Strong
cold front brings a return to winter to the SE|
Australian Weather News |
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Wednesday, 01 AUG 2001 |
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| Strong
cold front brings a return to winter to the SE |
| After a long spell of warm weather, temperatures dropped dramatically today as a strong southwesterly change moved through Tasmania, Victoria and southern NSW. Snow fell across the Tasmanian Highlands overnight, and brief snow fell with the passage of the front at Bombala on the NSW Southern Tablelands, which yesterday recorded its warmest July day on record. Light snow is also likely to have fallen elsewhere above about 900m on the Monaro, and was reported in and around Oberon in NSW as well as in alpine areas of Victoria and NSW, though accumulations were not great. Winds were strong and squally with and behind the change, with Thredbo Crackenback station reporting gusts to 113km/h and a sustained speed of 95km/h. |
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National
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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. 53.4 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION W
Coast TAS |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. |
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Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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32.3 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 32.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 32.0 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA 32.0 KALUMBURU MISSION N Kimberley WA 32.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 32.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 32.0 WOLLOGORANG Roper-McArthur NT |
25.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 23.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 22.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 21.3 WILLIS ISLAND Islands 20.7 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA |
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-1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 0.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC 0.9 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC 1.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 1.0 CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW |
-4.6 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW -3.4 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -3.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC -3.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC -2.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
| Maximum | Minimum |
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+5.1 30.2 BARALABA POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD +3.8 27.6 WINDORAH POST OFFICE Channel Country QLD +3.8 25.3 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD +3.8 25.4 SURAT POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD +3.7 24.9 CUNNAMULLA POST OFFICE Warrego QLD |
+7.1 11.8 NYNGAN AIRPORT CW Plains N NSW +5.6 11.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA +5.3 -0.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW +5.2 11.7 MORUYA HEADS PILOT STATION South Coast NSW +5.1 11.4 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA +5.1 10.9 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA +5.1 8.0 RUTHERGLEN RESEARCH Lower NE VIC +5.1 6.0 FINGAL (FORESTRY LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS |
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-8.7 14.6 CARNEGIE Interior WA -7.9 10.5 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW -5.4 16.4 KULGERA Alice Springs NT -4.6 27.2 PIRLANGIMPI Darwin-Daly NT -4.6 7.4 OMEO Upper NE VIC -4.6 11.3 ORBOST E Gippsland VIC |
-9.8 6.8 TIMBER CREEK Victoria NT -9.0 4.2 WAVE HILL Victoria NT -8.6 10.8 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA -8.6 5.9 LARRIMAH Roper-McArthur NT -8.5 5.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT |
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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. CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra
NSW: 76 (230/ 63 ) at 13:41 |
Other extremes .. |