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Saturday, 30 NOV 2002

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NEWSBITS: Dust storm at Collarenebri; heavy storm on Qld Gold Coast; hail in Sydney

Daytime temperatures were high across Western Australia's wheatbelt and Goldfields today, with Paynes Find and Salmon Gums both recording tops 11.0° above average. Yeelirrie, 175km ESE of Meekatharra, reported its hottest November day in a 28-year computer record with a top of 42.4.

NEWSBITS: A dust storm at Collarenebri in NW NSW reduced visibility to 800m this morning. A fast-moving storm that crossed the Queensland Gold Coast mid-afternoon brought down trees and powerlines, cut power to 10,000 properties and injured two people when they were hit by windborne objects. An afternoon thunderstorm in Sydney gave marble-sized hail at St Clair near Penrith in the western suburbs. The hail lasted for about 10 minutes about 3pm and covered the ground.

National weather extremes for today
Data provided by the Bureau of Meteorology
Last updated at 06:03 UTC on 02/12/02

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 (previous record and years of computerised record shown in brackets):
Highest daily maximum temperature for November:
Yeelirrie WA: 42.4 (42.2, 28)

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.

113.0 TINDAL RAAF Darwin-Daly NT
80.0 CHANNEL POINT Darwin-Daly NT
66.0 NORMANTON AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
63.0 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW
61.0 LARRIMAH Roper-McArthur NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
    Roper-McArthur
61.0 LARRIMAH
55.0 MCARTHUR RIVER MINE
    Darwin-Daly
113.0 TINDAL RAAF
80.0 CHANNEL POINT

QUEENSLAND
    Gulf Country
66.0 NORMANTON AIRPORT

NEW SOUTH WALES
    NW Slopes S
50.0 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE
    MidNorth Coast S
63.0 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW)
    Hunter Valley
57.0 JERRYS PLAINS POST OFFICE
52.0 NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY

High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.


NORTHERN TERRITORY
    Roper-McArthur
LARRIMAH
60.0mm in 9 hr to 06:00 6.7mm/h
    Darwin-Daly
JABIRU AIRPORT
23.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.7mm/h
15.8mm in 1 hr to 20:00 15.8mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h
MANGO FARM
15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h

NEW SOUTH WALES
    Sydney--west
RICHMOND RAAF
5.6mm in 13 min to 15:30 25.8mm/h
    Illawarra
ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT)
11.4mm in 1 hr to 13:30 11.4mm/h

VICTORIA
    E Gippsland
MT NOWA NOWA
19.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.3mm/h

Todays highest & lowest temperatures

Maximum Minimum
44.0 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
43.0 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA
43.0 CARNEGIE Interior WA
43.0 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
42.7 TELFER AERO Interior WA
42.7 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
28.9 CADJEBUT W Kimberley WA
28.5 ALYANGULA POLICE Arnhem NT
28.0 NARAWILLI Arnhem NT
28.0 GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS Arnhem NT
28.0 MORNINGTON ISLAND Gulf Country QLD
28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands
5.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
6.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
7.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
7.8 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
9.8 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC
1.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.4 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
2.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
3.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
3.5 LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC

Todays greatest temperature variations from normal

Maximum Minimum
+11.0   42.3 PAYNES FIND Murchison WA
+11.0   37.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
+10.4   38.5 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+10.2   39.0 BENCUBBIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
+9.9   39.1 DALWALLINU COMPARISON Central West WA
+8.5   27.0 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT Murchison WA
+8.5   24.5 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+8.3   26.3 THREE RIVERS E Gascoyne WA
+7.5   25.3 WILUNA Interior WA
+7.3   23.0 CASHMERE DOWNS Goldfields WA
-6.8   14.2 SCORESBY RESEARCH INSTITUTE E Central VIC
-5.9   15.5 MOORABBIN AIRPORT E Central VIC
-5.8   18.0 MANGALORE AIRPORT N Central VIC
-5.7   28.1 ONSLOW W Pilbara WA
-5.5   31.0 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
-5.5   16.5 COOMA VISITORS CENTRE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-5.5   6.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
-3.5   7.5 ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE) County Light SA
-3.3   5.0 COONAWARRA Lower SE SA
-3.2   11.0 PORT PIRIE BHAS Lower North SA
-3.0   9.6 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide Plains SA
-3.0   6.3 NHILL Wimmera N VIC

Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets.

SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW: 78 (200/ 67 ) at 18:49
MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC: 85 (170/ 65 ) at 17:30
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC: 80 (240/ 69 ) at 03:00
KINGFISH A SHIP LOG 206 W Gippsland VIC: 72 (191/ 63 ) at 11:10
CAPE GRIM B.A.P.S. N Coast TAS: 80 (200/ 67 ) at 03:00

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