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Monday, 09 JUL 2001 |
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Moderate falls of snow closed
roads around Guyra on the NSW Northern Tablelands this morning,
including the main New England Highway. Snow was reported blocking the Highway
at Devils Pinch, Guyra and Ben Lomond from around midnight to late morning.
The Guyra weather observer reported 7cm snow depth at 9am, from snow that
started falling yesterday morning, then resumed after a spell late yesterday
evening.
A cloudband feeding onto the northwestern Kimberley shoreline in WA brought some unusually heavy falls for the area for July today. West Roebuck, 30km inland from Broome, recorded 30mm between midday and 2pm for a 24-hour total of 35mm, while Cygnet Bay, 170km NE of Broome, recorded 25.8mm over the 2 days ended 9am Tuesday. Falls this heavy are unusual in the dry season, with Broome Airport's heaviest July one-day fall in 60 years being only 55mm, and the month's average rainfall only 5mm. Southern WA's rainy spell continued today, moving east to give falls of 25mm or more around and east of Albany. Hopetoun, on the coast 250km east of Albany recorded 22mm in the 6 hours to 3am. The NSW South Coast continued to enjoy steady rain as a weak but bounteous low dropped up to 50mm on the coast south from about Jervis Bay today. Ulladulla recorded 23mm between midnight and 3am, while Point Perpendicular Lighthouse gauged 20mm in the 3 hours to 6pm. Moderate falls again spread inland to the dry southern Monaro, with Bombala AWS recording 27mm between noon and 9pm. Mt Darragh, 25km NE of Bombala, has recorded 165.6mm in the 4 days ended 9am Tuesday. |
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. 57.2 MEELUP SW & S Coast WA
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High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. |
Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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Maximum | Minimum |
33.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 33.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT 32.5 TIMBER CREEK Victoria NT 32.4 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT 32.1 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA 32.1 MANGO FARM Darwin-Daly NT |
26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 24.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 23.9 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 23.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD |
0.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 1.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 2.1 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 2.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 2.8 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW |
-5.3 ORANGE AIRPORT AWS C Tablelands S NSW -4.9 BATHURST AGRICULTURAL STATION C Tablelands S NSW -4.6 BATHURST AIRPORT AWS C Tablelands S NSW -4.1 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD -4.0 KINGAROY AIRPORT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -4.0 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD -4.0 MITTAGONG (ONE TREE HILL) Illawarra NSW |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
Maximum | Minimum |
+6.6 26.1 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT
+6.0 25.8 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT +5.1 12.3 WARATAH (WILLIAM STREET) W Coast TAS +4.9 16.4 EDI UPPER Upper NE VIC +4.6 23.2 KULGERA Alice Springs NT |
+7.7 8.0 FINGAL (FORESTRY LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS +7.7 11.9 SCAMANDER E Coast TAS +6.6 21.5 CYGNET BAY W Kimberley WA +6.5 19.0 WARMUN E Kimberley WA +6.5 10.0 SWANSEA POST OFFICE E Coast TAS |
-6.4 6.2 GLEN INNES POST OFFICE N Tablelands W NSW -6.2 6.0 GLEN INNES AG RESEARCH STN N Tablelands W NSW -5.6 11.4 COONAMBLE COMPARISON CW Plains N NSW -5.1 5.1 GUYRA HOSPITAL N Tablelands W NSW -5.0 12.0 PINDARI DAM NW Slopes N NSW |
-8.3 3.0 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD -8.3 -2.0 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD -7.7 1.2 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD -7.6 4.5 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD -7.6 6.4 BOWEN AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD -7.6 -0.5 BRIAN PASTURES Brisbane/SE Coast QLD |
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW: 78 (130/ 65 ) at 23:30 |
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