Australian Weather News -- 08 OCT 2001

Australian Weather News

Monday, 08 OCT 2001

NT cold in the south, stormy in the north

Cloud cover kept temperatures exceptionally low today over central and southern parts of the NT and northwestern SA. Temperatures were between 10 and 14° below the October average over the greater part of Central Australia. In the Territory's north, a series of heavy storms during the evening produced 26.2mm in 46 minutes to 6.30pm at Batchelor and 27mm in the hour to 7.30pm at Douglas River.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 08:54 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 (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. 36.4 SNOWY RIVER (D/S BASIN CREEK) E Gippsland VIC 35.0 GELANTIPY E Gippsland VIC 35.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 34.6 COMBIENBAR E Gippsland VIC VICTORIA E Gippsland 36.4 SNOWY RIVER (D/S BASIN CREEK) 35.0 GELANTIPY 34.6 COMBIENBAR TASMANIA Southeast 35.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Darwin-Daly* BATCHELOR AERO 26.2mm in 46 min to 18:30 34.2mm/h 26.2mm in 1 hr to 18:30 26.2mm/h 24.0mm in 3 hr to 20:30 8.0mm/h DOUGLAS RIVER 15.6mm in 30 min to 19:00 31.2mm/h 20.4mm in 1 hr to 19:00 20.4mm/h 11.4mm in 30 min to 19:30 22.8mm/h 27.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 27.0mm/h 12.2mm in 1 hr to 20:00 12.2mm/h 33.0mm in 3 hr to 20:30 11.0mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
38.2 FLYING FOX Roper-McArthur NT 37.4 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD 37.3 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD 37.2 NORMANTON AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD 37.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 37.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA 37.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 37.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 37.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT	27.5 MANINGRIDA Arnhem NT 27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR 26.4 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 26.3 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA 25.2 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
-0.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 0.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 1.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 1.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 2.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC	-5.0 GLEN INNES AG RESEARCH STN N Tablelands W NSW -5.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -4.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -3.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+5.2 35.0 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD +4.9 33.7 ST LAWRENCE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD +3.4 26.3 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD +3.3 28.5 REDCLIFFE COUNCIL Brisbane/SE Coast QLD +3.2 35.2 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD	+4.7 27.5 MANINGRIDA Arnhem NT +4.1 11.8 BEVERLEY Gt Southern WA +3.8 14.0 PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA +3.4 13.6 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA +3.0 19.5 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA
-13.5 21.5 ALI CURUNG Alice Springs NT -12.5 22.1 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT Barkly NT -11.6 20.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA -11.5 18.7 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA -11.4 20.0 CURTIN SPRINGS Alice Springs NT	-12.1 -5.0 GLEN INNES AG RESEARCH STN N Tablelands W NSW -11.7 -1.5 EYRE Eucla WA -9.2 1.0 PINDARI DAM NW Slopes N NSW -7.9 7.5 THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE Far SW QLD
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD: 95 (150/ 17 ) at 14:30 NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW: 74 (180/ 63 ) at 17:00 GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW: 91 (210/ 70 ) at 02:03	Other extremes ..