Australian Weather News -- 20 SEP 2001

Australian Weather News

Thursday, 20 SEP 2001

Heat spreads into western NSW

An early season heatwave that has been moving across southern Australia since Monday gave a very warm night and a hot day to northern SA and western NSW today. In northwestern NSW, Tibooburra recorded a top temperature of 35.5, 11.1° above average, after nearby White Cliffs had reported an overnight minimum of 20.0, also 11.1 above average. Thunderstorms triggered by a weak front/trough system moving across NSW during the afternoon and evening brought scattered thunderstorms, with hail reported from Bathurst, Bowral and Cooma.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 16:40 EDST on 23/09/01
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. 31.0 NASH'S CROSSING ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD 22.0 ZATTAS ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD 21.6 ABERGOWRIE BRIDGE N Coast--Herbert QLD 21.0 CORSIS ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD 20.8 DARWIN GOVERNMENT HOUSE Darwin-Daly NT *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Darwin-Daly 20.8 DARWIN GOVERNMENT HOUSE *QUEENSLAND* N Coast--Herbert 31.0 NASH'S CROSSING ALERT 22.0 ZATTAS ALERT 21.6 ABERGOWRIE BRIDGE 21.0 CORSIS ALERT	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *QUEENSLAND* *N Coast--Herbert* LUCINDA POINT 7.8mm in 47 min to 07:47 10.0mm/h 5.0mm in 13 min to 08:00 23.1mm/h 12.8mm in 1 hr to 08:00 12.8mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *C Tablelands N* MUDGEE AIRPORT AWS 12.4mm in 1 hr to 16:00 12.4mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h *Illawarra* NOWRA RAN AIR STATION AWS 16.4mm in 30 min to 18:00 32.8mm/h 16.4mm in 1 hr to 18:00 16.4mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h 15.4mm in 30 min to 18:30 30.8mm/h 31.8mm in 1 hr to 18:30 31.8mm/h 15.4mm in 1 hr to 19:00 15.4mm/h MOSS VALE AWS 5.0mm in 7 min to 17:59 42.9mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
38.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 38.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 38.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT 37.9 DOUGLAS RIVER Darwin-Daly NT 37.5 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 37.5 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA	27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR 25.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 25.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 24.8 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 24.8 WARRUWI Arnhem NT
7.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 7.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 8.9 CRADLE MOUNTAIN AIRSTRIP Central Plateau TAS 9.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 9.5 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS	-0.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 0.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 1.0 BRIDGETOWN SW & S Coast WA 1.2 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW 1.7 BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE SW & S Coast WA 1.7 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+11.1 35.5 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW +11.0 31.6 HAY (MILLER STREET) Riverina W NSW +10.9 36.3 MARREE NE Pastoral SA +10.5 33.9 WILCANNIA (REID ST) Far Northwest NSW +10.3 32.7 IVANHOE POST OFFICE Southwest Plains NSW	+11.1 20.0 WHITE CLIFFS POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW +9.8 20.0 NELSON BAY (NELSON HEAD) Hunter Valley NSW +9.5 8.8 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW +9.3 20.2 KULGERA Alice Springs NT +9.3 15.0 GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS Riverina W NSW
-4.7 19.5 BALGAIR Eucla WA -4.7 21.6 GLADSTONE RADAR Wide Bay/Burnett QLD -4.3 28.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA -4.2 16.9 EUCLA Eucla WA -4.0 28.7 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA -4.0 18.0 BALLADONIA Eucla WA	-6.0 12.0 DOONGAN N Kimberley WA -4.7 5.4 JURIEN Lower West WA -4.5 1.9 KATANNING COMPARISON Gt Southern WA -3.9 1.7 BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE SW & S Coast WA
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 102 (270/ 78 ) at 02:00	Other extremes ..