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Friday, 20 JUL 2001

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Widespread fog in central and southern NSW, northern Vic
Widespread fog, thick in places, developed overnight on the NSW central and southern slopes and plains, the Riverina and northern Victoria. In some areas, it did not dissipate until after midday. Airports at Bathurst, Griffith and Narrandera were closed and planes diverted. Light winds and clear skies ahead of a strong (1033hPa) high pressure system west of Adelaide were the cause.

National weather extremes for today
Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 18:48 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 (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.

16.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
13.2 WEEAPROINAH W Coast VIC
11.6 ZEEHAN MEMORIAL MUSEUM W Coast TAS
10.0 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
9.2 WALLABY CREEK WEIR N Central VIC

VICTORIA
     N Central
9.2 WALLABY CREEK WEIR
    W Coast
13.2 WEEAPROINAH
16.0 MOUNT READ
11.6 ZEEHAN MEMORIAL MUSEUM
10.0 SCOTTS PEAK DAM

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


WESTERN AUSTRALIA
     Lower West
JANDAKOT AERO
10.2mm in 30 min to 18:30 20.4mm/h
13.6mm in 1 hr to 18:30 13.6mm/h
12.4mm in 1 hr to 19:00 12.4mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h
ROTTNEST ISLAND
11.2mm in 1 hr to 17:00 11.2mm/h
SWANBOURNE
18.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.0mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures

Maximum Minimum
33.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT
32.4 DOUGLAS RIVER Darwin-Daly NT
32.2 BATCHELOR AERO Darwin-Daly NT
32.1 MANGO FARM Darwin-Daly NT
32.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
32.0 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA
32.0 PORT KEATS AERO Darwin-Daly NT
26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
23.1 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
23.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
22.8 WILLIS ISLAND Islands
22.5 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA
22.5 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
0.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
2.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
2.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
3.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
4.7 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
 -7.4 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-6.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
-6.0 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW
-5.9 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.0 GLEN INNES AG RESEARCH STN N Tablelands W NSW

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+5.6   7.4 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
+5.2   7.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
+4.9   10.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
+4.6   17.4 BENALLA SHADFORTH STREET Lower NE VIC
+4.3   18.0 STANTHORPE (GRANITE BELT HRS) Darling Downs E QLD
 +6.6   19.1 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
+6.4   10.0 LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
+6.4   5.2 BOMBALA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+6.3   21.2 CYGNET BAY W Kimberley WA
+6.3   6.1 OMEO Upper NE VIC
-8.9   12.6 YUENDUMU Alice Springs NT
-5.5   18.9 ALI CURUNG Alice Springs NT
-5.5   14.0 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT
-5.1   14.7 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT
-4.4   14.8 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
-6.7   10.0 LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
-6.1   3.4 JURIEN Lower West WA
-6.0   -3.0 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD
-5.8   -5.0 GLEN INNES AG RESEARCH STN N Tablelands W NSW
-5.5   0.0 AMBERLEY AMO 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.

HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS: 76 (240/ 63 ) at 02:00
LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands : 82 (240/ 69 ) at 03:08

Other extremes

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