Australian Weather News -- 17 MAR 2006

Friday 17 MAR 2006

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QLD, NT: Wet in the southern Gulf

The monsoon trough continues to bring heavy late wet-season falls. the southern coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria near the NT/QLD border recorded heavy totals as the monsoon low visible on the surface charts below continued to direct moist northerlies into the area. Westmoreland Station, 140km WNW of Burketown, notched up 214.0mm in the 24 hours to 9 this morning, and followed that up with a further 208.0 to 9am Saturday. Both daily totals were the highest for March at the station since it recorded 468.9mm to 9am on 22 March 1973. Westmoreland's average March rainfall is 167.6mm, compared to its 3-day total to 9am Saturday of 500.0mm. Other high totals to 9am Saturday in the southern Gulf include 500.0mm at Centre Island (6 days), 492.0mm at Bing Bong Port (4 days), and 262.2 at Mornington Island (3 days). Farther south, the Thomson River peaked at 3.0m yesterday at Longreach with minor flooding, and minor flooding continued in Cooper Creek at Windorah. In the NT, regular wet-season flooding continues across most of the Top End with all but major highways closed.

AUS: Cold across the south

The low SE of TAS coupled with a strong ridge of high pressure through the Bight have combined to give much of southern AUS the most widespread cool conditions since 10 February. In central and SE NSW, overnight minima dropped to around 3C at Young, Oberon and Nerriga. A fresh southwesterly stream produced gales in Bass Strait until late afternoon and a 104km/h wind gust at Wilsons Promontory. Maatsuyker Island off the TAS south coast found its enshrouded in sea fog around dawn as cold, moist air moved onshore over warm seawater.

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 1457 EST on 30/12/2006. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Today

Previous monthly record

Previous all time record
if equalled or broken

Comments

Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest daily rainfall

Roper-McArthur

014718

REDBANK MINE

156.5

150.0

06/03/1995

TAS

N Coast

091247

NILE (COX STREET)

24.8

24.6

17/03/1996

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 22:24EST, 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	36.3	+5.4	17.4	-0.5	12.8	0.0	12.4	--	538 (22.4)	54/16
PERTH AIRPORT	33.9	+4.3	15.1	-0.7	12.6	0.0	8.4	11.2	497 (20.7)	48/02
ALBANY AIRPORT	23.0	-1.1	12.0	-1.4	8.9	0.0	6.8	10.5	395 (16.5)	37/13
BUNBURY	30.0	+2.5	11.4	-2.6	--	0.0	--	--	235 ( 9.8)	30/15
MANDURAH	28.7	--	18.4	--	--	0.0	--	--	321 (13.4)	35/14
DARWIN AIRPORT	31.0	-0.9	24.6	+0.1	24.3	6.8	5.2	3.5	403 (16.8)	59/22
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	31.4	-1.3	20.1	+2.6	18.8	0.0	16.0	11.0	459 (19.1)	45/15
WHYALLA AERO	23.0	-4.3	16.1	+0.8	--	0.0	5.2	--	415 (17.3)	37/17
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	20.2	-6.1	13.1	-2.1	10.5	0.0	4.0	0.3	287 (12.0)	24/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	20.8	-2.3	8.9	-1.6	6.2	0.4	2.8	6.3	84 ( 3.5)	--
MOUNT ISA AERO	33.5	-0.8	24.1	+2.3	22.8	0.0	9.0	4.0	301 (12.5)	30/11
CAIRNS AERO	31.7	+1.2	21.5	-1.5	19.5	0.0	8.0	9.7	391 (16.3)	32/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO	30.7	0.0	22.8	-0.1	20.2	0.0	7.6	10.2	341 (14.2)	39/14
MACKAY M.O	29.3	+0.7	21.3	-0.9	--	1.2	--	7.8	372 (15.5)	35/10
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	31.0	+0.5	20.9	+0.1	19.1	0.0	7.4	--	249 (10.4)	48/07
BUNDABERG AERO	30.3	+1.2	19.7	-0.2	--	0.0	5.4	--	257 (10.7)	35/12
NAMBOUR DPI	29.9	+2.0	17.8	-0.4	--	0.0	4.0	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	28.5	+1.3	20.8	+1.2	--	0.0	--	--	291 (12.1)	30/08
BRISBANE AERO	29.4	+1.4	19.1	-0.2	15.5	0.0	5.0	9.8	279 (11.6)	30/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	31.5	+5.1	16.6	+0.5	--	0.0	--	--	390 (16.3)	48/23
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR)	31.9	+2.8	19.2	+2.6	16.9	0.0	9.1	--	254 (10.6)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	27.8	+1.9	18.3	+0.2	14.6	0.0	6.2	10.0	542 (22.6)	35/17
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	27.5	+1.2	17.1	+0.4	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	25.3	-0.9	18.3	+2.0	17.7	0.0	9.0	9.8	672 (28.0)	37/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	26.3	+0.3	14.8	-0.5	12.9	0.8	--	--	115 ( 4.8)	24/12
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	22.8	0.0	6.0	-4.6	7.0	0.4	4.4	10.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	29.0	-0.1	11.2	-3.3	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	25.2	0.0	18.2	+0.8	12.2	1.0	6.2	11.4	453 (18.9)	39/01
RICHMOND RAAF	28.2	+1.3	13.8	-1.7	--	0.0	--	--	117 ( 4.9)	31/17
BELLAMBI AWS	24.1	+0.2	16.6	-1.4	--	0.4	--	--	311 (13.0)	48/00
CANBERRA AIRPORT	25.5	+1.0	7.2	-3.5	4.2	0.0	6.4	11.2	434 (18.1)	37/21
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	25.3	-2.4	6.9	-6.5	5.8	0.2	3.6	11.1	304 (12.7)	35/16
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	25.2	-2.7	10.0	-2.6	--	3.0	--	--	--	--
MILDURA AIRPORT	24.5	-3.8	9.8	-4.0	8.1	0.0	5.6	11.0	324 (13.5)	24/01
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	23.1	-3.2	7.3	-4.4	7.4	0.0	5.8	--	340 (14.2)	34/12
BENDIGO AIRPORT	23.8	-2.2	8.7	-2.6	--	0.0	--	--	373 (15.5)	34/08
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	20.2	-3.7	14.2	+1.0	10.9	0.4	3.6	--	205 ( 8.5)	21/07
GEELONG AIRPORT	20.2	-3.0	12.4	+0.6	--	0.2	--	--	545 (22.7)	34/14
BALLARAT AERODROME	20.1	-2.1	9.9	0.0	--	0.0	--	--	489 (20.4)	35/10
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	24.8	+2.3	9.4	-0.6	--	7.2	--	--	109 ( 4.5)	28/17
HOBART AIRPORT	19.1	-1.6	15.1	+4.4	13.2	1.6	3.2	5.4	413 (17.2)	45/14
	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

38.9 SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
38.9 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
38.4 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
38.2 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA
37.8 KALBARRI Central West WA

+7.3 : 38.2 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA
+6.5 : 34.8 LANCELIN Lower West WA
+6.3 : 35.5 JURIEN BAY Lower West WA
+6.1 : 31.0 STANTHORPE LESLIE PARADE Darling Downs E QLD
+6.0 : 30.0 APPLETHORPE Darling Downs E QLD

28.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.3 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
27.0 TRUSCOTT N Kimberley WA
26.9 SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
26.7 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA

+5.7 : 19.5 SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
+5.5 : 24.3 CUNNAMULLA POST OFFICE Warrego QLD
+5.0 : 25.6 QUILPIE AIRPORT Far SW QLD
+4.9 : 26.7 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA
+4.8 : 27.3 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

7.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
8.1 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
9.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
11.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
11.8 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-9.9 : 24.5 WOLLOGORANG N Rivers NT
-7.1 : 7.0 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
-7.1 : 27.9 MCARTHUR RIVER MINE N Rivers NT
-7.0 : 28.2 BRUNETTE DOWNS N Plateau NT
-6.8 : 24.9 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA

0.1 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.9 MT HOTHAM AIRPORT Upper NE VIC
1.3 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
1.7 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-7.8 : 2.9 YOUNG AIRPORT SW Slopes N NSW
-7.7 : 5.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
-7.5 : 3.0 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW
-7.1 : 7.0 FORBES AIRPORT AWS CW Slopes S NSW
-6.8 : 6.5 ROSEDALE (TURRETFIELD RESEARCH CENTRE) Adelaide/Lofty 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.

214.0 WESTMORELAND STATION Gulf Country QLD
186.0 KINGFISHER CAMP Gulf Country QLD
156.5 REDBANK MINE N Rivers NT
155.0 WOLLOGORANG N Rivers NT
138.0 CALVERT HILLS N Rivers NT

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
E Pilbara
53.8 NOREENA DOWNS

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
156.5 REDBANK MINE
155.0 WOLLOGORANG
138.0 CALVERT HILLS
100.2 WALKER CREEK
85.0 YIRRKALA TROPICAL GARDENS
81.6 CONWAYS
62.0 BING BONG PORT
58.0 CENTRE ISLAND
58.0 BICKERTON ISLAND
57.8 BENMARA
55.4 NUTWOOD DOWNS
54.0 CAPE WILBERFORCE
53.2 NGUKURR
51.9 ALYANGULA POLICE
50.0 FLYING FOX

QUEENSLAND
S Peninsula
73.0 HICKS ISLAND
Gulf Country
214.0 WESTMORELAND STATION
186.0 KINGFISHER CAMP
124.8 MORNINGTON ISLAND
114.0 BOWTHORN STATION

TASMANIA
Southeast
50.0 APSLEY (PARKI)

11.4 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
11.4 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
11.4 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
11.2 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
11.2 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW

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1.3 LARRIMAH N Rivers NT
0.3 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.2 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.0 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

1287 (53.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1123 (46.8) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1110 (46.3) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1090 (45.4) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
871 (36.3) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
853 (35.5) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
849 (35.4) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
773 (32.2) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
736 (30.7) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
730 (30.4) NGAYAWILI N Rivers NT
729 (30.4) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
706 (29.4) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
676 (28.2) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
674 (28.1) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
672 (28.0) WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
648 (27.0) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
632 (26.3) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
619 (25.8) MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
611 (25.5) OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
610 (25.4) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
604 (25.2) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
603 (25.1) AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
600 (25.0) EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC

104/04 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
87/03 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
85/07 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
78/10 GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
76/11 GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
76/05 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS

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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA N Kimberley TRUSCOTT 23.2mm in 1 hr 2 min to 16:00 22.5mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 7.7mm/h E Kimberley KUNUNURRA AERO 9.0mm in 7 min to 01:37 77.1mm/h 12.0mm in 23 min to 02:00 31.3mm/h 23.8mm in 1 hr to 02:00 23.8mm/h 21.0mm in 1 hr to 02:30 21.0mm/h 24.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 8.0mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers DUM IN MIRRIE AWS 25.6mm in 1 hr 1 min to 23:30 25.2mm/h GOVE AIRPORT 8.4mm in 36 min to 04:30 14.0mm/h CENTRE ISLAND 29.0mm in 3 hr to 00:30 9.7mm/h WOLLOGORANG 22.0mm in 3 hr to 09:30 7.3mm/h 46.0mm in 6 hr to 15:30 7.7mm/h BORROLOOLA 11.2mm in 1 hr to 20:30 11.2mm/h 14.2mm in 1 hr to 21:30 14.2mm/h 21.0mm in 3 hr to 21:30 7.0mm/h 16.0mm in 1 hr to 23:30 16.0mm/h QUEENSLAND Gulf Country MORNINGTON ISLAND 11.0mm in 30 min to 01:30 22.0mm/h 13.0mm in 1 hr to 01:30 13.0mm/h 17.8mm in 30 min to 02:00 35.6mm/h 28.8mm in 1 hr to 02:00 28.8mm/h 18.8mm in 1 hr to 02:30 18.8mm/h 46.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 15.3mm/h 11.0mm in 1 hr to 03:30 11.0mm/h 24.2mm in 30 min to 05:30 48.4mm/h 27.0mm in 1 hr to 05:30 27.0mm/h 31.8mm in 1 hr to 06:00 31.8mm/h 40.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 13.3mm/h 15.4mm in 1 hr to 06:30 15.4mm/h 14.4mm in 1 hr to 07:00 14.4mm/h 12.8mm in 1 hr to 07:30 12.8mm/h 21.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.0mm/h 14.2mm in 1 hr to 18:30 14.2mm/h 11.6mm in 30 min to 19:00 23.2mm/h 19.2mm in 1 hr to 19:00 19.2mm/h 14.4mm in 1 hr to 19:30 14.4mm/h 23.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.7mm/h 13.4mm in 30 min to 23:30 26.8mm/h 17.4mm in 1 hr to 23:30 17.4mm/h TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE 15.0mm in 3 hr to 03:00 5.0mm/h	VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 104(250/ 61 ) at 05:08 KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 74(259/ 63 ) at 07:50 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 72(230/ 63 ) at 07:00 Southeast MOUNT WELLINGTON : 85(210/ 67 ) at 08:19 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 85(250/ 72 ) at 04:30