Australian Weather News -- 30 JAN 2005

Sunday 30 JAN 2005

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2005

Dec

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Noteworthy weather today

significant

newsworthy

major

NSW: Huge seas take 5 lives

The low pressure system that brought heavy seas to the SE QLD coast earlier in the week has moved to the central Tasman, creating treacherous surf conditions along the NSW coast this weekend. Yesterday, a surfer died at North Cronulla Beach and a sailor died from injuries he received when a 6m wave washed over the bow of a coal ship leaving Newcastle for Mexico. Today, a man collapsed and died after coming out of the surf at Shellharbour south of Wollongong, a Gateshead man died when his dinghy capsized in Swansea Channel south of Newcastle, and a third man drowned when he was swept out to sea on the Central Coast while attempting to rescue two children who subsequently managed to swim to safety.

Most of Sydney's northern beaches and four southern beaches were closed today. Surf lifesavers carried out over 450 rescues during the weekend, including mass rescues at Maroubra where 50 people were swept off a sandbar and 30 at North Cronulla who were caught in a rip. Offshore waverider buoys anong the NSW coast reported 4m swells with significant waves to 6m both yesterday and today.

NSW: Lightning sparks Southern Tablelands fires

Lightning from storms on Friday, Saturday and today was responsible for starting 18 bushfires in the Goulburn area. The largest fire occurred on Saturday and burnt out about 20ha at Frankfield Creek, about 10km E of Gunning.

WA: Ash and humidity black out 10,000 Perth homes

Humidity and a build-up of ash on powerlines and insulators from last week's fires around Perth led to blackouts for over 10,000 properties in northern Perth this morning. The accumulation of soot and ash, made more conductive overnight by high humidity, caused a flashover that resulted in the Yanchep sub-station closing down at 2.45am. About 2,500 properties had not had power restored by 9am. Western Power spokesman Peter Winner told AAP that the company began washing power lines and insulators last week, but had so far concentrated their efforts closer to the fire zone SE of Perth. He said the massive job could take months to complete.

Records set or equalled today

These records are as received at 1257 EST on 05/02/2006. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

District

Site

Today

Previous monthly record

Previous all time record
if equalled or broken

Comments

Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest grass minimum temperature

Alice Springs

015502

ALI CURUNG

30.2

29.1

15/01/1996

29.8

22/12/2003

NSW

Sydney--east

066131

RIVERVIEW OBSERVATORY

22.0

21.4

08/01/2002

The day in charts
Surface charts	Satellite images	Rain & temperatures
4am EST		Rainfall -- 24 hours to 9am
		Week to 9am \| SE AUS detail
10am EST		Minimum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
4pm EST		Maximum temperature +/- normal
		Actual temperatures
10pm EST		Solar Radiation

Summary of observations

For notes on how to interpret the data and quality control issues, see Daily Weather Summary Help.
**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 20:12EST, 14/05/2012.

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	30.7	-0.9	15.6	-2.7	13.4	0.0	8.6	--	556 (23.2)	46/18
PERTH AIRPORT	38.4	+6.8	15.9	-1.0	14.3	0.0	10.4	12.8	386 (16.1)	39/15
ALBANY AIRPORT	27.0	+2.3	16.6	+2.9	16.8	0.0	8.0	10.7	288 (12.0)	37/15
BUNBURY	31.5	+2.1	16.3	+1.2	--	0.0	--	--	318 (13.3)	39/17
MANDURAH	30.6	--	20.8	--	--	0.0	--	--	354 (14.8)	41/16
DARWIN AIRPORT	34.5	+2.7	26.4	+1.6	25.6	0.0	7.4	8.6	398 (16.6)	39/16
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	36.3	-0.1	20.0	-1.4	17.1	2.0	9.8	12.0	351 (14.6)	39/12
WHYALLA AERO	26.9	-3.0	18.8	+1.4	--	0.1	7.5	--	471 (19.6)	--
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	25.1	-4.0	14.1	-2.9	10.8	0.0	8.0	13.1	257 (10.7)	30/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	24.5	-0.7	7.5	-3.6	5.2	0.0	5.0	12.0	287 (12.0)	39/15
MOUNT ISA AERO	37.6	+1.3	26.3	+2.5	25.4	0.0	9.2	4.3	258 (10.8)	45/14
CAIRNS AERO	31.5	+0.1	24.2	+0.5	22.9	12.4	6.2	10.0	230 ( 9.6)	26/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO	33.0	+1.7	25.7	+1.5	23.1	0.0	6.8	12.5	230 ( 9.6)	26/15
MACKAY M.O	33.1	+3.0	24.9	+1.4	--	0.0	--	11.8	405 (16.9)	37/13
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	37.8	+5.9	24.4	+2.3	20.9	0.0	9.0	--	248 (10.3)	95/17
BUNDABERG AERO	32.8	+2.7	25.2	+3.8	--	0.0	8.2	--	382 (15.9)	34/15
NAMBOUR DPI	31.8	+2.5	24.6	+5.2	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA AIRPORT	29.9	+1.8	21.7	+0.7	--	0.0	--	--	188 ( 7.8)	28/21
BRISBANE AERO	30.6	+1.6	22.9	+1.8	21.2	0.0	7.0	12.2	284 (11.8)	34/22
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	32.8	+4.7	20.8	+3.3	--	0.0	--	--	515 (21.5)	50/22
GUNNEDAH SCS	--	--	20.7	+1.9	15.2	0.0	8.0	--	123 ( 5.1)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	27.8	+0.9	20.5	+1.1	19.1	0.0	6.4	8.3	374 (15.6)	35/22
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	28.4	+1.0	18.4	+0.3	--	0.2	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	28.5	+0.6	19.0	+1.0	17.2	0.0	6.4	5.3	134 ( 5.6)	35/16
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	26.7	-0.8	20.1	+3.4	21.2	0.0	--	--	97 ( 4.0)	22/17
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	29.0	+2.5	18.6	+5.4	15.7	0.0	7.4	11.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	36.0	+2.9	24.2	+6.1	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	25.0	-1.4	23.4	+4.7	22.3	0.0	7.4	0.1	384 (16.0)	37/13
RICHMOND RAAF	27.5	-2.3	22.2	+4.8	--	0.0	--	--	130 ( 5.4)	39/14
BELLAMBI AWS	23.1	-1.7	20.7	+1.8	--	0.0	--	--	242 (10.1)	50/11
CANBERRA AIRPORT	30.3	+2.3	17.8	+4.6	16.2	2.8	8.8	11.1	292 (12.2)	45/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	33.7	+2.1	15.8	-0.4	14.7	0.0	6.6	13.3	336 (14.0)	43/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	31.6	-0.6	16.1	-0.5	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	29.0	-3.2	15.0	-1.6	13.9	0.4	2.8	13.1	302 (12.6)	32/00
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	29.4	-0.1	14.3	+0.2	13.4	6.2	--	--	268 (11.2)	32/08
BENDIGO AIRPORT	29.5	0.0	11.4	-2.5	--	9.2	--	--	246 (10.3)	34/20
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	25.1	-0.8	16.0	+1.7	13.8	4.8	1.8	--	86 ( 3.6)	18/10
GEELONG AIRPORT	21.9	-2.7	11.8	-1.3	--	0.8	--	--	194 ( 8.1)	35/16
BALLARAT AERODROME	24.5	-0.5	8.9	-1.9	--	0.0	--	--	313 (13.0)	37/20
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	23.4	-0.8	--	--	--	0.0	--	--	--	41/16
HOBART AIRPORT	26.2	+3.7	11.5	-0.5	8.2	0.2	5.0	11.4	336 (14.0)	48/11
	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

46.2 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
45.0 MURCHISON W Gascoyne WA
44.9 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA
44.8 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA
44.6 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
44.6 PARABURDOO AERO E Gascoyne WA

+8.2 : 40.9 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
+8.2 : 41.9 TAROOM POST OFFICE Central Highlands QLD
+8.1 : 35.2 JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
+8.0 : 43.0 CHARLEVILLE AERO Warrego QLD
+7.9 : 41.5 INJUNE POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD

30.3 ALI CURUNG N Plateau NT
30.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
29.9 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
29.9 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
29.9 WINDORAH POST OFFICE Channel Country QLD

+6.8 : 26.0 COONAMBLE COMPARISON CW Plains N NSW
+6.5 : 30.3 ALI CURUNG N Plateau NT
+6.3 : 26.9 BREWARRINA HOSPITAL Upper Darling NSW
+6.1 : 29.8 QUILPIE AIRPORT Far SW QLD
+6.1 : 26.2 COONAMBLE AIRPORT AWS CW Plains N NSW
+6.1 : 24.2 DUBBO AIRPORT AWS CW Slopes S NSW

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

10.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
16.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
16.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
16.2 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
16.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-5.1 : 19.0 FRANKSTON AWS E Central VIC
-5.1 : 32.0 ROXBY DOWNS (OLYMPIC DAM AERODROME) NW Pastoral SA
-4.9 : 20.3 COMBIENBAR AWS E Gippsland VIC
-4.9 : 31.8 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
-4.8 : 31.7 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
-4.8 : 25.0 EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide/Lofty SA

-0.3 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
3.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
3.9 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
4.7 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
5.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC

-8.5 : 6.8 EYRE Eucla WA
-7.1 : 7.8 COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
-6.9 : 6.2 KINGSCOTE AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
-6.8 : 17.0 CARNEGIE Interior WA
-6.5 : 9.0 NULLARBOR W Agricultural 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.

90.0 BLAIR ATHOL Central Highlands QLD
61.6 TAMARIND GDNS RENNEL CL N Coast--Barron QLD
61.0 WILLEROO N Rivers NT
54.2 BATCHELOR AREA SCHOOL N Rivers NT
50.6 AUVERGNE N Rivers NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
61.0 WILLEROO
54.2 BATCHELOR AREA SCHOOL
50.6 AUVERGNE

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
61.6 TAMARIND GDNS RENNEL CL
50.0 CAIRNS SEVERIN ST
Central Highlands
90.0 BLAIR ATHOL

13.5 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
13.4 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
13.3 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
13.3 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
13.3 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA

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4.3 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
3.2 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
2.4 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
0.1 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

1060 (44.2) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
994 (41.4) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
813 (33.9) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
804 (33.5) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
798 (33.3) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
755 (31.5) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
747 (31.1) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
712 (29.7) KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
693 (28.9) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
679 (28.3) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
664 (27.7) BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
656 (27.3) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
650 (27.1) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
640 (26.7) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
639 (26.6) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
638 (26.6) TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT Far Northwest NSW
625 (26.0) OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA

95/17 ROCKHAMPTON AERO Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
94/16 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
81/02 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
78/16 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
76/16 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT

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 N Kimberley WYNDHAM AERO 36.4mm in 1 hr 49 min to 18:49 20.0mm/h 11.2mm in 11 min to 19:00 61.1mm/h 51.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 17.0mm/h TROUGHTON ISLAND 6.0mm in 12 min to 18:29 30.0mm/h TRUSCOTT 19.6mm in 31 min to 18:00 37.9mm/h 19.8mm in 1 hr to 18:00 19.8mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.7mm/h E Kimberley KUNUNURRA AERO 39.2mm in 41 min to 20:00 57.4mm/h 39.4mm in 1 hr to 20:00 39.4mm/h 49.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 16.3mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers MIDDLE POINT AWS 12.0mm in 21 min to 16:30 34.3mm/h 16.4mm in 1 hr to 16:30 16.4mm/h 13.6mm in 1 hr to 17:30 13.6mm/h 30.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 10.0mm/h BATCHELOR AERO 54.0mm in 1 hr 8 min to 19:30 47.6mm/h 54.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 18.0mm/h MANINGRIDA 35.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 11.7mm/h WARRUWI 12.4mm in 54 min to 02:30 13.8mm/h 13.2mm in 1 hr to 02:30 13.2mm/h MANINGRIDA AERO 26.0mm in 26 min to 20:30 60.0mm/h 27.4mm in 1 hr to 20:30 27.4mm/h 38.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 12.7mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 21:30 11.6mm/h DALY WATERS AWS 10.2mm in 10 min to 16:55 61.2mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.3mm/h N Plateau TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT 9.0mm in 16 min to 16:56 33.8mm/h 5.6mm in 11 min to 17:07 30.5mm/h 17.6mm in 1 hr to 17:30 17.6mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.0mm/h 13.2mm in 30 min to 19:00 26.4mm/h 13.2mm in 1 hr to 19:30 13.2mm/h 24.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 8.0mm/h QUEENSLAND S Peninsula PALMERVILLE 8.8mm in 10 min to 16:00 52.8mm/h 12.0mm in 11 min to 16:11 65.5mm/h 8.2mm in 49 min to 17:00 10.0mm/h 20.2mm in 1 hr to 17:00 20.2mm/h LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT 12.8mm in 1 hr to 17:00 12.8mm/h 18.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.0mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES North Coast GRAFTON RESEARCH STN 14.4mm in 1 hr to 21:30 14.4mm/h Illawarra ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) 13.0mm in 1 hr to 04:00 13.0mm/h South Coast ULLADULLA AWS 14.6mm in 1 hr to 02:00 14.6mm/h 14.8mm in 1 hr to 03:00 14.8mm/h 30.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 10.0mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA N Kimberley TROUGHTON ISLAND : 72(120/ 63 ) at 18:17 QUEENSLAND Wide Bay/Burnett ROCKHAMPTON AERO : 95(210/ 69 ) at 17:42 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 91(320/ 67 ) at 17:10