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Australian Weather News |
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Thursday, 07 NOV 2002 |
| Notes on significant weather not yet written |
| Significant rainfall, strong winds, strong wind gusts and abnormally high and low temperatures for this day are given below. Descriptions of significant weather events are added here when time permits and reliable information is available. This is sometimes well after the event! |
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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) | |
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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.
21.0 MARGARET RIVER E Kimberley WA |
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. None reported |
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Todays highest & lowest temperatures |
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43.6 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA 42.5 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA 42.1 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA 42.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 42.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA 42.0 RABBIT FLAT Alice Springs NT 42.0 CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD |
29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 28.3 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA 28.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 28.0 MCCLUER ISLAND Darwin-Daly NT 27.8 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 27.8 WITTENOOM W Pilbara WA |
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14.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 15.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 16.0 LOW HEAD N Coast TAS 16.4 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW 16.9 BURNIE (ROUND HILL) N Coast TAS |
-3.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW -1.0 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW -0.4 COOMA AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW 0.4 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW 0.5 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW 0.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW |
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal |
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+13.8 32.6 CAPE NORTHUMBERLAND Lower SE SA +12.8 34.0 LAVERTON RAAF W Central VIC +12.8 31.0 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC +12.8 28.3 CAPE BRUNY LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS +12.6 31.0 PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC +12.6 37.2 PRICE Yorke Peninsula SA |
+11.2 23.0 NULLARBOR ROADHOUSE W Agricultural SA
+10.1 22.2 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +8.0 20.0 CLEVE W Agricultural SA +7.2 20.4 STREAKY BAY W Agricultural SA +6.5 19.1 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide Plains SA |
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-4.2 27.0 MILES POST OFFICE Darling Downs W QLD -3.2 20.6 EUCLA Eucla WA -2.7 20.3 ESPERANCE SW & S Coast WA -2.6 23.0 MEDINA RESEARCH CENTRE Lower West WA -2.6 29.0 LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD |
-7.5 1.2 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW -6.3 16.6 WOLLOGORANG Roper-McArthur NT -6.2 0.5 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW -5.8 3.5 WANGARATTA AERO Lower NE VIC -5.6 10.3 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD |
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Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS:
87 (300/ 78 ) at 18:38 |
Other extremes .. |