Australian Weather News -- 30 DEC 2002

Australian Weather News

Monday, 30 DEC 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 01:34 UTC on 01/01/03
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): Lowest Minimum temperature for December: Tidbinbilla ACT: 0.0 (1.0, 16)
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. 35.0 GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS Arnhem NT 22.8 PIRLANGIMPI Darwin-Daly NT 21.8 NIMMITABEL (COTTESLOE) Goulburn/Monaro NSW 21.6 BIGGENDEN POST OFFICE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 20.0 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands *NORTHERN TERRITORY* Arnhem 35.0 GROOTE EYLANDT AIRPORT AWS Darwin-Daly 22.8 PIRLANGIMPI *QUEENSLAND* Brisbane/SE Coast 21.6 BIGGENDEN POST OFFICE *NEW SOUTH WALES* Goulburn/Monaro 21.8 NIMMITABEL (COTTESLOE) *ISLANDS* Islands 20.0 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT	High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less. *WESTERN AUSTRALIA* *Eucla* EUCLA 25.2mm in 30 min to 01:00 50.4mm/h 25.2mm in 1 hr to 01:00 25.2mm/h *NORTHERN TERRITORY* *Arnhem* WARRUWI 10.0mm in 1 hr to 07:00 10.0mm/h *Roper-McArthur* DALY WATERS AWS 13.4mm in 1 hr 6 min to 16:55 12.2mm/h *Darwin-Daly* TINDAL RAAF 11.4mm in 30 min to 21:30 22.8mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 21:30 11.4mm/h 15.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 15.2mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 23:00 10.6mm/h 10.8mm in 1 hr to 23:30 10.8mm/h *SOUTH AUSTRALIA* *NW Pastoral* ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) 11.0mm in 51 min to 21:00 12.9mm/h 12.0mm in 1 hr to 21:00 12.0mm/h 25.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 8.3mm/h *W Agricultural* MINNIPA DPI 10.0mm in 1 hr to 11:00 10.0mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.3mm/h *County Light* NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL 16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h *Upper Murray* LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE 11.6mm in 1 hr to 16:00 11.6mm/h *Lower SE* NARACOORTE AERODROME 10.6mm in 9 min to 15:50 70.7mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.0mm/h PADTHAWAY SOUTH 7.6mm in 21 min to 15:42 21.7mm/h *VICTORIA* *Mallee N* MILDURA AIRPORT 10.2mm in 1 hr to 21:00 10.2mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h *Wimmera S* STAWELL AERODROME 5.6mm in 16 min to 17:30 21.0mm/h *Western Plains* ARARAT PRISON 18.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.0mm/h *W Coast* HAMILTON AIRPORT 10.2mm in 1 hr to 18:00 10.2mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 18:30 10.6mm/h WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB 10.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 10.0mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.0mm/h *ISLANDS* *Islands* NORFOLK ISLAND AERO 10.4mm in 23 min to 19:30 27.1mm/h 12.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 12.0mm/h 12.8mm in 1 hr to 20:00 12.8mm/h
Todays highest & lowest temperatures
Maximum	Minimum
46.0 JERVOIS Alice Springs NT 45.0 RABBIT FLAT Alice Springs NT 44.7 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD 44.1 BALGO HILLS Interior WA 44.1 BIRDSVILLE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD	31.0 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA 31.0 WYNDHAM POST OFFICE N Kimberley WA 30.9 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA 30.7 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA 30.7 ALI CURUNG Alice Springs NT 30.7 THARGOMINDAH AIRPORT Far SW QLD
15.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 16.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 16.0 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC 16.8 MOUNT BARKER SW & S Coast WA 17.0 THREDBO (CRACKENBACK STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW	0.0 TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE Goulburn/Monaro NSW 7.0 GUYRA HOSPITAL N Tablelands W NSW 7.4 ARMIDALE (UNI NEW ENGLAND) N Tablelands W NSW 7.5 HARVEY SW & S Coast WA 7.6 COLLIE EAST Lower West WA
Todays greatest temperature variations from normal
Maximum	Minimum
+14.8 35.0 CAPE NORTHUMBERLAND Lower SE SA +14.1 34.0 PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC +13.0 35.7 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA +12.0 36.2 CASTERTON SHOWGROUNDS W Coast VIC +11.9 32.4 SWANSEA POST OFFICE E Coast TAS	+12.8 21.4 GROVE RESEARCH STATION Southeast TAS +11.9 16.5 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS +11.7 23.2 NHILL Wimmera N VIC +11.7 22.3 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS +11.4 23.5 WARRACKNABEAL MUSEUM Wimmera N VIC +11.4 23.3 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
-9.9 19.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA -9.2 21.6 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA -8.9 18.5 RAVENSTHORPE Gt Southern WA -8.7 21.0 LAKE GRACE POST OFFICE Gt Southern WA -8.3 24.7 SOUTHERN CROSS Goldfields WA	-10.6 0.0 TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE Goulburn/Monaro NSW -6.1 15.0 WILUNA Interior WA -5.1 8.4 LAKE GRACE POST OFFICE Gt Southern WA -4.7 8.9 KARNET Lower West WA -4.6 10.8 CUNDERDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets. COOBER PEDY AIRPORT ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) THEVENARD WIND MINLATON AERO EDITHBURGH CAPE WILLOUGHBY ROSEWORTHY AG COLLEGE RENMARK AERO STRATHALBYN RACECOURSE KEITH (MUNKORA) MOUNT ISA AERO BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT THREDBO (CRACKENBACK SWAN HILL AERODROME LONGERENONG HORSHAM AERODROME MELBOURNE 17:30 COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) MOUNT WELLINGTON	NW Pastoral SA : 85 (270/ 69 ) at 16:12 NW Pastoral SA : 93 (340/ 63 ) at 19:02 W Agricultural SA : 93 (260/ 39 ) at 08:37 Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA : 83 (330/ 65 ) at 12:27 Yorke Peninsula SA : 93 (330/ 78 ) at 12:49 Kangaroo Is SA : 82 (350/ 67 ) at 13:26 Adelaide Plains SA : 80 (300/ 65 ) at 12:30 Upper Murray SA : 111 (300/ 54 ) at 15:00 Lower Murray SA : 89 (320/ 65 ) at 14:11 Upper SE SA : 76 (330/ 65 ) at 14:24 Gulf Country QLD: 615 (310/ 28 ) at 14:54 Channel Country QLD: 126 (280/102 ) at 17:24 STATION) AWS Snowy Mtns NSW: 76 (310/ 63 ) at 09:30 Mallee S VIC: 74 (250/ 63 ) at 18:33 Wimmera S VIC: 100 (360/ 59 ) at 16:11 Wimmera S VIC: 108 (350/ 89 ) at 16:15 AIRPORT E Central VIC: 80 ( 10/ 63 ) at W Coast VIC: 80 (320/ 69 ) at 19:14 Southeast TAS: 80 (310/ 65 ) at 02:00 bgcolor="#FFCC99" valign="top"> face="Verdana" size="1">Other extremes ..