10am EST surface chart and IR satellite image. (GMS-5 backup with GOES-9 operated by the joint effort of
JMA and US NOAA NESDIS over the Western Pacific) Morel surface charts (time EST):4am4pm10pm
Christmas Day was stormy across much of the continent with an active monsoon
trough bringing widespread thunderstorms and heavy showers to tropical WA,
NT and QLD, a weak cold front sweeping storms through NE NSW and SE QLD during
the afternoon and
evening,
and
a troughline
giving
Perth
and SW WA late afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Downpours across the tropics
are not unusual for the wet season,
though 58.8mm in the hour to 11.30pm at Delamere Weapons Range, 165km WNW
of Daly Waters, was significant. There were intense downpours in SE QLD with
Brisbane Airport recording 52.4mm in just
36
minutes
to
10.30pm and Gladstone Radar notching up 32.6mm
in 30 minutes to 7.30pm. Other heavy short duration falls are listed
below and in the early morning reports for 26 December. Earlier, Tambo,
170km north of Charleville, set a new December one-day rainfall record in 118
years
of
observations
with
a
9am
reading
of
88.0mm.
Storms across SW WA brought damaging wind gusts and fires started by lightning.
The highest wind gust recorded was 93km/h at Dalwallinu, 200km NNE of Perth,
but wind gusts of around 80km/h in suburban Perth brought down trees and powerlines
and caused 3-hour blackouts in Ashfield, Bayswater, Bedford, Maylands, Armadale,
Gosnells, Kelmscott, Queens Park and Welshpool. Lightning with the many dry
thunderstorms started bushfires as far afield as Moora, Ravensthorpe and Kojonup.
Hot
in SW WA, cool in northern QLD
In a reversal of normal temperature patterns, the WA coastal fringe between
Bunbury and Geraldton, including Perth, recorded maximum temperatures around
40C or
between 8 and 13 above average today while areas of QLD and the NT near the
Gulf enjoyed mild maxima in the high 20s, 8 or 9 below average. Geraldton's
42.4 was 13.0 above the norm and Perth Airport's 39.2 was 10.4 up on average.
Croydon, just 170km from the Gulf of Carpentaria, recorded a top of only 28.2
(9.1 below) thanks to heavy monsoonal cloud cover.
Records set today
Records
set this day (previous record and years of computerised record shown
in brackets): Highest
daily rainfall for December Queensland:
035069 TAMBO POST OFFICE 88.0 (87.4, 118)
Summary of observations
For notes on how to interpret
the data and quality control issues, see Daily Weather Summary Help. Data is as received at 16:06EST, 01/10/2005.
Major centres
Max °
C
+/- norm °
C
Min °
C
+/- norm °
C
Grass Min °
C
Rain to 9am mm
Evaporation to 9am mm
Sunshine hours
Wind Run to 9am km (24-hour average km/h)
Maximum Gust km/h / hour of occurrence
GERALDTON AIRPORT
42.4
+13.0
18.7
+2.4
16.4
0.0
12.6
--
673 (28.0)
58/07
PERTH AIRPORT
39.2
+10.4
19.0
+4.2
17.8
0.0
10.2
9.0
506 (21.1)
78/15
ALBANY AIRPORT
24.0
+0.8
13.5
+1.0
10.9
0.0
8.0
10.9
561 (23.4)
54/21
BUNBURY
35.7
--
15.1
--
--
0.0
--
--
315 (13.1)
48/21
MANDURAH
36.1
--
19.5
--
--
0.0
--
--
387 (16.1)
55/19
DARWIN AIRPORT
30.9
-1.6
24.9
-0.4
25.0
18.8
2.8
0.6
254 (10.6)
30/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT
36.8
+1.5
24.8
+4.7
22.1
0.0
17.2
12.7
523 (21.8)
52/17
WHYALLA AERO
25.5
-2.4
15.4
-0.5
--
0.0
--
--
700 (29.2)
54/17
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)
25.9
-0.8
12.1
-3.3
8.8
0.0
6.8
12.5
309 (12.9)
39/18
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO
22.7
0.0
7.4
-2.4
3.7
0.0
7.0
12.8
406 (16.9)
41/15
MOUNT ISA AERO
30.6
-6.4
23.2
+0.2
22.7
0.0
2.2
2.8
254 (10.6)
32/15
CAIRNS AERO
28.1
-3.2
23.9
+0.6
23.8
25.0
6.8
0.5
298 (12.4)
30/07
TOWNSVILLE AERO
32.9
+1.5
25.6
+1.6
24.4
0.0
10.6
5.4
422 (17.6)
32/16
MACKAY M.O
31.4
+1.5
22.8
-0.1
--
0.0
--
5.6
315 (13.1)
28/15
ROCKHAMPTON AERO
35.0
+2.9
23.3
+2.2
20.5
0.0
7.6
--
254 (10.6)
52/16
BUNDABERG AERO
31.4
+2.2
24.6
+4.2
--
0.0
7.8
--
393 (16.4)
31/13
NAMBOUR DPI
30.7
+1.6
23.0
+4.9
--
0.0
--
--
--
--
COOLANGATTA
32.6
+5.8
21.9
+2.2
--
0.0
--
--
352 (14.7)
34/22
BRISBANE AERO
30.4
--
22.5
--
20.7
0.0
5.0
3.1
421 (17.5)
67/22
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT
25.3
--
19.5
--
--
0.2
--
--
344 (14.3)
44/23
GUNNEDAH SCS
30.8
-0.2
19.1
+1.7
17.3
1.2
6.2
--
252 (10.5)
--
COFFS HARBOUR MO
27.3
+1.0
19.8
+1.7
17.8
0.0
2.6
5.8
387 (16.1)
59/23
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS
27.0
--
19.7
--
--
15.0
--
--
--
--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF
23.4
-3.8
18.9
+2.4
17.8
14.0
6.0
0.1
361 (15.0)
50/09
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS
21.4
-5.5
18.3
+3.2
19.4
10.0
--
--
132 ( 5.5)
34/18
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE
26.2
+1.9
13.9
+2.8
10.3
0.0
6.2
12.2
--
--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS
33.3
--
17.9
--
--
0.0
--
--
--
--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO
21.3
-4.3
19.6
+2.3
18.7
5.4
3.4
0.8
524 (21.8)
52/12
RICHMOND RAAF
21.8
--
18.8
--
--
2.4
--
--
171 ( 7.1)
34/13
BELLAMBI AWS
20.3
--
18.7
--
--
1.2
--
--
472 (19.7)
57/00
CANBERRA AIRPORT
25.4
-0.7
17.3
+6.1
14.4
0.0
8.8
7.1
366 (15.3)
43/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO
31.8
+2.5
11.1
-2.6
8.9
0.0
8.4
13.9
366 (15.3)
43/17
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS
30.3
--
13.1
--
--
0.0
--
--
--
--
MILDURA AIRPORT
28.6
-1.4
12.2
-2.5
11.0
0.0
11.4
13.5
470 (19.6)
43/08
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG
24.8
-2.5
11.7
-0.4
10.3
0.0
--
--
603 (25.1)
50/07
BENDIGO AIRPORT
25.0
-1.7
9.8
-1.4
--
0.0
--
--
494 (20.6)
45/17
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE
22.2
-1.9
13.9
+1.1
11.3
0.0
4.2
--
117 ( 4.9)
21/15
GEELONG AIRPORT
21.0
--
8.9
--
--
0.0
--
--
515 (21.5)
52/15
BALLARAT AERODROME
20.0
-2.5
6.0
-3.4
--
0.2
--
--
549 (22.9)
44/15
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)
22.3
0.0
10.8
+0.3
--
13.6
--
--
222 ( 9.3)
44/12
HOBART AIRPORT
20.9
+0.5
9.4
-1.2
4.0
0.0
8.0
8.8
468 (19.5)
54/11
Max °
C
+/- norm °
C
Min °
C
+/- norm °
C
Grass Min °
C
Rain to 9am mm
Evaporation to 9am mm
Sunshine hours
Wind Run to 9am km
Maximum Gust km/h / hour of occurrence
Hottest
Highest maximum temperature>
Greatest variation above normal maximum
Highest minimum temperature
Greatest variation above normal minimum
50.9 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT 43.1 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA 43.1 MORAWA Central West WA 42.7 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA 42.5 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA
+13.0
42.4 GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA +13.0
41.0 JURIEN BAY Lower West WA +11.4
34.8 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA +10.4
39.2 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA +10.3
37.5 LANCELIN Lower West WA
28.9 THARGOMINDAH AIRPORT Far SW QLD 28.2 BALLERA GAS FIELD Far SW QLD 28.1 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA 28.1 THARGOMINDAH POST OFFICE Far SW QLD 28.0 QUILPIE AIRPORT Far SW QLD
+10.0
26.0 CARNAMAH Central West WA +8.2
23.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA +7.5
25.7 PAYNES FIND E Gascoyne WA +6.8
22.9 DALWALLINU COMPARISON Central West WA +6.6
25.5 WANAARING POST OFFICE Upper Darling NSW
Coldest
Lowest maximum temperature
Greatest variation below normal maximum
Lowest minimum temperature
Greatest variation below normal minimum
8.1 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 10.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC 10.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 10.4 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 13.3 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
-9.1
28.2 CROYDON TOWNSHIP Gulf Country QLD -8.9
27.8 WOLLOGORANG N Rivers NT -8.9
28.5 LONGREACH AERO Central West QLD -8.4
30.0 TOORAK RESEARCH STATION Gulf Country QLD -8.1
15.9 BOWRAL (PARRY DRIVE) Illawarra NSW
0.2 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS 1.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC 1.5 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC 1.7 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS 2.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-6.9
6.5 ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE) Adelaide/Lofty SA -5.6
5.9 NHILL Wimmera N VIC -5.1
5.6 CASTLEMAINE PRISON N Central VIC -5.0
7.8 MENINGIE Murray Valley SA -5.0
6.3 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC -5.0
9.7 PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
Wettest
Sunniest &
dullest
Windiest
Highest gusts
Todays highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am. It
includes the top 5 totals nationally followed by all reported falls of 50mm or more.
Highest
and lowest recordings of hours of sunshine for the 24 hours to midnight.
Highest wind
run totals in kilometres for the 24 hours to 9am (average speed in brackets).
All reported runs >
=25km/h are shown.
Highest wind
gusts in km/h for the 24 hours to midnight followed by the hour in which it occurred.
All stations with gusts >
89km/h are shown.
164.8 CAPE TRIBULATION STORE N Coast--Barron QLD 150.0 DAINTREE TEA N Coast--Barron QLD 97.0 TAMBO STATION Central Highlands QLD 87.6 TAMBO POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD 85.0 MIRANDA DOWNS STATION Gulf Country QLD
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
76.4 BATCHELOR AERO
72.4 NGUKURR
71.0 LEADERS CREEK
58.0 REDBANK MINE
56.0 CAPE WILBERFORCE
N Plateau
53.8 EVA DOWNS
QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
57.0 DIXIE
S Peninsula
56.4 PINNACLE
Gulf Country
85.0 MIRANDA DOWNS STATION
83.0 GRANADA STATION
70.0 NORFOLK STATION
64.0 UNDILLA STATION
59.0 WESTMORELAND STATION
56.0 COTSWOLD STATION
Upper Carpentaria
82.0 GEORGETOWN AIRPORT
75.6 GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE
65.8 ABINGDON DOWNS STATION
63.0 WERRINGTON STATION WRC
58.0 FORSAYTH CARAVAN PARK
53.0 MOUNT TURNER STATION
N Coast--Barron
164.8 CAPE TRIBULATION STORE
150.0 DAINTREE TEA
74.0 MOSSMAN SOUTH ALCHERA DRIVE
72.0 DAINTREE VILLAGE
50.2 WHYANBEEL VALLEY
Central Highlands
97.0 TAMBO STATION
87.6 TAMBO POST OFFICE
Wide Bay/Burnett
50.0 MUNDUBBERA
Darling Downs E
50.4 BYBERA TM
NEW SOUTH WALES
N Tablelands W
59.0 SANDY HILLS (TOURELLO PARK)
MidNorth Coast S
73.2 BRETTI-MACKAY (BARNARD RIVER)
Hunter Valley
79.6 DUNGOG - MAIN CREEK (YERANDA)
72.8 COLO HEIGHTS (MOUNTAIN PINES)
C Tablelands N
64.0 CASSILIS POST OFFICE
South Coast
53.2 CATHCART (MOUNT DARRAGH)
Goulburn/Monaro
53.8 TAYLORS FLAT (BALLANDA PARK)
13.9 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW 13.5 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC 13.5 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA 13.4 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA 13.4 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA 13.4 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW 13.4 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
.....
0.6 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT 0.5 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD 0.2 KAIRI RESEARCH STATION N Coast--Barron QLD 0.1 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW 0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
901 (37.5) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA 896 (37.3) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA 856 (35.7) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS 842 (35.1) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS 801 (33.4) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW 792 (33.0) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS 779 (32.5) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC 778 (32.4) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS 762 (31.8) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA 744 (31.0) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL 733 (30.5) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS 732 (30.5) MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA 700 (29.2) WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA 699 (29.1) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA 677 (28.2) MANGALORE AIRPORT N Central VIC 673 (28.0) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA 668 (27.8) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA 661 (27.5) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA 657 (27.4) FORREST Eucla WA 653 (27.2) KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA 646 (26.9) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS 635 (26.5) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS 634 (26.4) LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA 634 (26.4) DENILIQUIN AIRPORT AWS Riverina E NSW 632 (26.3) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA 629 (26.2) LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA 629 (26.2) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 623 (26.0) REDESDALE N Central VIC 623 (26.0) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS 621 (25.9) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA 606 (25.3) OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA 605 (25.2) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC 604 (25.2) CHEADANUP Goldfields WA 603 (25.1) TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG Upper North VIC 602 (25.1) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS 600 (25.0) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
202/18 NARRABRI AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes N NSW 91/04 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT 83/16 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS 80/16 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA 80/14 MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA 80/14 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
Downpours
Gales &
Gusts
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less.
Highest wind gusts above 89km/h (storm force) or mean wind above 62km/h (gale force). Wind direction and mean windspeed shown in brackets.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA E Kimberley KUNUNURRA AERO
6.8mm in 6 min to 16:05 68.0mm/h
11.2mm in 1 hr to 16:30 11.2mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers DARWIN AIRPORT
14.0mm in 16 min to 06:00 52.5mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 06:00 14.0mm/h JABIRU AIRPORT
10.0mm in 12 min to 20:30 50.0mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 20:30 11.6mm/h CAPE DON
19.0mm in 3 hr to 03:30 6.3mm/h
27.0mm in 3 hr to 04:30 9.0mm/h
27.0mm in 3 hr to 05:30 9.0mm/h WARRUWI
10.0mm in 1 hr to 07:30 10.0mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 08:30 5.7mm/h BULMAN AWS
26.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 8.7mm/h MCARTHUR RIVER MINE
14.2mm in 1 hr to 15:00 14.2mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.0mm/h
28.4mm in 1 hr to 16:00 28.4mm/h
34.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 11.3mm/h CENTRAL ARNHEM PLATEAU
19.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.3mm/h TINDAL RAAF
12.2mm in 1 hr to 21:00 12.2mm/h MANGO FARM
22.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 7.3mm/h DELAMERE WEAPONS RANGE
32.0mm in 1 hr to 23:00 32.0mm/h
32.0mm in 1 hr 30 min to 23:00 21.3mm/h
27.2mm in 30 min to 23:30 54.4mm/h
58.8mm in 1 hr to 23:30 58.8mm/h
63.0mm in 3 hr to 23:30 21.0mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula HORN ISLAND
15.2mm in 1 hr to 16:00 15.2mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.0mm/h Gulf Country NORMANTON AIRPORT
11.6mm in 1 hr to 02:00 11.6mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 6.7mm/h Upper Carpentaria GEORGETOWN POST OFFICE
38.0mm in 6 hr to 03:00 6.3mm/h
32.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 10.7mm/h GEORGETOWN AIRPORT
11.8mm in 1 hr to 02:00 11.8mm/h
21.8mm in 1 hr to 03:00 21.8mm/h
35.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 11.7mm/h
21.2mm in 1 hr to 04:00 21.2mm/h
31.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 10.3mm/h N Coast--Barron LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE
11.0mm in 1 hr to 10:00 11.0mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h CAPE FLATTERY
24.0mm in 1 hr to 07:00 24.0mm/h
15.0mm in 1 hr to 08:00 15.0mm/h
39.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 13.0mm/h Central West LONGREACH AERO
11.8mm in 1 hr to 00:00 11.8mm/h Northwest CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP
16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h Wide Bay/Burnett GAYNDAH POST OFFICE
30.0mm in 6 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h GAYNDAH AIRPORT
17.8mm in 44 min to 17:00 24.3mm/h
22.4mm in 1 hr to 17:00 22.4mm/h
15.0mm in 1 hr to 18:00 15.0mm/h
39.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 13.0mm/h ROCKHAMPTON AERO
5.2mm in 11 min to 16:10 28.4mm/h THANGOOL AIRPORT
32.0mm in 6 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h GLADSTONE RADAR
32.6mm in 30 min to 19:30 65.2mm/h
34.6mm in 1 hr to 19:30 34.6mm/h
41.6mm in 1 hr to 20:00 41.6mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 20:30 11.6mm/h
48.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 16.0mm/h GLADSTONE AIRPORT
26.0mm in 30 min to 19:30 52.0mm/h
30.8mm in 1 hr to 19:30 30.8mm/h
33.4mm in 1 hr to 20:00 33.4mm/h
42.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 14.0mm/h Brisbane/SE Coast CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE
9.0mm in 12 min to 23:08 45.0mm/h
19.0mm in 1 hr to 23:30 19.0mm/h ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT
19.8mm in 21 min to 21:30 56.6mm/h
21.0mm in 1 hr to 21:30 21.0mm/h
23.2mm in 30 min to 22:00 46.4mm/h
44.2mm in 1 hr to 22:00 44.2mm/h
30.0mm in 1 hr to 22:30 30.0mm/h BRISBANE AERO
12.2mm in 6 min to 22:00 122.0mm/h
12.4mm in 1 hr to 22:00 12.4mm/h
22.4mm in 11 min to 22:11 122.2mm/h
17.8mm in 19 min to 22:30 56.2mm/h
52.6mm in 1 hr to 22:30 52.6mm/h
41.6mm in 1 hr to 23:00 41.6mm/h BRISBANE
28.2mm in 30 min to 22:00 56.4mm/h
28.6mm in 1 hr to 22:00 28.6mm/h
34.8mm in 1 hr to 22:30 34.8mm/h
12.6mm in 30 min to 23:00 25.2mm/h
19.2mm in 1 hr to 23:00 19.2mm/h
13.6mm in 1 hr to 23:30 13.6mm/h REDCLIFFE
12.0mm in 30 min to 22:00 24.0mm/h
14.0mm in 1 hr to 22:00 14.0mm/h
17.2mm in 1 hr to 22:30 17.2mm/h Darling Downs E STANTHORPE (GRANITE BELT HRS)
11.8mm in 1 hr to 23:00 11.8mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES NW Plains W WALGETT AIRPORT AWS
12.2mm in 1 hr to 15:00 12.2mm/h N Tablelands W GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS
17.8mm in 1 hr 8 min to 22:00 15.7mm/h
WESTERN AUSTRALIA E Kimberley KUNUNURRA AERO : 78(110/ 65 ) at 15:59 Central West DALWALLINU : 93(310/ 45 ) at 17:15 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 80(290/ 63 ) at 16:00 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 82(300/ 72 ) at 14:58
