Australian Weather News -- 06 OCT 2001

Australian Weather News

Saturday, 06 OCT 2001

Cold and wet in central southern WA

Widespread rain of 10 to 40mm fell across the Murchison, Central West and Goldfields districts in WA late yesterday and today. The weather station at Murchison recorded 21.9mm for the 24 hours to 9am, their heaviest October one-day total in 14 years of computer records. Middle-level moisture streaming in from the northwest combined with a low developing in the WA heat trough near Carnarvon and an injection of cooler southern air yesterday to produce widespread uplift and the rain. The cloud kept daytime temperatures unusually low, with Kalgoorlie-Boulder reaching only 12.1° for the day, while Carnegie's top of 14.6 was 17.5 below average.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 08:49 EDST on 11/10/01
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 daily rainfall for October: Murchison WA: 21.9 (17.8, 14)
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. 29.0 BURNERBINMAH Murchison WA 28.2 WANDANA Central West WA 27.0 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA 27.0 NINGHAN STATION Murchison WA 23.0 YUNA Central West WA *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *Murchison* 29.0 BURNERBINMAH 27.0 NINGHAN STATION *Central West* 28.2 WANDANA 23.0 YUNA *Goldfields* 27.0 LAVERTON AERO	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *SOUTH AUSTRALIA* *Mt Lofty Ranges* MOUNT CRAWFORD (TOWER HILL) 3.8mm in 11 min to 21:30 20.7mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
39.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 38.8 ELLIOTT Barkly NT 38.1 OENPELLI Darwin-Daly NT 38.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 38.0 WARMUN E Kimberley WA 38.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 38.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT 38.0 LAJAMANU Victoria NT 38.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT	27.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR 26.7 MANINGRIDA Arnhem NT 26.5 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 26.5 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA
2.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 3.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 4.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 5.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 5.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS	-1.9 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW -1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -0.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -0.6 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+6.2 27.9 NORAH HEAD LIGHTHOUSE Hunter Valley NSW +5.5 28.5 SOUTH WEST ROCKS (SMOKY CAPE LIGHTHOUSE) MidNorth Coast N NSW +5.2 27.5 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW +5.0 27.0 SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) Sydney--east NSW +4.6 28.8 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD	+3.9 26.7 MANINGRIDA Arnhem NT +3.6 13.8 MORAWA POST OFFICE Central West WA +3.3 19.8 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA +3.3 10.0 BRIDGETOWN POST OFFICE SW & S Coast WA +3.3 18.0 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
-17.5 14.6 CARNEGIE Interior WA -13.8 14.9 LEONORA Goldfields WA -13.5 12.1 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA -12.6 14.2 CASHMERE DOWNS Goldfields WA -11.9 13.5 SOUTHERN CROSS Goldfields WA	-11.7 6.9 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD -10.4 7.6 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD -8.9 7.7 ISISFORD POST OFFICE Central West QLD -8.3 5.3 TAMBO POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA : 95 (250/ 67 ) at 04:30 STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Peninsula SA : 80 (240/ 63 ) at 16:04 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW: 89 (340/ 63 ) at 12:00 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC: 91 (360/ 67 ) at 12:00 SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND E Central VIC: 82 (280/ 69 ) at 15:00 COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC: 78 (290/ 67 ) at 13:19	Other extremes ..