Australian Weather News -- 11 APR 2005

Monday 11 APR 2005

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Dec

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Noteworthy weather today

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AUS: Heatwave loses strength

Hot conditions continued across much of the continent, though slightly less extreme than in the past two days. Minimum temperatures were 6 to 11° above normal in a broad band from the SE to the NW, while maxima were remarkable in that the entire continent, with the exception of tiny coastal pockets, experienced above average temperatures today. These were still high in the Centre, where Tennant Creek, Ali Curung and Territory Grape Farm would all have broken their previous April records had they not been broken earlier in the month.

QLD: Moderate showers on the North Coast

Moderate falls became more widespread along the QLD North Coast yesterday and today with a dozen stations in the Tully to Cairns area recording between 50 and 90mm to 9am. Topaz, which is well-situated to extract maximum rainfall from moist southeasterlies, topscored with 86.0mm. Coconut Island, situated just off Cape York, recorded a tropical downpour overnight with 82.0mm falling between midnight and 6am.

Records set or equalled today

These records are as received at 1723 EST on 10/02/2006. 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
District		Site		Reading	Reading	Date	Years	Reading	Date	Years	Comments
Highest grass minimum temperature
NT	Alice Springs	015511	CURTIN SPRINGS	23.1	22.2	10/04/2005	11				Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Upper Darling	048027	COBAR MO	21.7	20.9	10/04/2005	43				Previous record set earlier this month.
Highest minimum temperature
WA	Goldfields	012314	LEINSTER AERO	22.9	22.3	29/04/2002	11
WA	Interior	013030	TELFER AERO	29.6	28.0	17/04/1991	31
NT	Alice Springs	015502	ALI CURUNG	26.3	25.8	04/04/2000	17
NT	Alice Springs	015511	CURTIN SPRINGS	24.2	23.6	10/04/2005	40				Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Upper Darling	048027	COBAR MO	22.6	22.0	10/04/2005	43				Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Upper Darling	048237	COBAR AIRPORT AWS	22.5	22.5	10/04/2005	11				Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	C Tablelands S	063293	OBERON (JENOLAN CAVES ROAD)	14.8	14.8	08/04/1998	16				Equal to record.
NSW	South Coast	069132	BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS	14.1	14.1	07/04/1996	12				Equal to record.
NSW	South Coast	069134	BATEMANS BAY (CATALINA COUNTRY CLUB)	18.5	17.3	08/04/2005	14				Previous record set earlier this month.
NSW	Snowy Mtns	071003	CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET)	9.5	8.3	09/04/1969	18
NSW	SW Slopes N	073138	YOUNG AIRPORT	16.8	16.7	09/04/1998	12
Highest maximum temperature
NSW	NW Slopes S	055325	TAMWORTH AIRPORT AWS	32.0	32.0	09/04/2005	11				Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.

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 20:32EST, 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	27.7	+0.1	12.0	-3.4	9.6	0.0	5.6	--	397 (16.5)	41/16
PERTH AIRPORT	26.8	+1.3	9.4	-3.5	8.1	0.0	5.2	10.0	257 (10.7)	24/20
ALBANY AIRPORT	25.9	+4.1	10.1	-1.5	8.9	0.0	2.6	7.8	180 ( 7.5)	24/14
BUNBURY	22.8	-1.3	9.1	-2.4	--	0.0	--	--	113 ( 4.7)	22/15
MANDURAH	23.5	--	14.0	--	--	0.0	--	--	227 ( 9.5)	26/16
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.8	+1.1	24.3	+0.3	24.3	0.6	3.6	3.8	210 ( 8.8)	59/17
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	37.0	+8.8	20.5	+7.9	16.9	0.0	11.6	11.1	282 (11.8)	50/13
WHYALLA AERO	23.9	+0.3	17.3	+5.7	--	0.1	8.1	--	393 (16.4)	44/17
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	23.8	+1.2	11.0	-1.4	6.0	0.2	2.6	10.7	177 ( 7.4)	30/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	20.3	+0.9	4.1	-4.6	1.0	2.8	2.0	9.7	218 ( 9.1)	32/12
MOUNT ISA AERO	35.2	+3.3	25.4	+6.9	23.0	0.0	8.8	9.7	323 (13.5)	45/15
CAIRNS AERO	29.1	-0.1	23.9	+2.3	23.1	12.4	6.0	3.7	604 (25.2)	54/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO	27.5	-2.1	22.0	+1.5	19.6	3.8	5.4	2.9	498 (20.8)	54/17
MACKAY MO	27.2	+0.5	22.3	+2.2	--	6.2	--	10.2	725 (30.2)	52/05
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	28.7	-0.1	20.1	+2.3	18.6	0.2	4.6	--	407 (17.0)	34/08
BUNDABERG AERO	28.8	+1.4	19.3	+1.8	--	0.0	4.0	--	453 (18.9)	45/15
NAMBOUR DPI	26.6	+0.5	19.5	+4.1	--	22.0³	2.6	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA AIRPORT	26.8	+1.5	18.7	+1.7	--	6.6	--	--	307 (12.8)	35/14
BRISBANE AERO	26.7	+0.7	19.1	+2.9	18.2	2.8	5.4	5.9	350 (14.6)	35/11
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	25.9	+2.5	15.3	+2.0	--	0.0	--	--	656 (27.3)	48/09
GUNNEDAH SCS	31.2	+6.1	13.9	+1.1	5.7	0.0	6.4	--	92 ( 3.8)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	25.5	+1.5	14.1	-1.1	12.5	0.0	3.6	10.1	212 ( 8.8)	34/10
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	25.5	+1.5	11.5	-2.2	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	26.7	+3.1	12.9	-0.3	11.2	0.0	4.6	9.1	305 (12.7)	28/19
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	27.7	+4.1	13.7	+1.8	13.8	0.2	--	--	89 ( 3.7)	26/15
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	25.0	+6.5	12.5	+5.3	9.0	0.0	4.0	5.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	28.5	+4.0	14.8	+4.7	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	24.6	+1.7	18.8	+4.7	16.1	0.0	4.8	4.8	429 (17.9)	41/15
RICHMOND RAAF	25.0	+1.1	14.6	+3.3	--	0.0	--	--	71 ( 3.0)	30/16
BELLAMBI AWS	22.8	+0.7	19.4	+4.0	--	0.0	--	--	448 (18.7)	35/19
CANBERRA AIRPORT	29.0	+9.0	15.9	+9.2	12.5	1.6	5.0	9.5	250 (10.4)	43/16
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	28.3	+5.8	16.2	+7.1	15.1	5.6	5.4	8.9	324 (13.5)	30/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	27.4	+5.0	15.3	+7.3	--	5.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	27.6	+4.1	13.7	+3.6	12.9	0.0	9.6	10.5	429 (17.9)	28/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	23.4	+1.8	14.1	+5.9	14.3	6.2³	16.0	--	332 (13.8)	32/22
BENDIGO AIRPORT	25.0	+3.8	11.1	+3.7	--	2.0	--	--	324 (13.5)	35/21
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	21.1	+0.8	14.6	+3.8	12.5	6.2	5.0	--	144 ( 6.0)	21/13
GEELONG AIRPORT	20.1	+0.1	7.9	-1.4	--	0.0	--	--	383 (16.0)	30/16
BALLARAT AERODROME	20.4	+2.8	8.1	+0.7	--	0.8	--	--	495 (20.6)	35/22
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	21.8	+2.9	9.7	+2.2	--	0.0	--	--	210 ( 8.8)	35/12
HOBART AIRPORT	21.4	+3.3	10.4	+1.7	6.2	0.6	4.6	8.2	357 (14.9)	54/16
	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

41.3 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
41.1 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA
40.6 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
40.6 TELFER AERO Interior WA
40.4 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT

+9.7 : 34.9 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
+9.0 : 29.0 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+8.9 : 37.4 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+8.9 : 32.0 ESPERANCE Lower West WA
+8.8 : 37.0 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT

29.6 TELFER AERO Interior WA
29.0 WULUNGURRU N Plateau NT
29.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
28.9 MARBLE BAR COMPARISON E Pilbara WA
28.7 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA

+11.6 : 21.0 CONDOBOLIN AIRPORT AWS CW Plains S NSW
+11.4 : 22.5 COBAR AIRPORT AWS Upper Darling NSW
+10.8 : 24.2 CURTIN SPRINGS N Plateau NT
+10.7 : 20.6 CONDOBOLIN AG RESEARCH STN CW Plains S NSW
+10.7 : 19.9 FORBES AIRPORT AWS CW Slopes S NSW
+10.7 : 16.8 YOUNG AIRPORT SW Slopes N NSW

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

8.2 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
10.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
11.1 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
14.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
14.0 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

-2.7 : 17.0 POINT HICKS (LIGHTHOUSE) E Gippsland VIC
-2.5 : 16.6 MT NOWA NOWA E Gippsland VIC
-2.5 : 15.7 MT MOORNAPA W Gippsland VIC
-2.4 : 28.7 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
-2.4 : 15.1 COMBIENBAR AWS E Gippsland VIC

-1.6 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-0.3 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
1.7 ROBE AIRFIELD Lower SE SA
1.8 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
2.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-6.7 : 3.7 CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA
-5.2 : 3.3 WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
-5.1 : 6.4 ROBE Lower SE SA
-4.9 : 3.5 KINGSCOTE AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
-4.9 : 4.8 PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC

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.

115.8 KAREEYA N Coast--Barron QLD
88.0 TOPAZ N Coast--Barron QLD
86.4 EL ARISH POST OFFICE N Coast--Herbert QLD
86.0 TOPAZ ALERT N Coast--Barron QLD
84.0 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

QUEENSLAND
N Peninsula
84.0 COCONUT ISLAND
N Coast--Barron
115.8 KAREEYA
88.0 TOPAZ
86.0 TOPAZ ALERT
68.0 KAREEYA TM
60.0 BARTLE VIEW ALERT
54.6 GREENHAVEN
53.0 GREENHAVEN ALERT
51.0 COPPERLODE DAM ALERT
N Coast--Herbert
86.4 EL ARISH POST OFFICE
81.2 JAPOONVALE WARRAKIN RD
63.0 MENAVALE ALERT
60.0 CRAWFORDS LOOKOUT ALERT
59.6 TULLY SUGAR MILL
58.0 JARRA CREEK TM
55.0 CORSIS ALERT
Central Coast E
75.0 EUNGELLA NATIONAL PARK
51.0 STOCKADE NURSERY
Brisbane/SE Coast
52.0 WALLEN WALLEN

11.1 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.9 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
10.7 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
10.7 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
10.5 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
10.5 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS

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3.9 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
3.8 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
3.7 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
2.9 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
2.0 WELLINGTON (AGROWPLOW) CW Slopes S NSW

1143 (47.6) GREEN ISLAND N Coast--Barron QLD
982 (40.9) WILLIS ISLAND COMPARISON Islands ISL
934 (38.9) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
923 (38.5) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
915 (38.1) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
884 (36.8) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
842 (35.1) BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
840 (35.0) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
828 (34.5) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
805 (33.5) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
805 (33.5) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
790 (32.9) GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
787 (32.8) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
765 (31.9) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
762 (31.8) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
725 (30.2) MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
720 (30.0) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
709 (29.5) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
677 (28.2) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
656 (27.3) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
656 (27.3) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
653 (27.2) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
650 (27.1) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
626 (26.1) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
622 (25.9) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
621 (25.9) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
618 (25.8) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
604 (25.2) CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD

106/12 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
98/17 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
96/06 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
94/16 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
72/19 GREEN ISLAND N Coast--Barron QLD

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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers DARWIN AIRPORT 21.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 7.0mm/h DARWIN AIRPORT COMPARISON 19.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.3mm/h JABIRU AIRPORT 8.0mm in 35 min to 20:30 13.7mm/h PORT KEATS AERO 17.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.7mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula COCONUT ISLAND 59.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 19.7mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 7.7mm/h S Peninsula LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT 20.6mm in 1 hr to 02:00 20.6mm/h 26.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 8.7mm/h N Coast--Barron CAPE FLATTERY 16.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.3mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES C Tablelands S MOUNT BOYCE AWS 10.2mm in 1 hr to 18:00 10.2mm/h SW Slopes S CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS 10.0mm in 58 min to 01:00 10.3mm/h ISLANDS Islands CAPE WESSEL 16.0mm in 3 hr to 19:30 5.3mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 20:30 5.3mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 5.0mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 23:30 7.3mm/h	QUEENSLAND N Coast--Barron GREEN ISLAND : 70(130/ 65 ) at 18:28 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 100(320/ 80 ) at 12:20 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 96(260/ 65 ) at 15:41 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 96(260/ 70 ) at 06:30 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 95(300/ 63 ) at 16:31