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
Heavy thunderstorms augmented monsoonal rain across the north of WA, the NT
and QLD today. In WA, Broome experienced thunderstorms throughout the afternoon
with 44mm deposited in the raingauge between 4 and 6pm. Along the NT Arnhem
north coast, storm force winds accompanied some of the storms. Ngayawili, 130km
west of Gove, recorded a wind gust of 104km/h just before 8pm with 46mm falling
between 6 and 9pm. Earlier in the day, Ngayawili recorded 9.8mm in 8 minutes
from 1.35am in another storm. 70km farther west, Milingimbi reported nearly
continuous heavy rain all day with 104mm recorded between 9am and 3pm and a
total of 203mm for the 24 hours to 9 this evening. 240km farther to the WNW
again, McCluer Island recorded 116mm between 9pm last night and 9 this morning
with a wind
gust of
89km/h
just before
dawn. See wettest and downpours for
more detail of heavy falls across the tropics.
Hot in SE WA and SW SA
The WA surface trough that has been focussing hot northeasterly winds on
the state's southwest for the past few days moved east today, taking the
heat with it. As the map at right shows, a sparsely inhabited area around
the WA/SA border recorded the highest temperatures relative to normal today,
with maximum temperatures of around 40C ranging from 10 to 16 above average.
Bushfires contained in southern WA
Firefighters welcomed the cooler weather in SW WA today after containing
35 fires around Harvey, Collie and Donnybrook over the past few days. The
fires were all or mostly started by lightning strikes and, though small,
all occurred at the same time, severely testing the region's resources.
Fire and Emergency Services Authority's south-west manager Chris Widmer
told ABC Radio up to 85 per cent of firefighting resources had been required
to control the fires.
In SE WA, the Department of Conservation and Land Management brought in
water bombing aircraft and additional manpower from Albany, Kalgoorlie,
Narrogin and Katanning to help fight four major fires in national parks
around Esperance. The largest, in the Cape
Arid
National
Park 125km east of Esperance, was
expected
to burn through 10,000ha. Huge flames up to 25m high were threatening the
habitat of the critically endangered western ground parrot on the fire's
northern
front while three camping areas on the coast had to be evacuated. Two other
bushfires were affecting about 2000ha of the Cape Le Grand National Park,
25km east of Esperence while another was burning in the Kau Rock Nature
Reserve, 65km north-east of the town.
Records set today
None known
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
26.5
-2.9
19.0
+2.7
17.3
0.0
8.0
--
569 (23.7)
54/17
PERTH AIRPORT
27.3
-1.5
15.4
+0.6
14.4
0.0
9.4
9.3
533 (22.2)
52/16
ALBANY AIRPORT
22.2
-1.0
14.9
+2.4
14.6
0.0
4.0
8.2
297 (12.4)
39/14
BUNBURY
27.0
--
12.0
--
--
0.0
--
--
332 (13.8)
43/18
MANDURAH
23.9
--
16.9
--
--
0.0
--
--
532 (22.2)
50/17
DARWIN AIRPORT
29.2
-3.3
24.1
-1.2
25.3
25.6
2.6
0.0
196 ( 8.2)
52/23
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT
36.6
+1.3
12.7
-7.4
7.6
0.0
13.8
13.4
357 (14.9)
46/10
WHYALLA AERO
33.6
+5.7
15.3
-0.6
--
0.0
--
--
317 (13.2)
30/14
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)
32.4
+5.7
16.6
+1.2
11.7
0.0
7.0
7.8
217 ( 9.0)
30/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO
30.1
+7.4
9.3
-0.5
7.5
0.0
5.8
12.1
397 (16.5)
37/15
MOUNT ISA AERO
36.0
-1.0
16.4
-6.6
14.5
0.0
9.0
12.6
258 (10.8)
34/12
CAIRNS AERO
31.7
+0.4
24.6
+1.3
23.7
1.4
5.4
3.6
289 (12.0)
41/17
TOWNSVILLE AERO
32.1
+0.7
25.4
+1.4
23.7
0.2
9.0
9.8
585 (24.4)
52/16
MACKAY M.O
29.1
-0.8
20.7
-2.2
--
0.0
--
6.3
443 (18.5)
43/11
ROCKHAMPTON AERO
29.2
-2.9
21.1
0.0
18.4
0.0
7.8
--
262 (10.9)
39/12
BUNDABERG AERO
27.8
-1.4
19.4
-1.0
--
0.0
7.8
--
364 (15.2)
46/15
NAMBOUR DPI
26.4
-2.7
15.1
-3.0
--
0.0
--
--
--
--
COOLANGATTA
25.8
-1.0
17.4
-2.3
--
0.0
--
--
444 (18.5)
48/13
BRISBANE AERO
26.7
--
14.8
--
11.7
0.0
8.2
13.4
356 (14.8)
39/16
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT
24.7
--
12.7
--
--
0.0
--
--
505 (21.0)
43/23
GUNNEDAH SCS
24.4
-6.6
13.6
-3.8
9.8
0.0
8.4
--
242 (10.1)
--
COFFS HARBOUR MO
23.8
-2.5
15.4
-2.7
12.0
0.0
8.2
10.5
573 (23.9)
50/20
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS
22.7
--
14.8
--
--
0.0
--
--
--
--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF
21.7
-5.5
13.3
-3.2
12.2
4.0
5.8
6.0
555 (23.1)
46/15
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS
21.4
-5.5
13.0
-2.1
14.6
0.8
--
--
200 ( 8.3)
32/15
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE
23.0
-1.3
5.5
-5.6
2.5
0.0
6.2
13.3
--
--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS
29.2
--
13.0
--
--
0.0
--
--
--
--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO
20.6
-5.0
13.3
-4.0
11.5
1.0
8.4
6.9
925 (38.5)
52/12
RICHMOND RAAF
24.3
--
13.5
--
--
0.0
--
--
279 (11.6)
35/16
BELLAMBI AWS
20.4
--
14.8
--
--
0.0
--
--
752 (31.3)
46/14
CANBERRA AIRPORT
25.7
-0.4
5.4
-5.8
1.2
0.0
7.6
13.7
510 (21.3)
37/01
WAGGA WAGGA AMO
28.5
-0.8
9.8
-3.9
6.5
0.0
7.8
13.7
374 (15.6)
37/11
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS
28.7
--
12.4
--
--
0.0
--
--
--
--
MILDURA AIRPORT
32.2
+2.2
13.5
-1.2
10.7
0.0
9.0
12.2
325 (13.5)
22/17
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG
28.1
+0.8
8.7
-3.4
7.4
0.0
--
--
396 (16.5)
30/10
BENDIGO AIRPORT
28.7
+2.0
9.0
-2.2
--
0.0
--
--
419 (17.5)
28/23
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE
27.1
+3.0
11.2
-1.6
9.4
0.0
4.2
--
127 ( 5.3)
21/19
GEELONG AIRPORT
22.7
--
7.9
--
--
0.0
--
--
330 (13.8)
39/16
BALLARAT AERODROME
25.3
+2.8
9.5
+0.1
--
0.2
--
--
509 (21.2)
39/01
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)
25.7
+3.4
9.0
-1.5
--
0.0
--
--
221 ( 9.2)
41/15
HOBART AIRPORT
21.4
+1.0
6.9
-3.7
3.4
0.0
5.6
13.5
448 (18.7)
37/16
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
42.4 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA 41.8 PANNAWONICA W Pilbara WA 41.7 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA 41.5 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA 41.5 EYRE Eucla WA
+16.5
41.5 EYRE Eucla WA +14.7
39.4 EUCLA Eucla WA +12.8
39.0 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA +10.4
41.1 BALGAIR Eucla WA +9.5
36.6 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA +9.5
33.7 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA
28.8 TELFER AERO Interior WA 28.4 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA 28.3 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA 28.2 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA 28.0 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA
+8.2
22.3 EYRE Eucla WA +8.1
21.3 BALLADONIA Eucla WA +7.0
21.6 BALGAIR Eucla WA +6.9
23.4 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA +5.1
27.1 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA +5.1
20.0 STREAKY BAY W Agricultural SA
Coldest
Lowest maximum temperature
Greatest variation below normal maximum
Lowest minimum temperature
Greatest variation below normal minimum
14.2 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW 15.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC 15.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 16.4 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS 17.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
-7.6
22.2 MURRURUNDI POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW -7.2
30.1 DALY WATERS AWS N Rivers NT -6.9
24.5 JERRYS PLAINS POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW -6.8
24.4 QUIRINDI POST OFFICE NW Slopes S NSW -6.6
24.4 GUNNEDAH SCS NW Slopes S NSW
-1.6 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW -1.5 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT -1.3 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC -0.9 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW -0.3 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-8.0
11.0 ROMA AIRPORT Maranoa QLD -7.9
11.8 BRIGALOW RESEARCH STN Central Highlands QLD -7.6
11.3 COLLARENEBRI (ALBERT ST) Upper Darling NSW -7.5
10.9 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD -7.5
5.7 COONABARABRAN (NAMOI STREET) CW Slopes N NSW
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.
145.0 LAMBELL'S LAGOON N Rivers NT 143.0 DUNK ISLAND RESORT N Coast--Herbert QLD 118.0 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT 80.6 MILINGIMBI AWS N Rivers NT 79.0 EURAMO TM N Coast--Herbert QLD
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
145.0 LAMBELL'S LAGOON
118.0 MCCLUER ISLAND
80.6 MILINGIMBI AWS
73.5 SEVEN SPIRIT BAY
59.6 COX PENINSULA TRANSMITTER
58.0 LIMMEN RIVER
56.0 ELSEY
55.2 DORISVALE
50.0 NGAYAWILI
50.0 BORROLOOLA
50.0 MOROAK
QUEENSLAND
Gulf Country
50.6 VANROOK STATION
N Coast--Barron
72.0 LIZARD ISLAND RESORT
N Coast--Herbert
143.0 DUNK ISLAND RESORT
79.0 EURAMO TM
53.4 CARDWELL EDEN ST
13.7 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW 13.7 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW 13.6 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW 13.5 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS 13.4 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT 13.4 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
.....
3.6 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD 1.5 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT 0.0 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT 0.0 LARRIMAH N Rivers NT 0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
925 (38.5) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW 899 (37.5) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW 890 (37.1) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC 849 (35.4) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL 824 (34.3) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW 796 (33.2) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW 786 (32.8) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA 783 (32.6) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD 782 (32.6) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 777 (32.4) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA 759 (31.6) ULLADULLA AWS South Coast NSW 752 (31.3) BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW 746 (31.1) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA 730 (30.4) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT 709 (29.5) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA 702 (29.3) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA 697 (29.0) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL 691 (28.8) ALVA BEACH Central Coast E QLD 677 (28.2) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA 668 (27.8) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD 662 (27.6) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW 654 (27.3) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA 626 (26.1) CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA 618 (25.8) ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA 614 (25.6) EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS North Coast NSW 612 (25.5) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
104/19 NGAYAWILI N Rivers NT 89/05 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT 78/18 FORREST Eucla WA 74/22 ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA 72/17 RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
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 W Kimberley BROOME AIRPORT
11.6mm in 10 min to 12:00 69.6mm/h
15.0mm in 1 hr to 12:00 15.0mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h
16.0mm in 1 hr to 12:30 16.0mm/h
16.8mm in 11 min to 17:00 91.6mm/h
20.6mm in 1 hr to 17:00 20.6mm/h
17.4mm in 17 min to 17:17 61.4mm/h
5.2mm in 13 min to 17:30 24.0mm/h
43.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 43.2mm/h
23.6mm in 1 hr to 18:00 23.6mm/h
44.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 14.7mm/h WEST ROEBUCK
9.8mm in 19 min to 12:00 30.9mm/h
13.2mm in 1 hr to 12:00 13.2mm/h
10.8mm in 30 min to 12:30 21.6mm/h
24.0mm in 1 hr to 12:30 24.0mm/h
11.0mm in 1 hr to 13:00 11.0mm/h
8.4mm in 13 min to 17:00 38.8mm/h
18.8mm in 30 min to 17:30 37.6mm/h
27.4mm in 1 hr to 17:30 27.4mm/h
21.0mm in 1 hr to 18:00 21.0mm/h
30.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 10.0mm/h E Gascoyne NEWMAN AERO
12.4mm in 1 hr to 22:00 12.4mm/h
23.8mm in 1 hr to 23:00 23.8mm/h Goldfields KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT
14.2mm in 1 hr to 16:30 14.2mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.7mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers DARWIN AIRPORT
5.0mm in 12 min to 03:30 25.0mm/h
8.2mm in 8 min to 04:03 61.5mm/h
15.2mm in 1 hr to 04:30 15.2mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 6.7mm/h
4.8mm in 13 min to 17:00 22.2mm/h
6.6mm in 13 min to 23:59 30.5mm/h MIDDLE POINT AWS
42.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 14.0mm/h JABIRU AIRPORT
16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h
14.4mm in 1 hr to 21:30 14.4mm/h POINT STUART AWS
15.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 5.0mm/h
16.6mm in 1 hr to 07:26 16.6mm/h
26.0mm in 3 hr to 07:30 8.7mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 08:30 7.3mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 09:30 6.0mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 14:30 5.3mm/h
25.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 8.3mm/h
22.0mm in 3 hr to 16:30 7.3mm/h
26.0mm in 3 hr to 20:30 8.7mm/h
40.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 13.3mm/h
43.0mm in 3 hr to 22:30 14.3mm/h
24.0mm in 3 hr to 23:30 8.0mm/h MCCLUER ISLAND
64.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 21.3mm/h
10.0mm in 25 min to 02:12 24.0mm/h
32.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 10.7mm/h
20.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 6.7mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h
15.6mm in 57 min to 21:45 16.4mm/h
9.0mm in 27 min to 22:12 20.0mm/h MANINGRIDA
22.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.3mm/h MILINGIMBI AWS
23.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 7.7mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 00:30 10.0mm/h
22.8mm in 1 hr to 05:30 22.8mm/h
31.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 10.3mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 06:30 11.6mm/h
17.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.7mm/h
14.2mm in 27 min to 09:30 31.6mm/h
17.6mm in 1 hr to 09:30 17.6mm/h
13.4mm in 1 hr to 11:30 13.4mm/h
37.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 12.3mm/h
36.6mm in 1 hr to 13:30 36.6mm/h
18.6mm in 1 hr to 14:30 18.6mm/h
66.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 22.0mm/h
103.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 17.2mm/h
123.0mm in * hr to 21:00 10.2mm/h
10.4mm in 1 hr to 21:30 10.4mm/h
32.4mm in 1 hr to 22:30 32.4mm/h
10.6mm in 1 hr to 23:30 10.6mm/h MANINGRIDA AERO
12.6mm in 59 min to 03:29 12.8mm/h
25.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 8.3mm/h
10.2mm in 48 min to 16:30 12.8mm/h
11.6mm in 1 hr to 16:30 11.6mm/h
12.8mm in 1 hr to 19:30 12.8mm/h
22.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 22.4mm/h
38.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 12.7mm/h GALIWINKU
19.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 6.3mm/h NGAYAWILI
1.8mm in 1 min to 01:36 108.0mm/h
8.0mm in 7 min to 01:43 68.6mm/h
8.4mm in 19 min to 02:02 26.5mm/h
25.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 8.3mm/h
12.2mm in 10 min to 20:01 73.2mm/h
5.4mm in 14 min to 20:23 23.1mm/h
46.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 15.3mm/h
10.4mm in 41 min to 21:40 15.2mm/h WOLLOGORANG
18.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 6.0mm/h CENTRAL ARNHEM PLATEAU
24.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 8.0mm/h TINDAL RAAF
13.0mm in 30 min to 15:30 26.0mm/h
13.0mm in 1 hr to 15:30 13.0mm/h
19.4mm in 30 min to 16:00 38.8mm/h
32.4mm in 1 hr to 16:00 32.4mm/h
24.2mm in 1 hr to 16:30 24.2mm/h
42.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 14.0mm/h
10.0mm in 1 hr to 20:30 10.0mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula COEN AIRPORT
7.8mm in 11 min to 13:00 42.5mm/h S Peninsula PALMERVILLE
3.8mm in 11 min to 15:00 20.7mm/h Gulf Country BURKETOWN POST OFFICE
30.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 10.0mm/h BURKETOWN AIRPORT
10.4mm in 1 hr to 02:00 10.4mm/h
15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.0mm/h
27.6mm in 31 min to 13:00 53.4mm/h
28.2mm in 1 hr to 13:00 28.2mm/h
34.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 11.3mm/h Upper Carpentaria GEORGETOWN AIRPORT
11.6mm in 58 min to 14:00 12.0mm/h N Coast--Barron CAIRNS AERO
6.6mm in 16 min to 17:44 24.8mm/h N Coast--Herbert CARDWELL EDEN ST
16.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.3mm/h INNISFAIL
42.0mm in 6 hr to 15:00 7.0mm/h SOUTH JOHNSTONE EXP STN
12.6mm in 1 hr to 06:00 12.6mm/h ISLANDS Islands CAPE WESSEL
18.0mm in 3 hr to 08:30 6.0mm/h
18.0mm in 3 hr to 09:30 6.0mm/h
16.0mm in 3 hr to 10:30 5.3mm/h
NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers MCCLUER ISLAND : 82(290/ 72 ) at 05:05 NGAYAWILI : 104(330/ 50 ) at 19:51 NEW SOUTH WALES Hunter Valley NORAH HEAD AWS : 69(160/ 63 ) at 03:52
