 Snow
closes roads around Guyra
 Unseasonable
rain in WA Kimberley
Good
rains continue in SW WA, SE NSW |
| 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.
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National
weather extremes for today
Data provided
by the Bureau
of Meteorology
Last updated at 17:52 EDST on 10/07/01
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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
of Extremes Pages for more information |
| 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.
57.2 MEELUP SW & S Coast WA
50.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
43.0 ULLADULLA AWS South Coast NSW
39.8 CHILLINUP Gt Southern WA
35.0 WARRA JARRA SW & S Coast WA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
SW
& S Coast
57.2 MEELUP
35.0 WARRA JARRA
Gt Southern
39.8 CHILLINUP
NEW
SOUTH WALES
South
Coast
43.0 ULLADULLA AWS
Snowy Mtns
50.0 PERISHER VALLEY
SKI CENTRE
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High rainfall for periods
of 6 hours or less.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
W
Kimberley
WEST ROEBUCK
10.2mm in 1 hr to 12:30 10.2mm/h
11.2mm in 30 min to 13:00 22.4mm/h
17.0mm in 1 hr to 13:00 17.0mm/h
17.2mm in 1 hr to 13:30 17.2mm/h
12.4mm in 1 hr to 14:00 12.4mm/h
30.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 10.0mm/h
Central West
GERALDTON AIRPORT
24.2mm in 1 hr to 01:00 24.2mm/h
SW & S Coast
HOPETOUN NORTH
19.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.3mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
Illawarra
JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR LIGHTHOU
24.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 8.0mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.7mm/h
PT PERPENDICULAR AWS
23.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.7mm/h
13.2mm in 1 hr to 17:00 13.2mm/h
19.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.3mm/h
South Coast
ULLADULLA AWS
22.2mm in 2 hr to 02:00 11.1mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 7.7mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 09:00 10.0mm/h
VICTORIA
E Gippsland
COMBIENBAR
15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h
ISLANDS
Islands
NORFOLK ISLAND AERO
14.0mm in 8 min to 21:30 105.0mm/h
20.6mm in 1 hr to 22:00 20.6mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 22:00 7.3mm/h
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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
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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
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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
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-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
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Todays greatest temperature
variations from normal
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| 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
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+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
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-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
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-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
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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.
MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South
Coast NSW: 78 (130/ 65 ) at 23:30
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