Australian Weather News -- 09 OCT 2001

Australian Weather News

Tuesday, 09 OCT 2001

Cold, wet in NT

The major cloudband making its way across the continent kept temperatures 6 to 9° below normal across southern and western NT and northern SA today, while rain and storms gave totals of 25 to 50mm in the Territory's north and south. Territory Wildlife Park south of Darwin recorded 49mm for the 24 hours to 9am from storms and rain areas associated with a trough that passed through yesterday, while Watarrka (Kings Canyon), 250km WSW of Alice Springs recorded 26.3mm for the 24 hours to 9am Wednesday from the main cloudband that crossed Central Australia today.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 11:09 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. 49.0 TERRITORY WILDLIFE PARK Darwin-Daly NT 33.2 LABELLE DOWNS Darwin-Daly NT 33.0 DOUGLAS RIVER Darwin-Daly NT 30.0 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA 28.0 BATCHELOR AERO Darwin-Daly NT *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *E Kimberley* 30.0 ARGYLE AERODROME *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Darwin-Daly 49.0 TERRITORY WILDLIFE PARK 33.2 LABELLE DOWNS 33.0 DOUGLAS RIVER 28.0 BATCHELOR AERO	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *E Kimberley* ARGYLE AERODROME 12.8mm in 1 hr to 01:00 12.8mm/h 14.6mm in 1 hr to 02:00 14.6mm/h 29.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 9.7mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
39.5 NORMANTON AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD 39.0 FLYING FOX Roper-McArthur NT 38.8 WOLLOGORANG Roper-McArthur NT 38.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 37.8 CROYDON TOWNSHIP Gulf Country QLD 37.8 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD	27.9 MANINGRIDA Arnhem NT 27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR 26.3 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 25.7 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD 25.4 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA
4.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 4.4 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 6.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 6.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 7.4 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC	-9.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -8.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -7.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -6.3 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW -4.8 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+4.4 25.8 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA +4.4 36.7 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD +3.6 23.7 VICTOR HARBOR COMPARISON Mt Lofty Ranges SA +3.5 37.7 BURKETOWN POST OFFICE Gulf Country QLD +3.1 27.0 WONGAN HILLS RES.STATION Central West WA	+5.9 25.7 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD +5.1 27.9 MANINGRIDA Arnhem NT +4.5 12.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA +4.1 14.5 BALGAIR Eucla WA +2.9 20.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA +2.9 13.5 ESPERANCE SW & S Coast WA +2.9 20.5 WINTON POST OFFICE Northwest QLD
-8.9 28.5 WAVE HILL Victoria NT -8.3 14.1 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA -8.0 21.8 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA -7.7 17.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA -6.8 17.9 MOORA Central West WA -6.8 11.9 MOUNT BARKER SW & S Coast WA -6.8 16.0 LAKE GRACE POST OFFICE Gt Southern WA -6.8 18.6 SOUTHERN CROSS Goldfields WA	-9.9 0.5 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA -9.2 2.0 OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD -9.0 -9.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -8.3 -2.0 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW -8.3 -8.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -8.3 -2.0 BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. None known	Other extremes ..