Australian Weather News -- 14 AUG 2005

Sunday 14 AUG 2005

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Noteworthy weather today

significant

newsworthy

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VIC: Prefrontal winds cause damage in Melbourne

The cold front visible in the chart above sweeping across SA brought storm force northerly winds across VIC today causing widespread though mainly light damage across Melbourne. SES crews attended over 140 incidents in the 18 hours to 6pm, with 40 coming from the worst-hit area around Emerald in the Dandenongs where the wind gusted to 100km/h at Dunns Hill during the morning and again to 96km/h during the evening. Most calls were for trees downed on houses, cars and roads. Other high inland wind gusts were 100km/h at Kilmore Gap and 82 at Melbourne Airport.

Newsbits

SA: Windy as front approaches: SA was also whipped by strong winds that reached 115km/h at Cape Willoughby on Kangaroo Island. Many inland locations recording high wind gusts or average speeds are listed in Highest gusts and High AWS wind reports below.

AUS: Minimum temperature extremes across the nation: As the minimum temperature anomaly map at right shows, early morning minima varied widely across the continent today. In the east, minima were up to 9 below as clear skies and low humidity allowed temperatures to plummet in the remnants of last week's cold snap. The cold was most notable in north QLD where Croydon, Proserpine and Mt Isa were all around 9 below normal. Croydon's low of 6.4 was 0.9 above its 41 year record, while in northern inland NSW Brewarrina's minimum of -1.6 was just 0.5 off the station's 35 year record. In the west, however, northwesterlies swept warm air from northern WA into the east of the state and southern SA producing minima up to 8.5C above average.

WA: Weekend rainfall welcomed by farmers: While storms caused damage in Perth yesterday, the widespread rain and storm falls across the northern wheatbelt were welcomed by growers. The 10 to 20mm received over the weekend will significantly improve grain size and therefore crop yield. Falls were lower in the eastern wheatbelt and north midlands, though much of the South West recorded between 25 and 50mm.

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 0020 EST on 07/07/2006. 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 daily rainfall

SW & S Coast

009815

THE DUKE

33.4

30.0

16/08/1992

Lowest minimum temperature

NSW

North Coast

058009

BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON LIGHTHOUSE)

5.5

6.0

03/08/2003

Lowest maximum temperature

QLD

N Coast--Herbert

032141

LUCINDA POINT

19.4

19.6

01/08/2003

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 21:13EST, 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	17.4	-2.6	11.7	+2.8	8.5	2.2	3.6	--	619 (25.8)	46/03
PERTH AIRPORT	16.7	-1.7	8.0	0.0	5.6	14.0	2.0	6.8	600 (25.0)	58/02
ALBANY AIRPORT	13.5	-2.6	5.5	-2.0	4.5	15.4	4.4	6.0	515 (21.5)	63/05
BUNBURY	15.5	-1.8	4.6	-3.0	--	5.0	--	--	570 (23.8)	55/00
MANDURAH	15.6	--	9.5	--	--	12.2	--	--	786 (32.8)	81/00
DARWIN AIRPORT	31.4	+0.1	19.0	-1.4	17.0	0.0	8.4	10.9	316 (13.2)	39/12
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	23.8	+1.2	3.6	-2.4	-1.5	0.0	5.6	11.0	275 (11.5)	43/15
WHYALLA AERO	20.9	+2.4	11.8	+5.9	--	0.0	7.6	--	678 (28.3)	70/12
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	15.8	-0.9	11.3	+3.1	9.2	0.0	2.0	0.3	399 (16.6)	52/20
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	13.4	-0.7	8.6	+3.1	6.7	0.0	3.6	0.2	653 (27.2)	61/20
MOUNT ISA AERO	24.3	-3.0	1.8	-8.5	-0.5	0.0	7.4	10.8	278 (11.6)	30/10
CAIRNS AERO	23.6	-3.0	12.1	-5.3	9.1	0.0	7.6	10.7	469 (19.5)	41/13
TOWNSVILLE AERO	21.8	-4.2	9.3	-5.4	4.5	0.0	4.6	10.9	273 (11.4)	35/14
MACKAY M.O	20.2	-2.3	7.3	-6.7	--	0.0	--	10.1	397 (16.5)	34/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	23.2	-1.6	5.6	-5.0	3.6	0.0	5.0	--	287 (12.0)	37/12
BUNDABERG AERO	22.3	-1.0	10.0	-0.9	--	0.0	3.2	--	424 (17.7)	41/11
NAMBOUR DPI	21.1	-1.4	13.2	+5.2	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	20.5	-0.8	10.9	+0.5	--	1.8	--	--	486 (20.3)	37/11
BRISBANE AERO	20.7	-1.1	9.1	-0.5	7.0	0.0	1.8	10.4	479 (20.0)	32/09
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	17.4	-1.3	3.3	-4.2	--	0.0	--	--	375 (15.6)	46/15
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR)	17.7	-0.2	1.8	-4.0	-4.0	0.0	2.2	--	105 ( 4.4)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	19.1	-0.7	5.6	-2.6	0.0	0.0	3.8	6.8	533 (22.2)	28/23
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	19.8	-0.4	4.7	-2.0	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	19.9	+1.3	0.9	-5.9	-2.4	0.0	3.0	9.4	245 (10.2)	30/11
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	19.4	+0.4	0.2	-5.1	-3.5	0.0	--	--	63 ( 2.6)	22/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	13.0	+2.0	1.2	-0.9	-4.3	0.0	1.2	9.1	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	17.4	-0.1	-2.5	-5.9	--	0.2	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	19.3	+1.0	6.6	-1.5	3.2	0.0	2.8	10.1	279 (11.6)	41/19
RICHMOND RAAF	21.7	+1.9	-1.3	-5.7	--	0.0	--	--	37 ( 1.5)	35/12
BELLAMBI AWS	20.1	+2.1	9.6	-0.9	--	0.0	--	--	232 ( 9.7)	46/14
CANBERRA AIRPORT	13.4	+0.4	-2.7	-3.7	-5.8	0.0	1.6	7.1	148 ( 6.2)	35/13
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	15.2	+0.7	-0.2	-3.8	-2.4	0.2	0.8	7.7	196 ( 8.2)	28/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	14.7	-0.3	0.9	-2.9	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	17.7	+0.5	4.4	-0.8	0.0	0.0	3.4	5.7	372 (15.5)	54/15
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	14.0	-0.7	4.6	+0.7	4.0	0.0	--	--	234 ( 9.8)	46/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT	13.5	-0.8	1.6	-0.9	--	0.0	--	--	205 ( 8.5)	52/13
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	13.4	-1.6	9.6	+2.9	8.4	0.0	2.2	--	183 ( 7.6)	41/11
GEELONG AIRPORT	14.6	-0.4	6.6	+0.7	--	0.0	--	--	315 (13.1)	67/22
BALLARAT AERODROME	10.7	-0.7	4.3	+0.6	--	0.0	--	--	704 (29.3)	74/14
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	13.7	0.0	5.9	+2.3	--	0.0	--	--	205 ( 8.5)	52/13
HOBART AIRPORT	15.4	+1.9	8.4	+3.7	5.7	0.0	1.2	1.5	341 (14.2)	52/17
	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

34.4 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
34.4 OENPELLI N Rivers NT
33.2 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
33.0 TRUSCOTT N Kimberley WA
32.9 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT

+6.1 : 27.0 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
+6.1 : 18.7 BOMBALA (THERRY STREET) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+5.9 : 28.0 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
+5.3 : 18.2 COMBIENBAR AWS E Gippsland VIC
+4.8 : 17.0 BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW

27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
25.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
24.1 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.5 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
23.1 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL

+8.3 : 14.0 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+8.0 : 15.5 NEWMAN AERO E Gascoyne WA
+7.7 : 14.7 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
+7.4 : 21.8 KALUMBURU N Kimberley WA
+7.3 : 14.5 CARNEGIE Interior WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

0.3 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
0.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
3.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
3.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC

-6.3 : 15.5 WILUNA Interior WA
-6.1 : 15.3 LEINSTER AERO Goldfields WA
-5.9 : 20.7 CHARTERS TOWERS AIRPORT Central Coast W QLD
-5.8 : 17.4 WOOLSHED Central Coast E QLD

-7.0 ARMIDALE (TREE GROUP NURSERY) N Tablelands W NSW
-6.2 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-6.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-5.9 COONABARABRAN (NAMOI STREET) CW Slopes N NSW
-5.8 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW

-9.9 : 2.4 WOOLSHED Central Coast E QLD
-9.3 : 6.4 CROYDON TOWNSHIP Gulf Country QLD
-8.8 : 1.0 TOORAK RESEARCH STATION Gulf Country QLD
-8.7 : 3.0 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD

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.

53.0 CARDABIA W Gascoyne WA
46.2 CAPE ARID NATIONAL PARK Lower West WA
40.1 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON LIGHTHOUSE) North Coast NSW
39.6 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
38.0 ORKABIE WEST HILL Central Coast E QLD

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
W Gascoyne
53.0 CARDABIA
Lower West
46.2 CAPE ARID NATIONAL PARK

QUEENSLAND
Central Coast E
38.0 ORKABIE WEST HILL

NEW SOUTH WALES
North Coast
40.1 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON LIGHTHOUSE)
39.6 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS)

11.0 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.9 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.9 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
10.9 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.8 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
10.8 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD

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0.2 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.2 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.2 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
0.0 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC

1406 (58.6) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
1329 (55.4) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
1167 (48.6) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
1162 (48.4) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
1150 (47.9) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1137 (47.4) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
1131 (47.1) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
1031 (43.0) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1025 (42.7) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
929 (38.7) CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
927 (38.6) SWANBOURNE Lower West WA
877 (36.5) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
865 (36.0) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
838 (34.9) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
825 (34.4) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
824 (34.3) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
816 (34.0) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
815 (34.0) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
809 (33.7) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
793 (33.0) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
792 (33.0) CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA
791 (33.0) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
788 (32.8) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
786 (32.8) MANDURAH Lower West WA
785 (32.7) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
772 (32.2) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
770 (32.1) HERON ISLAND RES STN Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
753 (31.4) WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
751 (31.3) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
740 (30.8) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
740 (30.8) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
731 (30.5) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
730 (30.4) NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) W Agricultural SA
730 (30.4) CAPE BORDA AWS Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
726 (30.3) DUNNS HILL E Central VIC
708 (29.5) COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
707 (29.5) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
706 (29.4) CHEADANUP Goldfields WA
705 (29.4) HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
705 (29.4) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
704 (29.3) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
697 (29.0) MINNIPA DPI W Agricultural SA
696 (29.0) FORREST Eucla WA
695 (29.0) COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
678 (28.3) WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
669 (27.9) LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC
665 (27.7) ROBE AIRFIELD Lower SE SA
662 (27.6) ESPERANCE Lower West WA
653 (27.2) MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
651 (27.1) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
644 (26.8) LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
640 (26.7) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
639 (26.6) NOARLUNGA Adelaide/Lofty SA
639 (26.6) LADY ELLIOT ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
637 (26.5) JANDAKOT AERO Lower West WA
633 (26.4) SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
629 (26.2) YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast SA
625 (26.0) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
621 (25.9) CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
619 (25.8) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
615 (25.6) EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
613 (25.5) ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
610 (25.4) EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS North Coast NSW
609 (25.4) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
605 (25.2) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
603 (25.1) MORTLAKE RACECOURSE W Coast VIC
600 (25.0) PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
600 (25.0) SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK) Lower North SA

115/20 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
109/23 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
104/23 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
100/22 NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
100/10 DUNNS HILL E Central VIC
100/11 KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
98/10 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
97/19 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
96/22 CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA

Downpours	High AWS wind reports
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less from AWS and synoptic reports.	Storm force gusts (>89km/h) and 10-minute mean gales (>62km/h) reported by AWSs. Wind direction and mean windspeed are shown in brackets.
ISLANDS Islands COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT 24.0mm in 3 hr to 05:00 8.0mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West ROTTNEST ISLAND : 82(240/ 63 ) at 01:00 GARDEN ISLAND HSF : 80(250/ 65 ) at 00:06 SOUTH AUSTRALIA NW Pastoral COOBER PEDY AIRPORT : 80(230/ 63 ) at 17:57 W Agricultural NULLARBOR : 95(260/ 61 ) at 15:31 NEPTUNE ISLAND : 100(240/ 83 ) at 22:45 COULTA (COLES POINT) : 74(230/ 65 ) at 22:55 Yorke Pen/Kanga Is MINLATON AERO : 89(340/ 63 ) at 18:31 EDITHBURGH : 80(330/ 65 ) at 19:18 CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 115(340/ 89 ) at 20:16 Lower SE CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) : 89(340/ 69 ) at 22:30 ROBE AIRFIELD : 89(340/ 67 ) at 21:58 QUEENSLAND Brisbane/SE Coast DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE : 74(170/ 63 ) at 01:00 NEW SOUTH WALES Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 109(320/ 91 ) at 23:57 VICTORIA Upper NE MOUNT BULLER : 93(360/ 58 ) at 23:00 MT HOTHAM : 100( 10/ 76 ) at 23:30 E Central MELBOURNE AIRPORT : 82( 10/ 63 ) at 10:00 SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND : 85(360/ 67 ) at 21:55 DUNNS HILL : 96(360/ 56 ) at 22:46 FAWKNER BEACON : 83(360/ 63 ) at 15:51 W Central POINT WILSON : 83(360/ 65 ) at 16:29 N Central KILMORE GAP : 100(360/ 78 ) at 11:07 W Coast COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) : 80(360/ 65 ) at 22:30 TASMANIA Southeast MOUNT WELLINGTON : 95(300/ 72 ) at 09:30