Australian Weather News

Thursday, 19 JUL 2001

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Unusually mild for a southwesterly in Tasmania
Taswegians experienced an unusually mild day for southwesterly winds today. A tongue of dry, warmer air circulating around a strong (1036hPa) high pressure system west of Adelaide arrived over the state overnight, lifting daytime temperatures to 4 to 6° above normal, even though the wind remained a fresh to strong souwester. The effects were most strongly felt in the north and northeast, where air descending after its passage over the Tasmanian Highlands dried and warmed with a föhn effect. Eddystone Point, the island's northeastern extremity, recorded its warmest July day in 42 years of computerised records, when the mercury soared to 19.0°.

National weather extremes for today
Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 00:04 EDST on 21/07/01

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 (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets):
Highest maximum temperature for July:
Eddystone Point Tas: 19.0 (18.1, 42)

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.

42.4 PORT ARTHUR (PALMERS LOOKOUT) Southeast TAS
34.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
22.0 BOWRAVILLE COHALAN ST MidNorth Coast N NSW
21.0 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
20.0 ZEEHAN MEMORIAL MUSEUM W Coast TAS

NEW SOUTH WALES
     MidNorth Coast N
22.0 BOWRAVILLE COHALAN ST

TASMANIA
     Southeast
42.4 PORT ARTHUR (PALMERS LOOKOUT)
    W Coast
34.0 MOUNT READ
21.0 SCOTTS PEAK DAM
20.0 ZEEHAN MEMORIAL MUSEUM

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.

None reported

Todays highest & lowest temperatures

Maximum Minimum
33.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT
33.0 PORT KEATS AERO Darwin-Daly NT
32.4 BATCHELOR AERO Darwin-Daly NT
32.3 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT
32.2 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA
24.6 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
24.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
23.0 GOVE AIRPORT Arnhem NT
23.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
-1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
0.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
1.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
3.1 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
 -4.0 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-4.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.8 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-3.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-3.5 EYRE Eucla WA

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+6.1   19.0 EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
+4.6   17.0 LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) N Coast TAS
+4.3   15.6 CORRYONG PARISH LANE Lower NE VIC
+4.1   15.0 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS
+3.8   16.4 BURNIE (ROUND HILL) N Coast TAS
 +8.4   22.4 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA
+6.9   19.4 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
+6.3   18.4 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD
+6.0   4.8 BOMBALA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+5.9   22.0 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
-7.9   13.6 YUENDUMU Alice Springs NT
-6.2   13.6 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT
-4.2   14.4 KULGERA Alice Springs NT
-4.0   24.7 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
-4.0   25.2 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
-9.6   -3.5 EYRE Eucla WA
-7.4   0.6 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA
-6.9   -2.5 BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE SW & S Coast WA
-6.7   -0.9 NARROGIN Gt Southern WA
-6.5   -1.1 NORTHAM Cent Wheatbelt WA

Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets.

MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC: 80 (180/ 65 ) at 11:00
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 78 (250/ 69 ) at 20:32
MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 93 (210/ 74 ) at 02:56

Other extremes

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