Australian Weather News -- 17 DEC 2001

Australian Weather News

Monday, 17 DEC 2001

Heavy rain north of Rockhampton

The trough that has brought heavy rain and storms to much of Queensland over the past three days moved off the central Queensland coast today, but not before giving falls reportedly up to 200mm to an area around Shoalwater Bay north of Rockhampton. Mike Griffin from the Bureau of Meteorology in Brisbane said on ABC Radio at about 9am that "A place called Tilpal off the Stanage Bay Road, had 207 millimetres and they reckon the creek there is one metre over the bridge." The Glen telemeter raingauge, 70km north of Rockhampton, reported a 24 hour total of 92.2mm to 9am, while Yeppoon, 30km NE of Rockhampton, recorded 73.0, 46 falling in 6 hours to 3am. The line of storms that brought the overnight rain headed out to sea soon after 3am, but storms redeveloped along the coastal fringe between Yeppoon and Gladstone around 7am and lingered along this line until nearly 2pm, giving Yeppoon a further 83mm, 56.2mm of which fell in the 2 hours to 1.30pm. Hamilton Island recorded 144mm in the 12 hours between 9pm today and 9am Tuesday.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 19:53 EDST on 22/12/01
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. 92.2 THE GLEN TM Central Coast E QLD 81.4 MELROSE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD 74.8 CARDOWAN Central Coast E QLD 73.0 YEPPOON THE ESPLANADE Central Coast E QLD 72.2 PORMPURAAW TOWNSHIP Gulf Country QLD *QUEENSLAND* Gulf Country 72.2 PORMPURAAW TOWNSHIP N Coast--Barron 59.0 DAINTREE TEA Central Coast E 92.2 THE GLEN TM 74.8 CARDOWAN 73.0 YEPPOON THE ESPLANADE 61.0 RAVENSWOOD POST OFFICE 58.0 SAMUEL HILL AERO Central Coast W 71.0 LLANARTH 64.6 SELLHEIM 55.0 BURDEKIN DAM 53.2 MORANBAH WATER TREATMENT PLANT Central Highlands 63.0 BOGANTUNGAN POST OFFICE 51.6 RAINWORTH Wide Bay/Burnett 81.4 MELROSE 58.0 LADY ELLIOT ISLAND 56.8 TOWN OF 1770	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Arnhem* GOVE AIRPORT 8.4mm in 24 min to 21:30 21.0mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 21:30 11.4mm/h *Roper-McArthur* LARRIMAH 39.0mm in 6 hr to 20:30 6.5mm/h *Victoria* TIMBER CREEK 23.0mm in 3 hr to 08:30 7.7mm/h *Darwin-Daly* TINDAL RAAF 16.0mm in 3 hr to 17:30 5.3mm/h 12.8mm in 12 min to 17:40 64.0mm/h 16.0mm in 1 hr to 18:00 16.0mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *Gulf Country* KOWANYAMA AIRPORT 16.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.3mm/h MORNINGTON ISLAND 5.2mm in 13 min to 00:43 24.0mm/h *Central Coast E* ST LAWRENCE POST OFFICE 30.0mm in 6 hr to 03:00 5.0mm/h YEPPOON THE ESPLANADE 18.2mm in 30 min to 00:00 36.4mm/h 18.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 18.8mm/h 24.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 8.0mm/h 21.6mm in 1 hr to 00:30 21.6mm/h 12.6mm in 1 hr to 02:00 12.6mm/h 13.2mm in 1 hr to 02:30 13.2mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 7.3mm/h 11.6mm in 30 min to 12:00 23.2mm/h 12.6mm in 1 hr to 12:00 12.6mm/h 18.6mm in 30 min to 12:30 37.2mm/h 30.2mm in 1 hr to 12:30 30.2mm/h 18.4mm in 30 min to 13:00 36.8mm/h 37.0mm in 1 hr to 13:00 37.0mm/h 26.0mm in 1 hr to 13:30 26.0mm/h 49.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 16.3mm/h 63.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 10.5mm/h SAMUEL HILL AERO 17.6mm in 1 hr to 02:00 17.6mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 7.3mm/h 21.0mm in 1 hr to 06:00 21.0mm/h 24.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 8.0mm/h 15.8mm in 1 hr to 15:00 15.8mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 7.3mm/h *Wide Bay/Burnett* LADY ELLIOT ISLAND 29.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 9.7mm/h HERON ISLAND RES STN 15.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.0mm/h 13.2mm in 1 hr to 05:00 13.2mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 7.7mm/h *Brisbane/SE Coast* AMBERLEY AMO 26.8mm in 1 hr to 09:00 26.8mm/h MARYBOROUGH 16.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.3mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
41.8 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA 41.4 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA 41.0 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA 40.3 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA	29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 28.7 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 28.0 PORT KEATS AERO Darwin-Daly NT 28.0 CAPE FOURCROY Islands 28.0 WARRUWI Arnhem NT
8.6 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 14.5 GELANTIPY E Gippsland VIC 14.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 15.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 15.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 15.0 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 15.0 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS	1.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 1.7 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS 2.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW 2.3 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 2.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+7.1 36.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA +5.9 30.5 ESPERANCE SW & S Coast WA +5.9 36.0 BALLADONIA Eucla WA +5.0 35.8 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA	+5.5 21.0 SOUTHERN CROSS Goldfields WA +5.4 19.5 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA +3.4 12.0 FINGAL (FORESTRY LEGGE STREET) E Coast TAS +3.3 14.5 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-11.3 22.7 BARALABA POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD -11.1 23.1 SPRINGSURE DAME ST Central Highlands QLD -10.8 22.6 TAROOM POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD -10.3 23.7 ROLLESTON METEOR ST Central Highlands QLD -9.1 23.6 INJUNE POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD	-7.3 4.0 LONGERENONG Wimmera S VIC -7.0 13.6 KULGERA Alice Springs NT -6.9 15.0 WATARRKA Alice Springs NT -6.9 7.6 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA -6.9 4.9 KEITH Upper SE SA
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. No reports of wind gusts above 90km/h or sustained winds above 63km/h	Other extremes ..