Australian Weather News -- 21 SEP 2002

Australian Weather News

Saturday, 21 SEP 2002

NEWSBITS: Bushfire worsens behind Cairns Qld; More overnight snow in Tas

NEWSBITS: A major fire west of Mareeba, 40km west of Cairns Qld, was reported burning on an 18km front this morning and endangering the rodeo grounds and communications tower near the town. The fire expanded today after an attempted overnight backburn had to be abandonned when wind direction changed. A second fire farther to the west is giving local firefighters additional worry. On the Tasmanian Central Plateau, light snow fell again overnight for the fifth night in a row.

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 17:04 EST on 22/09/02
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. 49.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 37.0 HINZE DAM ALERT Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 36.8 ZEEHAN MEMORIAL MUSEUM W Coast TAS 35.0 CLEARVIEW TM Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 35.0 HINZE DAM Brisbane/SE Coast QLD *QUEENSLAND* Brisbane/SE Coast 37.0 HINZE DAM ALERT 35.0 CLEARVIEW TM 35.0 HINZE DAM *TASMANIA* W Coast 49.0 MOUNT READ 36.8 ZEEHAN MEMORIAL MUSEUM	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *QUEENSLAND* *Brisbane/SE Coast* COOLANGATTA AIRPORT 11.2mm in 1 hr to 05:00 11.2mm/h 10.4mm in 1 hr to 05:30 10.4mm/h *TASMANIA* *W Coast* MOUNT READ 15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.0mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 6.7mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
39.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 38.0 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA 38.0 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA 38.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 38.0 BRADSHAW Darwin-Daly NT	27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 26.0 DUM IN MIRRIE Darwin-Daly NT 25.3 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 24.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD 24.0 CAPE FOURCROY Islands
3.8 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 4.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 4.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 4.7 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 5.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW	-2.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -2.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -1.9 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -1.5 WOOLBROOK (DANGLEMAH ROAD) NW Slopes S NSW -1.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+9.4 30.4 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW +8.9 29.1 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC +8.7 26.5 YONGALA Upper North SA +8.6 33.0 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW +8.3 27.6 WALPEUP RESEARCH Mallee N VIC	+8.2 17.0 BROKEN HILL (PATTON STREET) Lower Darling NSW +6.2 14.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +5.2 22.0 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA +5.2 15.0 STREAKY BAY W Agricultural SA +5.1 14.5 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA +5.1 11.8 POLDA (GUM VIEW) W Agricultural SA
-4.8 16.4 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA -4.3 28.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA -3.9 29.8 MANDORA E Pilbara WA -3.5 29.2 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA -2.8 28.5 ALYANGULA POLICE Arnhem NT	-7.3 10.5 WAVE HILL Victoria NT -7.2 10.0 DALY WATERS AWS Roper-McArthur NT -7.0 6.5 WATARRKA Alice Springs NT -6.9 9.0 MANDORA E Pilbara WA -6.6 14.2 TIMBER CREEK Victoria NT
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 93 (290/ 59 ) at 06:38 CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. N Coast TAS: 89 (280/ 67 ) at 05:00 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 117 (310/100 ) at 03:23 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 108 (300/ 89 ) at 04:00	Other extremes ..