Australian Weather News -- 24 SEP 2001

Australian Weather News

Monday, 24 SEP 2001

Storms and heavy rain in SE SA
Heat moves into NSW after a hot night farther west.

The cold front that swept heatwave conditions out of South Australia overnight stalled for several hours this morning along the Mt Lofty and Flinders Ranges bringing heavy rain and some storms in a line from Adelaide through Whyalla and into the Northwest Pastoral District. Between 3 and 9am, Whyalla recorded 31mm, Clare 35 and Nuriootpa 27mm.

The rain followed another exceptionally warm night. Marree recorded an overnight minimum of 24.6, 15.1° above normal, while Arkaroola, 150km SE, recorded 25.6, 17.6 above. In northwestern Victoria, Mildura Airport's minimum of 22.1 was 14.8 above normal, and the warmest September minimum recorded in 55 years.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 12:14 EDST on 30/09/01
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. 40.0 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA 40.0 SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) Lower North SA 36.8 GAWLER RANGES (NONNING) NW Pastoral SA 36.4 HOYLETON Lower North SA 34.4 MUNDOORA Lower North SA *SOUTH AUSTRALIA* NW Pastoral 36.8 GAWLER RANGES (NONNING) W Agricultural 40.0 WHYALLA AERO Lower North 40.0 SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) 36.4 HOYLETON 34.4 MUNDOORA	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *SOUTH AUSTRALIA* *W Agricultural* WHYALLA AERO 17.0mm in 3 hr to 08:30 5.7mm/h PORT AUGUSTA AERO 4.0mm in 11 min to 08:30 21.8mm/h *Lower North* CLARE HIGH SCHOOL 16.0mm in 3 hr to 08:30 5.3mm/h SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) 5.6mm in 32 min to 05:30 10.5mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 08:30 7.7mm/h *County Light* NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL 18.0mm in 3 hr to 08:30 6.0mm/h *TASMANIA* *Central Plateau* LIAWENEE AWS 10.4mm in 29 min to 23:29 21.5mm/h *W Coast* MOUNT READ 17.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.7mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
41.2 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 41.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 40.6 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA 40.2 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA 39.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 39.0 WARMUN E Kimberley WA 39.0 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA 39.0 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA	27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR 26.4 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA 26.2 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 26.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 25.6 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA
10.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 11.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 11.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 11.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 12.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW	0.5 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA 1.0 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW 1.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW 1.5 GUYRA HOSPITAL N Tablelands W NSW 1.8 CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+11.6 30.2 TOCUMWAL AIRPORT Riverina E NSW +11.6 31.2 DENILIQUIN POST OFFICE Riverina E NSW +11.5 31.0 GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS Riverina W NSW +11.3 31.9 HAY (MILLER STREET) Riverina W NSW +11.0 31.5 HILLSTON AIRPORT Riverina W NSW	+17.6 25.6 ARKAROOLA NE Pastoral SA +15.1 24.6 MARREE NE Pastoral SA +14.8 22.1 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC +14.3 20.0 GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS Riverina W NSW +14.0 24.2 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT
-4.9 14.4 LAMEROO Upper SE SA -3.7 13.0 COONAWARRA Lower SE SA -3.7 14.8 KEITH Upper SE SA -3.4 19.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA -3.3 14.5 YONGALA Upper North SA	-4.3 4.9 GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA -4.1 2.7 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA -4.0 5.0 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA -3.7 3.5 CUNDERDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA -3.6 4.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA -3.6 6.5 JURIEN Lower West WA
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. MOUNT LOFTY Mt Lofty Ranges SA : 102 (330/ 67 ) at 03:00 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW: 102 (340/ 78 ) at 23:00 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC: 87 (360/ 67 ) at 20:41 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 85 (270/ 67 ) at 19:09 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 87 (310/ 63 ) at 23:37	Other extremes ..