Australian Weather News -- 07 OCT 2005

Friday 07 OCT 2005

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Noteworthy weather today

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QLD: Hot again as bushfires continue

As the maps at right show, maximum temperatures were again 8 to 12C above average in a band across southern QLD today with a new record of 35.2 being set at Rainbow Beach (50km NE of Gympie). Amberley, near Ipswich, recorded a top of 39.9, 12.3 above average while the state's highest temperature was 42.1 at Birdsville. Fires in the Mitchelton/The Gap region NW of Brisbane continued to pose problems with 3 firefighting helicopters in use during the day. A fire in rugged country at Mt Binga (60km N of Toowoomba) also broke out during today as did a number of small fires across SE QLD.

SA: Strong winds, storms cause power problems

The low pressure system moving across SA in the surface chart above brought widespread thunderstorms and strong wind gusts as well as a rainband that gave 10 to 30mm of rain in a strip from the Eyre Peninsula east to the Murray Valley.

Lightning from some long-lived storms this morning knocked out power in the Upper Eyre Peninsula around Kimba and Elliston for up to 30 hours. Strong winds gusted to 91km/h at Woomera and Leigh Creek in the north and Roseworthy and Mt Crawford near Adelaide. Other strong gusts are listed below. Minlaton on Yorke Peninsula recorded the top rainfall of 30mm in the 24 hours to 9am, while Naracoorte in the southeast recorded 27mm in the 24 hours to 9am Saturday from rain that fell during the afternoon as the rainband moved east into VIC and southern NSW.

NEWSBITS

Central Australia experienced an exceptionally warm night in warm northwesterlies ahead of a trough. The Alice Springs minimum of 28.5 was 13.8 above the average.

By comparison, maxima across SW NSW and NW VIC were close to mid-winter norms as cloud and advancing rain held temperatures down. Many locations reported highs of between 10 and 12C, which is 10 to 12 below the October average.

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2129 EST on 14/08/2006. 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 daily rainfall
SA	Adelaide Plains	023064	ADELAIDE (LARGS BAY)	22.0	15.2	07/10/1898	14
Highest minimum temperature
NT	Alice Springs	015635	YULARA AERO	26.2	24.8	27/10/1997	17
QLD	Brisbane/SE Coast	040282	NAMBOUR DPI	22.4	22.2	28/10/2004	41
Highest maximum temperature
QLD	Wide Bay/Burnett	039326	GLADSTONE AIRPORT	34.7	34.1	20/10/2002	11
QLD	Brisbane/SE Coast	040856	RAINBOW BEACH	35.2	33.5	31/10/2001	14
Lowest maximum temperature
SA	W Agricultural	018192	NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS)	13.7	13.7	21/10/1995	11				Equal to record.
SA	Kangaroo Is	022801	CAPE BORDA	11.7	11.8	22/10/1986	45
SA	Kangaroo Is	022803	CAPE WILLOUGHBY	11.0	11.6	10/10/1993	39
SA	Kangaroo Is	022841	KINGSCOTE AERO	13.0	13.1	06/10/2001	11
SA	Upper Murray	024024	LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE	12.0	12.5	21/10/1995	22
VIC	Mallee N	076047	OUYEN (POST OFFICE)	12.0	12.0	16/10/1974	49				Equal to record.
VIC	Wimmera N	078077	WARRACKNABEAL MUSEUM	10.4	11.3	16/10/1974	33
VIC	Upper North	081123	BENDIGO AIRPORT	11.0	11.2	01/10/2003	14
VIC	Upper North	081124	YARRAWONGA	12.8	13.0	20/10/1995	12

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 21:32EST, 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	21.2	-3.2	8.1	-2.8	5.4	0.2	4.2	--	429 (17.9)	54/13
PERTH AIRPORT	18.8	-3.7	7.2	-3.0	6.1	0.6	3.0	8.6	302 (12.6)	37/10
ALBANY AIRPORT	15.7	-3.0	9.5	+0.4	8.2	1.0	3.8	5.7	355 (14.8)	52/13
BUNBURY	18.1	-2.6	4.5	-4.7	--	1.2	--	--	245 (10.2)	41/16
MANDURAH	17.8	--	10.5	--	--	0.2	--	--	405 (16.9)	35/00
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.0	-0.2	23.3	-1.7	22.8	0.0	8.4	10.4	383 (16.0)	37/16
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	39.8	+8.8	28.5	+13.7	23.9	0.0	15.6	10.8	452 (18.8)	61/10
WHYALLA AERO	27.3	+3.4	13.0	+2.5	--	1.4	6.2	--	487 (20.3)	76/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	16.9	-4.9	9.4	-2.0	8.5	18.0	5.4	1.9	297 (12.4)	54/19
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	11.7	-6.2	9.1	+2.0	9.1	0.0	3.6	0.0	359 (15.0)	28/11
MOUNT ISA AERO	38.1	+3.5	14.3	-4.3	11.9	0.0	10.0	11.5	244 (10.2)	37/20
CAIRNS AERO	28.9	-0.6	20.6	0.0	19.9	0.0	8.0	7.3	354 (14.8)	32/14
TOWNSVILLE AERO	28.5	-0.9	16.6	-4.1	14.6	0.0	8.0	11.0	348 (14.5)	37/12
MACKAY MO	28.8	+1.2	15.7	-4.0	--	0.0	--	11.1	257 (10.7)	39/12
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	36.3	+6.6	15.3	-1.7	13.4	0.0	9.4	--	286 (11.9)	35/15
BUNDABERG AERO	31.9	+5.0	16.6	0.0	--	0.0	7.4	--	475 (19.8)	54/16
NAMBOUR DPI	37.6	+10.9	22.4	+8.6	--	0.0	9.8	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA AIRPORT	26.6	+2.2	14.5	-1.7	--	0.0	--	--	251 (10.5)	39/11
BRISBANE AERO	29.6	+4.1	16.0	+0.3	11.3	0.0	6.8	11.0	341 (14.2)	41/15
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	34.5	+9.8	19.8	+7.0	--	0.0	--	--	487 (20.3)	48/18
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR)	32.8	+7.7	--	--	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	24.0	+0.4	17.3	+3.5	13.6	0.0	6.0	3.8	353 (14.7)	30/08
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	23.9	-0.1	11.7	-0.2	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	24.5	+0.9	9.7	-2.3	7.1	0.0	4.0	5.8	324 (13.5)	28/10
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	23.9	+0.2	6.7	-4.0	2.9	0.0	--	--	113 ( 4.7)	21/08
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	14.8	-2.7	5.5	-1.1	8.5	0.0	8.6	0.7	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	17.4	-7.4	8.9	-0.5	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	22.7	+0.2	12.6	-0.5	5.2	0.0	4.4	6.9	436 (18.2)	32/20
RICHMOND RAAF	24.7	-0.3	8.2	-2.8	--	0.0	--	--	173 ( 7.2)	28/16
BELLAMBI AWS	20.1	-1.5	13.0	-0.9	--	0.0	--	--	360 (15.0)	35/22
CANBERRA AIRPORT	16.5	-2.9	3.0	-3.1	0.4	0.0	9.8	4.6	511 (21.3)	37/16
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	14.5	-6.9	2.4	-5.3	1.1	0.0	4.8	1.3	279 (11.6)	39/23
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	13.9	-7.7	3.7	-4.3	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	12.8	-11.0	8.9	-0.9	8.2	2.2	5.8	0.1	294 (12.3)	68/17
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	12.1	-8.8	1.5	-6.0	0.1	0.0	4.6	--	259 (10.8)	35/22
BENDIGO AIRPORT	11.0	-9.3	0.5	-5.8	--	0.0	--	--	275 (11.5)	34/16
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	15.5	-4.1	9.6	+0.1	6.6	0.0	3.6	--	189 ( 7.9)	22/16
GEELONG AIRPORT	13.8	-5.0	6.8	-0.8	--	0.0	--	--	483 (20.1)	30/10
BALLARAT AERODROME	10.1	-6.5	5.8	-0.4	--	0.0	--	--	440 (18.3)	39/19
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	17.1	-0.9	5.1	-1.8	--	0.2	--	--	329 (13.7)	31/12
HOBART AIRPORT	13.1	-4.2	8.8	+1.3	7.9	0.8	3.6	1.8	709 (29.5)	59/01
	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

42.2 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
42.1 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
41.9 MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
41.7 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
41.0 JERVOIS N Plateau NT

+12.2 : 39.9 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+11.7 : 37.3 TEWANTIN RSL PARK Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+11.6 : 41.9 MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+11.3 : 39.4 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
+11.1 : 39.4 GYMPIE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

28.5 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
28.3 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
27.8 BALGO HILLS Interior WA
27.6 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
27.6 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA

+13.7 : 28.5 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
+11.4 : 26.2 YULARA AERO N Plateau NT
+10.4 : 25.5 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+10.1 : 24.5 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA
+9.4 : 25.0 JERVOIS N Plateau NT

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

4.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
4.7 LOOKOUT HILL Western Plains VIC
7.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
7.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
7.8 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-12.8 : 11.0 HAY CSIRO AWS Riverina W NSW
-12.6 : 11.9 HAY (MILLER STREET) Riverina W NSW
-12.3 : 11.5 SWAN HILL AERODROME Mallee S VIC
-12.0 : 12.0 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA
-11.9 : 12.6 BALRANALD RSL Southwest Plains NSW

-2.9 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-2.3 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
-2.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.0 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-2.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-7.8 : 1.7 MERREDIN Cent Wheatbelt WA
-7.6 : 1.9 GAWLER RANGES (NONNING) NW Pastoral SA
-7.2 : -0.5 LONGERENONG Wimmera S VIC
-7.1 : 1.7 SOUTHERN CROSS AIRFIELD Goldfields WA
-6.5 : 11.0 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
-6.5 : 1.4 CAPE BRUNY LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
-6.5 : 2.8 SOUTHERN CROSS Goldfields WA

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.

174.0 MILPERRA BRIDGE (GEORGES RIVER) Sydney--east NSW
56.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
56.4 FITZGERALD Cent Wheatbelt WA
40.6 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM) Central Plateau TAS
39.5 JERDACUTTUP Lower West WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Lower West
39.5 JERDACUTTUP
Cent Wheatbelt
56.4 FITZGERALD

NEW SOUTH WALES
Sydney--east
174.0 MILPERRA BRIDGE (GEORGES RIVER)

TASMANIA
Central Plateau
40.6 CRADLE VALLEY (WALDHEIM)
W Coast
56.8 MOUNT READ

11.7 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.5 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
11.4 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.1 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
11.0 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
11.0 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
11.0 BRIAN PASTURES Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

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0.2 WELLINGTON (AGROWPLOW) CW Slopes S NSW
0.1 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
0.1 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
0.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

1800 (75.0) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1548 (64.5) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1444 (60.2) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
1313 (54.7) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1277 (53.2) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1223 (51.0) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
1210 (50.4) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
1209 (50.4) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
1094 (45.6) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
1061 (44.2) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
1042 (43.4) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
1038 (43.3) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
1018 (42.4) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
958 (39.9) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
955 (39.8) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
931 (38.8) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
844 (35.2) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
837 (34.9) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
818 (34.1) SHEFFIELD SCHOOL FARM N Coast TAS
813 (33.9) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
805 (33.5) MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
792 (33.0) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
788 (32.8) EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
787 (32.8) TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
783 (32.6) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
772 (32.2) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
768 (32.0) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
763 (31.8) FORREST Eucla WA
761 (31.7) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
752 (31.3) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
739 (30.8) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
735 (30.6) WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS
730 (30.4) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
724 (30.2) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
709 (29.5) HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
697 (29.0) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
685 (28.5) LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
676 (28.2) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
675 (28.1) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
674 (28.1) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
673 (28.0) BAIRNSDALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
667 (27.8) EUCLA Eucla WA
666 (27.8) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
659 (27.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
656 (27.3) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
645 (26.9) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
643 (26.8) MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
642 (26.8) ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
641 (26.7) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
640 (26.7) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
628 (26.2) PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
628 (26.2) GARDEN ISLAND HSF Lower West WA
621 (25.9) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
610 (25.4) MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
610 (25.4) HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
606 (25.3) NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
604 (25.2) COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
600 (25.0) CAMPANIA (KINCORA) Southeast TAS

113/00 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
96/00 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
91/14 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
91/17 LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
91/12 ROSEWORTHY AG COLLEGE Adelaide/Lofty SA
91/12 MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER Adelaide/Lofty 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.
No reports	SOUTH AUSTRALIA NW Pastoral WOOMERA AERODROME : 85(260/ 65 ) at 15:00 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT : 87(250/ 67 ) at 14:30 NE Pastoral MARREE AERO : 89(220/ 67 ) at 18:38 W Agricultural NEPTUNE ISLAND : 82(180/ 69 ) at 13:30 PORT AUGUSTA AERO : 80(250/ 67 ) at 15:38 Yorke Pen/Kanga Is MINLATON AERO : 80( 60/ 67 ) at 10:48 MOONTA (WARBURTO POINT) : 80(220/ 63 ) at 18:30 CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 76(200/ 63 ) at 18:40 Adelaide/Lofty ROSEWORTHY AG COLLEGE : 91( 60/ 67 ) at 12:30 MOUNT CRAWFORD (TOWER HILL) : 87( 40/ 63 ) at 12:30 VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 85(260/ 72 ) at 00:44 KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 83(269/ 63 ) at 00:20 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 83(260/ 63 ) at 01:39 Southeast TASMAN ISLAND : 115(210/ 69 ) at 00:01 Flinders Is/Bass St FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT : 76(260/ 63 ) at 01:00 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 95(260/ 76 ) at 00:35