Australian Weather News -- 28 DEC 2001

Australian Weather News

Friday, 28 DEC 2001

NSW bushfires continue
Storm damages Darwin Airport

See special report on the NSW bushfires.

An early afternoon storm swept over northeastern suburbs of Darwin today, dropping over 50mm of rain and causing flash flooding. The airport recorded 43mm between noon and 3pm, most falling in less than one hour. Nearly continuous lightning accompanied the storm, and caused damage to the airport runway.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 18:04 EDST on 29/12/01
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. 66.0 JABIRU AIRPORT Darwin-Daly NT 62.4 MAINORU OUTSTATION STORE Roper-McArthur NT 51.0 WOLLOGORANG Roper-McArthur NT 41.0 SPRING CREEK E Kimberley WA 38.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *E Kimberley* 41.0 SPRING CREEK *Interior* 38.0 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Roper-McArthur 62.4 MAINORU OUTSTATION STORE 51.0 WOLLOGORANG Darwin-Daly 66.0 JABIRU AIRPORT	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *Interior* GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE 23.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.7mm/h *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Arnhem* MILINGIMBI 9.6mm in 12 min to 00:30 48.0mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 02:30 6.0mm/h *Darwin-Daly* DARWIN AIRPORT 10.4mm in 9 min to 12:38 69.3mm/h 43.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 14.3mm/h JABIRU AIRPORT 16.6mm in 40 min to 01:10 24.9mm/h 27.2mm in 20 min to 01:30 81.6mm/h 43.8mm in 1 hr to 01:30 43.8mm/h 19.2mm in 1 hr to 02:30 19.2mm/h 63.0mm in 3 hr to 02:30 21.0mm/h 63.0mm in 6 hr to 02:30 10.5mm/h *QUEENSLAND* *N Peninsula* WEIPA AERO 16.0mm in 30 min to 19:00 32.0mm/h 16.0mm in 1 hr to 19:00 16.0mm/h 16.6mm in 1 hr to 19:30 16.6mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h *Central Coast E* MACKAY MO 22.8mm in 1 hr to 21:00 22.8mm/h 31.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 10.3mm/h *Wide Bay/Burnett* ROCKHAMPTON AERO 7.8mm in 13 min to 14:00 36.0mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 14:00 11.6mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
42.0 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD 41.7 BRUNETTE DOWNS Barkly NT 41.7 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD 41.0 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD 41.0 BURKETOWN AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD 41.0 RICHMOND POST OFFICE Upper Carpentaria QLD 41.0 RICHMOND AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD	29.3 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD 29.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT 29.0 CAPE FOURCROY Islands 28.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 28.1 GREEN ISLAND N Coast--Barron QLD
9.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 9.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 11.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 11.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 12.9 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC	-0.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 0.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 1.1 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW 1.4 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+8.7 33.4 EUCLA Eucla WA +8.7 35.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA +6.6 34.6 WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA +5.9 34.5 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW +5.8 33.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA	+6.0 19.9 PINGELLY Gt Southern WA +5.8 26.6 CLERMONT POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD +5.5 18.2 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA +5.0 26.1 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD +4.8 26.5 ST LAWRENCE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD
-7.9 20.4 KARNET Lower West WA -7.1 25.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA -7.1 20.0 DWELLINGUP FORESTRY SW & S Coast WA -6.8 31.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA -6.4 21.7 DONNYBROOK SW & S Coast WA	-9.0 1.4 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW -8.7 9.7 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD -8.6 4.6 COONABARABRAN (NAMOI STREET) CW Slopes N NSW -8.5 5.2 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW -8.5 3.0 EDI UPPER Upper NE VIC
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. None reported	Other extremes ..