 TOCUMWAL AIRPORT Riverina E NSW -6.0 9.5 LAKE CARGELLIGO AIRPORT Riverina W NSW -5.8 9.0 HILLSTON AIRPORT Riverina W NSW -5.7 5.5 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW -5.1 10.0 HAY MILLER STREET Riverina W NSW |
-7.6 -3.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
-6.6 5.5 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD -6.5 -1.3 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA -6.5 11.7 COOKTOWN MISSION STRIP N Coast--Barron QLD -6.4 -0.7 WAGIN Gt Southern WA |
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. None reported |
Other extremes .. |