Australian Weather News -- 12 DEC 2001

Australian Weather News

Wednesday, 12 DEC 2001

Cold in SE WA
Heavy storms in NT, Qld

It was a cold day under heavy cloud cover in the WA Goldfields, Eucla and NE Interior regions today, with top temperatures barely making it into the low 20s. Leonora's maximum of 19.1 was 16.3° below the December norm, while Yeelirrie's top of 20 was 16 below, though the temperature rose to 23 by 9am Thursday morning making the official 24-hour maximum a little higher.

Scattered heavy storms gave some heavy falls in Queensland and the Northern Territory. In Queensland, Mackay received its second downpour in two days when 24.6mm fell in half an hour to 7pm. Collinsville, 150km NW, recorded 56mm from a storm sometime between 9am and 3pm. In the Northern Territory, heavy falls included 68mm in 3 hours to 3pm at Dum In Mirrie and 18.2mm in 12 minutes to 4pm at Batchelor

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 21:13 EDST on 13/12/01
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. 103.0 ZATTAS ALERT N Coast--Herbert QLD 87.8 RIVEREN Victoria NT 66.2 WAVE HILL Victoria NT 52.0 MAINORU OUTSTATION STORE Roper-McArthur NT 50.0 BUNDA Victoria NT *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Roper-McArthur 52.0 MAINORU OUTSTATION STORE Victoria 87.8 RIVEREN 66.2 WAVE HILL 50.0 BUNDA *QUEENSLAND* N Coast--Herbert 103.0 ZATTAS ALERT	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *Interior* WARBURTON AIRFIELD 12.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 12.4mm/h *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Victoria* VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS 4.6mm in 3 min to 20:33 92.0mm/h 10.2mm in 57 min to 21:30 10.7mm/h 14.8mm in 1 hr to 21:30 14.8mm/h *Darwin-Daly* PIRLANGIMPI 30.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 10.0mm/h 30.0mm in 3 hr to 17:30 10.0mm/h BATCHELOR AERO 18.2mm in 12 min to 15:30 91.0mm/h 18.6mm in 1 hr to 15:30 18.6mm/h 27.0mm in 3 hr to 17:30 9.0mm/h DUM IN MIRRIE 68.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 22.7mm/h 68.0mm in 6 hr to 14:30 11.3mm/h DOUGLAS RIVER 17.4mm in 1 hr to 15:30 17.4mm/h TINDAL RAAF 15.0mm in 3 hr to 20:30 5.0mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *Central Coast E* MACKAY AERO 24.6mm in 30 min to 19:00 49.2mm/h 34.4mm in 1 hr to 19:30 34.4mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 20:00 11.4mm/h 38.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 12.7mm/h ST LAWRENCE POST OFFICE 34.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 11.3mm/h MACKAY MO 16.6mm in 18 min to 19:00 55.3mm/h 22.2mm in 1 hr to 19:00 22.2mm/h 29.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 9.7mm/h WOOLSHED 16.6mm in 20 min to 18:00 49.8mm/h 17.6mm in 1 hr to 18:00 17.6mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.0mm/h *NEW SOUTH WALES* *Hunter Valley* WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 11.2mm in 30 min to 22:00 22.4mm/h 11.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 11.2mm/h *ISLANDS* *Islands* MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND 18.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 6.0mm/h CAPE FOURCROY 20.0mm in 3 hr to 02:30 6.7mm/h 18.4mm in 1 hr to 03:30 18.4mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
43.0 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD 43.0 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD 42.3 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD 41.9 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD 41.0 HUGHENDEN AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD	29.7 CENTRE ISLAND Roper-McArthur NT 29.1 SWEERS ISLAND Gulf Country QLD 28.4 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA 28.0 ALVA BEACH Central Coast E QLD 27.9 BORROLOOLA Roper-McArthur NT
9.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 12.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 12.0 LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC 12.5 DUNNS HILL E Central VIC 13.0 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS	-2.5 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -1.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS -1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -1.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+6.0 35.5 GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA +4.7 35.7 KALBARRI Central West WA +4.7 31.9 LANCELIN Lower West WA +4.6 38.6 BARALABA POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD +4.4 36.5 INGHAM COMPOSITE N Coast--Herbert QLD	+5.9 26.7 CLERMONT POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD +5.2 26.3 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD +4.6 22.0 KALBARRI Central West WA +4.4 25.3 MORANBAH WATER TREATMENT PLANT Central Coast W QLD +3.5 25.9 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD +3.5 25.4 INNISFAIL N Coast--Herbert QLD +3.5 25.2 ST LAWRENCE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD
-16.3 19.1 LEONORA Goldfields WA -13.3 17.5 BALGAIR Eucla WA -12.9 23.2 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA -11.4 25.4 WILUNA Interior WA -9.5 29.4 BALGO HILLS Interior WA	-9.2 4.5 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW -8.3 6.5 QUANDIALLA POST OFFICE SW Slopes N NSW -7.8 7.0 EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide Plains SA -7.7 8.5 PARKES (MACARTHUR STREET) CW Slopes S NSW
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 74 (220/ 63 ) at 00:00	Other extremes ..