Australian Weather News -- 09 NOV 2002

Australian Weather News

Saturday, 09 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!

National weather extremes for today Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology Last updated at 05:44 UTC on 10/11/02
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. 47.8 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS 38.8 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM) Central Plateau TAS 36.4 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION W Coast TAS 30.4 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS 27.2 DERWENT BRIDGE (DERWENT RIVER) Central Plateau TAS *TASMANIA* Central Plateau 38.8 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM) 30.4 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK 27.2 DERWENT BRIDGE (DERWENT RIVER) W Coast 47.8 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE 36.4 LAKE MARGARET POWER STATION	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *W Kimberley* FITZROY CROSSING AERO 8.8mm in 13 min to 20:00 40.6mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 10.6mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
43.0 MOUNT AUGUSTUS E Gascoyne WA 42.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 42.0 ELLIOTT Barkly NT 42.0 RABBIT FLAT Alice Springs NT 41.9 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD	29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands 28.0 DELAMERE WEAPONS RANGE Darwin-Daly NT 27.8 BALGO HILLS Interior WA 27.5 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA 27.5 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA
7.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 8.6 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 11.8 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS 12.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS 12.5 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS	1.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 3.1 GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW 3.8 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 4.6 ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE) County Light SA 4.7 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+13.5 40.6 CESSNOCK (NULKABA) Hunter Valley NSW +13.3 39.0 CAMDEN AIRPORT AWS Illawarra NSW +13.2 39.5 PATERSON (TOCAL) Hunter Valley NSW +12.4 38.8 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW +12.2 33.2 BOWRAL (PARRY DRIVE) Illawarra NSW +12.2 33.5 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW	+11.8 21.0 BOWRAL (PARRY DRIVE) Illawarra NSW +10.9 14.2 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW +10.5 19.1 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW +10.2 19.9 KATOOMBA (NARROW NECK RD) C Tablelands S NSW +7.8 20.6 SOUTHERN CROSS Goldfields WA
-5.3 28.5 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA -3.7 17.5 GOOLWA (HINDMARSH ISLAND MARINA) Mt Lofty Ranges SA -3.5 33.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA -3.5 12.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS -3.2 20.4 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide Plains SA -3.2 15.0 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC	-6.4 4.6 ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE) County Light SA -6.0 4.7 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA -5.8 12.0 WILUNA Interior WA -5.3 7.6 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA -5.3 6.9 KADINA Yorke Peninsula SA
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA : 95 (240/ 41 ) at 20:03 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 93 (270/ 65 ) at 05:00 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS: 83 (290/ 63 ) at 09:00 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS: 128 (310/108 ) at 15:10 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS: 121 (250/ 91 ) at 20:00 HARTZ MOUNTAIN(KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS: 109 (240/ 85 ) at 18:24 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS: 93 (280/ 63 ) at 14:41	Other extremes ..