Australian Weather News |
Tuesday, 18 DEC 2001 |
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Thunderstorms developed over
eastern NSW today ahead of a trough moving through the state. A complex
system developed northwest of Mudgee around midday, giving Mudgee
airport 12mm in 10 minutes to 1.12pm then a further 13.6mm between 2 and
3pm. Winds in the Mudgee/Gulgong area lifted a shed roof and brought down
powerlines and trees. This storm complex moved SE, then ESE to give hail
to 3cm diameter at Blackheath in the Blue Mountains and 4 to 5cm
at The Oaks in Sydney's outer southwest. A massive hailstorm dumped
around 30cm of hail on Brown Mountain around 7pm, blocking the Monaro
Highway between Bega and Nimmitabel and stranding and damaging cars and
trucks. There were reports of hail damage to properties in the area.
Warm windy conditions ahead of the trough also brought bushfires along a line from the NSW Central West to the South Coast. A fire in the Goobang National Park east of Parkes was burning on a 6km front. Two fires, at Limit Hill and Clews Ridge, were burning near Lithgow. In the Wollondilly area southwest of Sydney, fires were burning at Allum River, Blue Gum Mountain and Nattai. A small fire was also reported near Merricumbene on the NSW South Coast. |
National
weather extremes for today |
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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) | |
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. 144.0 HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central
Coast E QLD |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. |
Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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Maximum | Minimum |
42.0 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA 42.0 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA 42.0 TELFER AERO Interior WA 41.8 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA 41.5 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA |
30.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT 29.3 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD 29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 28.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 28.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT |
8.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 13.3 LIAWENEE AWS Central Plateau TAS 13.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 13.9 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 14.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW |
2.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 3.0 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA 3.5 MORTLAKE RACECOURSE W Coast VIC 5.0 KEITH (MUNKORA) Upper SE SA 5.0 COONAWARRA Lower SE SA 5.0 PADTHAWAY SOUTH Lower SE SA 5.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW 5.0 HORSHAM AERODROME Wimmera S VIC 5.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
Maximum | Minimum |
+14.7 39.8 EYRE Eucla WA +10.2 34.9 EUCLA Eucla WA +8.7 40.6 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA +8.4 39.2 BALGAIR Eucla WA +7.4 37.5 BALLADONIA Eucla WA |
+5.2 18.4 BALLADONIA Eucla WA +4.2 15.7 GOULBURN PROGRESS ST Goulburn/Monaro NSW +4.1 15.0 BURNIE (ROUND HILL) N Coast TAS +4.0 8.6 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS +3.9 13.0 BUSHY PARK (BUSHY PARK ESTATES) Derwent Valley TAS |
-8.3 26.5 CLERMONT POST OFFICE Central Highlands
QLD -7.8 26.4 SPRINGSURE DAME ST Central Highlands QLD -7.7 26.3 BARALABA POST OFFICE Wide Bay/Burnett QLD -6.3 27.1 MORANBAH WATER TREATMENT PLANT Central Coast W QLD -6.1 27.9 ROLLESTON METEOR ST Central Highlands QLD |
-7.4 7.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA
-7.0 7.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA -6.3 8.2 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA -6.1 15.0 WILUNA Interior WA -5.8 14.4 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT Alice Springs NT |
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. DUBBO AIRPORT AWS CW Slopes
S NSW: 108 (330/ 78 ) at 13:25 |
Other extremes .. |