 Heavy
rain in central and eastern Tasmania
Snow
in NSW Central West and Southern Tablelands |
| 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.
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National
weather extremes for today
Data provided
by the Bureau
of Meteorology
Last updated at 12:23 EDST on 08/07/01
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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
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| Records
set this day: none known |
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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
64.4 ST MARYS (CULLENSWOOD) E Coast TAS
60.0 FRIENDLY BEACHES E Coast TAS
55.2 ST MARYS (GROOM STREET) E Coast TAS
54.8 ROTHERWOOD Midlands TAS
TASMANIA
E
Coast
72.8 GRAY (CRAIGIE-LEA)
64.4 ST MARYS (CULLENSWOOD)
60.0 FRIENDLY BEACHES
55.2 ST MARYS (GROOM STREET)
52.8 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER)
51.0 ROSEMOUNT FLAT
50.8 NUGENT (TWILIGHT VALLEY)
50.4 TOOMS LAKE (TOOMS RIVER)
Midlands
54.8 ROTHERWOOD
53.0 MT. SEYMOUR
51.2 BIRRALEE CREEK
51.2 YORK PLAINS (HANDROYD)
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High rainfall for periods
of 6 hours or less.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower
West
PERTH AIRPORT
10.0mm in 1 hr to 18:00 10.0mm/h
SW & S Coast
CAPE NATURALISTE
19.4mm in 1 hr to 19:00 19.4mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.7mm/h
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adelaide
Plains
ROSEWORTHY AG COLLEGE
21.6mm in 1 hr to 23:30 21.6mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
South Coast
MERIMBULA AIRPORT AWS
14.4mm in 1 hr to 19:00 14.4mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h
VICTORIA
W Coast
AIREYS INLET
16.6mm in 30 min to 09:00 33.2mm/h
16.6mm in 1 hr to 09:00 16.6mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.7mm/h
TASMANIA
E Coast
FRIENDLY BEACHES
10.2mm in 1 hr to 03:00 10.2mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 7.3mm/h
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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
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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
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-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
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-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
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Todays greatest temperature
variations from normal
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| 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
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+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
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-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
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-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
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Highest wind gusts above
89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean
windspeed shown in brackets.
None reported
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Other extremes
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