 Widespread
moderate rain across eastern states |
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| Rainfall for the week ended 9am Thursday
25 October. BoM |
Widespread falls of 10 to nearly 100mm covered
much of the eastern half of the continent between Tuesday afternoon
and Thursday morning as a broad trough moved east and its attendant cloudband
propagated northwards into Queensland. The map at right shows the extent
of the rain, most of which fell during the 3 days ended 9am Thursday. Moderate
rain began falling in northern Victoria and the NSW Riverina
district late yesterday afternoon, with many locations recording between
20 and 40mm between 3pm yesterday and 3am today. One farmer near Urana NSW
said the 36mm he recorded was his heaviest single fall in two years. The
heaviest totals were recorded in the Victorian and NSW Alps, where
Mt Buffalo Chalet reported 95.2mm and Mt Hotham summit 77mm, of which 22mm
fell in the 6 hours to 9pm yesterday and 49mm in the further 6 hours to
3am. Northern Tasmania also had 6 hours or so of moderate to heavy
rain late last night and early this morning, with Wynyard Airport registering
34mm in the 6 hours to midnight.
During today, rain spread northeast into
NSW, while thunderstorms and rain areas also developed through
western and central Queensland in the broad trough system. In NSW,
Thredbo Crackenback station reported 53mm between 9pm and 6am today, Mudgee
Airport 29mm between 6am and midday, and Bathurst Airport 24mm between
9am and 3pm. In Queensland, storms and rain areas developed from
late morning, and details of some of the heavier short-duration falls
are in the box below. The heaviest 24 hour totals to 9am Thursday were
Boulia Airport 55.9, Burketown Airport 46 and Quilpie Telemeter 39mm.
Properties in dry areas around Winton and Longreach received up to 45mm.
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National
weather extremes for today
Data provided
by the Bureau
of Meteorology
Last updated at 17:02 EDST on 25/10/01
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| 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) |
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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.
95.2 MOUNT BUFFALO CHALET Upper
NE VIC
77.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
71.0 HARRIETVILLE Upper NE VIC
66.8 HALLS (UPPER BUCKLAND) Upper NE VIC
63.2 EUROBIN Upper NE VIC
NEW SOUTH WALES
Snowy
Mtns
57.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK
STATION) AWS
VICTORIA
Lower
NE
50.0 KING RIVER (WHITFIELD)
Upper NE
95.2 MOUNT BUFFALO CHALET
77.0 MT HOTHAM
71.0 HARRIETVILLE
66.8 HALLS (UPPER BUCKLAND)
63.2 EUROBIN
63.0 FALLS CREEK
62.4 WHITLANDS (BURDER'S LANE)
53.2 LAKE WILLIAM HOVELL RESERVOIR
51.4 ARCHERTON
50.0 LAKE BUFFALO
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High rainfall for periods
of 6 hours or less.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Darwin-Daly
POINT STUART AWS
17.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 5.7mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 07:30 6.0mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 08:30 6.0mm/h
QUEENSLAND
Gulf Country
CANNINGTON MINE
11.8mm in 1 hr to 05:00 11.8mm/h
10.4mm in 17 min to 05:17 36.7mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 06:00 11.0mm/h
23.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 7.7mm/h
14.4mm in 6 min to 15:53 144.0mm/h
21.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 7.0mm/h
BURKETOWN POST OFFICE
18.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.0mm/h
JULIA CREEK AIRPORT
11.6mm in 1 hr to 11:00 11.6mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h
MOUNT ISA AERO
10.0mm in 7 min to 13:00 85.7mm/h
12.0mm in 1 hr to 13:00 12.0mm/h
6.2mm in 9 min to 13:09 41.3mm/h
18.4mm in 1 hr to 13:30 18.4mm/h
CLONCURRY AIRPORT
17.8mm in 1 hr to 08:00 17.8mm/h
BURKETOWN AIRSTRIP
10.2mm in 28 min to 11:00 21.9mm/h
10.2mm in 1 hr to 11:00 10.2mm/h
26.0mm in 1 hr to 14:00 26.0mm/h
27.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 9.0mm/h
Far SW
QUILPIE AIRPORT
20.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.7mm/h
NEW SOUTH WALES
CW
Plains N
COONAMBLE AIRPORT
13.0mm in 1 hr to 13:00 13.0mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h
C Tablelands N
MUDGEE AIRPORT AWS
5.6mm in 15 min to 08:15 22.4mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 6.0mm/h
7.0mm in 41 min to 11:41 10.2mm/h
10.8mm in 1 hr to 12:00 10.8mm/h
Snowy Mtns
THREDBO (CRACKENBACK
STATION) AWS
20.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.7mm/h
8.4mm in 45 min to 00:45 11.2mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 01:00 10.0mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.0mm/h
9.4mm in 49 min to 04:04 11.5mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 6.0mm/h
SW Slopes S
WAGGA WAGGA AMO
13.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 13.8mm/h
18.0mm in 30 min to 23:00 36.0mm/h
18.0mm in 1 hr to 23:00 18.0mm/h
VICTORIA
Upper
NE
MOUNT BULLER
22.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 7.3mm/h
FALLS CREEK
26.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 8.7mm/h
MT HOTHAM
12.4mm in 1 hr to 00:00 12.4mm/h
33.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 11.0mm/h
6.8mm in 38 min to 01:38 10.7mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.7mm/h
E Gippsland
MALLACOOTA
5.8mm in 32 min to 18:00 10.9mm/h
E Central
SCORESBY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
16.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.3mm/h
DUNNS HILL
11.4mm in 1 hr to 00:00 11.4mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.7mm/h
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Todays highest & lowest
temperatures
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Minimum |
41.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
40.2 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA
40.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT
39.9 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA
39.2 KIDMAN SPRINGS Victoria NT
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29.5 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA
28.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
28.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT
28.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT
27.6 CHANNEL POINT Darwin-Daly NT
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6.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
8.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
8.7 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
8.9 MOUNT LOFTY Mt Lofty Ranges SA
9.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
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2.0 BRIDGETOWN SW & S Coast WA
2.7 DONNYBROOK SW & S Coast WA
3.0 KATANNING Gt Southern WA
3.0 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
3.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
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Todays greatest temperature
variations from normal
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Minimum |
+7.9 28.0 MORUYA HEADS PILOT STATION South Coast
NSW
+7.5 27.3 JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR LIGHTHOU Illawarra
NSW
+7.3 24.7 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
+7.2 24.9 SWANSEA POST OFFICE E Coast TAS
+7.0 29.0 SYDNEY (OBSERVATORY HILL) Sydney--east
NSW
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+10.1 13.9 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro
NSW
+9.8 16.7 COWRA AIRPORT CW Slopes S NSW
+9.3 15.0 TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE Goulburn/Monaro
NSW
+9.2 15.5 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW
+9.1 15.0 LITHGOW (BIRDWOOD ST) C Tablelands S NSW
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-7.5 17.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA
-6.1 25.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
-5.9 26.2 CARNEGIE Interior WA
-5.8 28.6 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
-5.6 15.5 ESPERANCE SW & S Coast WA
-5.6 23.1 LEONORA Goldfields WA
-5.6 26.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
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-7.3 9.8 WATARRKA Alice Springs NT
-7.2 13.3 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA
-7.0 11.9 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
-6.0 11.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
-5.8 8.0 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
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Highest wind gusts above
89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean
windspeed shown in brackets.
THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy
Mtns NSW: 102 (330/ 76 ) at 00:00
FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC: 100 (360/ 67 ) at 01:38
COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC: 78 (300/ 65 )
at 15:23
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