Australian Weather News -- 29 AUG 2002

Australian Weather News

Thursday, 29 AUG 2002

NEWSBITS: An early Morning Glory rolls across the Gulf of Carpentaria Qld

NEWSBITS: The first Morning Glories of the year were reported this morning. A succession of three glories, spectacular roll-cloud formations that sweep across the Gulf of Carpentaria in Spring, were reported by the weather observer on Sweers Island, 70km north of Burketown this morning; a main one followed by two smaller ones. The observer, Lyn Battle, told ABC Radio that the formation was one of the most spectacular seen in recent years, despite the fact that the glories are usually at their best in October.''This one was pretty unusual in that normally they're north-west or north-east orientation," she said. "This one was a north-south one so it didn't bring the northerly wind in behind it, it brought south-easterlies and it was the only cloud in the sky at the time."

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 15:54 EST on 31/08/02
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. 29.0 DAINTREE TEA N Coast--Barron QLD 28.6 ST MARYS (GROOM STREET) E Coast TAS 26.0 REDESDALE N Central VIC 25.2 LANCEFIELD W Central VIC 22.8 SCOTT RIVER SW & S Coast WA *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *SW & S Coast* 22.8 SCOTT RIVER *QUEENSLAND* N Coast--Barron 29.0 DAINTREE TEA *VICTORIA* W Central 25.2 LANCEFIELD N Central 26.0 REDESDALE *TASMANIA* E Coast 28.6 ST MARYS (GROOM STREET)	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *SW & S Coast* DWELLINGUP FORESTRY 13.4mm in 1 hr to 14:00 13.4mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
38.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 36.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 36.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 35.9 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA 35.0 WARMUN E Kimberley WA 35.0 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA	26.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 24.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 23.0 WARRUWI Arnhem NT 23.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 22.6 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands
1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 1.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 3.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 3.6 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 4.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW	-7.2 WITCHCLIFFE SW & S Coast WA -3.5 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW -2.9 EYRE Eucla WA -2.0 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS -1.9 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+9.4 32.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA +9.2 27.6 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA +8.8 25.5 CONDOBOLIN AG RESEARCH STN CW Plains S NSW +8.7 32.0 CARNEGIE Interior WA +8.7 27.0 NYNGAN AIRPORT CW Plains N NSW	+8.9 13.4 LAKE CARGELLIGO AIRPORT Riverina W NSW +8.1 14.3 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW +8.1 12.0 GRIFFITH AIRPORT AWS Riverina W NSW +7.8 12.5 NYNGAN AIRPORT CW Plains N NSW +7.7 13.5 PEAK HILL POST OFFICE CW Plains S NSW
-2.5 24.6 COOKTOWN MISSION STRIP N Coast--Barron QLD -2.5 20.0 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD -2.4 27.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA -2.4 11.0 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW -1.9 15.0 KIMBA W Agricultural SA -1.9 12.2 MOUNT BARKER Mt Lofty Ranges SA	-9.3 -2.9 EYRE Eucla WA -7.7 8.8 TIMBER CREEK Victoria NT -7.5 8.5 KIMBERLEY RES.STATION E Kimberley WA -5.8 11.0 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA -5.6 13.8 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA
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: 93 (320/ 80 ) at 11:00 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC: 104 (360/ 67 ) at 07:00	Other extremes ..