Australian Weather News -- 24 APR 2006

Monday 24 APR 2006

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NT: Strongest Territory cyclone on record crosses Arnhem coast

Category 5 Severe Tropical Cyclone Monica crossed the coast at Junction Bay, 37km WNW of Maningrida, at 8 this evening. With a central pressure estimated at 905hPa and winds assessed at 350km/h, the cyclone was said by the Bureau of Meteorology to be the strongest to affect the Territory in recorded history, eclipsing Tracy in 1974, Neville in 1992 and Ingrid last year. While it was fortunate that no large population centres were hit, major destruction was reported in Maningrida, while many other centres in the cyclone's path along the Arnhem coast reported damage. Tree devastation was widespread. No meteorological instruments recorded the full fury of Monica, but the highest wind gusts were 100km/h at Milingimbi at 12.30pm, 148km/h at Maningrida at 6.31pm, and 96km/h at Warruwi at 10pm. Yesterday, Gove Airport recorded a gust of 81km/h, its strongest April wind in 21 years.

While rainfall was intense in the infeed bands around the cyclone (see downpours), the heaviest rain over land was recorded after the cyclone rapidly weakened in the area SE of Darwin on Tuesday. Ngayawili, 130km W of Nhulunbuy (Gove), recorded 198mm between 6am and 6pm today, much of it in a strong infeed band from the north after the cyclone had passed to the west. Rain on Tuesday set many one-day records for the 24 hours to 9am Wednesday (see Wednesday's records) with the top reported fall 304mm at Majestic Orchards, 45km SSE of Darwin.

A Bureau of Meteorology report on the cyclone is in preparation here.

Prs Ext Rec Not War Rdr Cht Rfl Rec

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2213 EST on 07/01/2007. 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

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Date

Years

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Date

Years

Highest daily average wind speed - anemometer above 3m (km/h)

Arnhem

014508

GOVE AIRPORT

37.4

26.3

16/04/2001

36.7

23/06/2003

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 22:36EST, 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	23.4	-4.2	13.1	-2.3	9.4	0.0	3.2	--	309 (12.9)	28/10
PERTH AIRPORT	23.1	-2.4	11.9	-1.0	10.0	0.4	3.8	6.5	248 (10.3)	30/15
ALBANY AIRPORT	20.0	-1.8	11.8	+0.2	9.6	1.4	1.8	5.4	269 (11.2)	35/13
BUNBURY	21.4	-2.7	13.9	+2.4	--	0.6	--	--	152 ( 6.3)	30/13
MANDURAH	21.4	--	15.4	--	--	1.6	--	--	203 ( 8.5)	31/14
DARWIN AIRPORT	29.5	-3.2	24.8	+0.8	23.8	0.0	6.6	1.5	397 (16.5)	34/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	25.9	-2.3	4.0	-8.6	-0.2	0.0	8.8	11.1	320 (13.3)	37/11
WHYALLA AERO	21.2	-2.4	5.4	-6.2	--	0.0	2.6	--	177 ( 7.4)	24/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	20.6	-2.0	7.8	-4.6	3.8	0.0	1.4	10.2	120 ( 5.0)	34/23
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	14.1	-5.3	10.1	+1.4	9.7	2.0	1.2	0.3	190 ( 7.9)	24/14
MOUNT ISA AERO	29.1	-2.8	13.6	-4.9	9.2	0.0	35.8	--	317 (13.2)	41/10
CAIRNS AERO	29.0	-0.2	22.7	+1.1	21.8	8.8	3.4	6.3	465 (19.4)	48/16
TOWNSVILLE AERO	29.1	-0.5	21.2	+0.7	18.7	0.0	4.0	10.7	362 (15.1)	41/12
MACKAY M.O	25.6	-1.1	21.0	+0.9	--	0.0	--	4.0	450 (18.8)	45/09
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	27.7	-1.1	15.5	-2.3	13.8	0.0	5.0	--	190 ( 7.9)	30/12
BUNDABERG AERO	26.6	-0.8	15.9	-1.6	--	0.0	4.8	--	335 (14.0)	39/15
NAMBOUR DPI	24.5	-1.6	11.3	-4.1	--	0.0	11.0	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	24.6	-0.7	14.3	-2.7	--	0.0	--	--	226 ( 9.4)	41/10
BRISBANE AERO	24.8	-1.2	13.8	-2.4	11.0	0.0	4.0	10.5	296 (12.3)	37/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	22.0	-1.4	9.6	-3.7	--	0.0	--	--	280 (11.7)	39/23
GUNNEDAH (DIPNR)	22.2	-2.9	6.4	-6.4	1.2	0.0	3.8	--	123 ( 5.1)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	22.5	-1.5	9.8	-5.4	--	0.0	3.2	9.2	300 (12.5)	46/17
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	21.5	-2.5	6.9	-6.8	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	20.9	-2.7	9.5	-3.7	6.8	0.8	4.8	3.3	--	39/14
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	20.2	-3.4	7.6	-4.3	4.1	0.4	--	--	124 ( 5.2)	30/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	16.6	-1.9	0.0	-7.2	-4.2	0.0	2.6	10.2	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	22.0	-2.5	4.0	-6.1	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	18.8	-4.1	12.8	-1.3	9.2	3.2	3.6	9.4	516 (21.5)	48/02
RICHMOND RAAF	20.9	-3.0	6.3	-5.0	--	0.0	--	--	122 ( 5.1)	35/16
BELLAMBI AWS	18.3	-3.8	12.9	-2.5	--	0.0	--	--	365 (15.2)	43/12
CANBERRA AIRPORT	17.7	-2.3	4.9	-1.8	2.5	0.0	3.2	8.5	233 ( 9.7)	26/18
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	19.6	-2.9	1.4	-7.7	-0.5	0.0	2.6	10.4	265 (11.0)	30/22
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	18.6	-3.8	2.7	-5.3	--	0.0	--	--	140 ( 5.8)	21/14
MILDURA AIRPORT	19.3	-4.2	3.9	-6.2	1.1	0.0	2.2	10.3	208 ( 8.7)	24/16
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	17.2	-4.4	5.7	-2.5	3.5	0.0	7.2	--	284 (11.8)	34/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT	16.5	-4.7	2.6	-4.8	--	0.4	--	--	251 (10.5)	30/14
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	16.0	-4.3	10.6	-0.2	8.6	0.2	1.0	--	93 ( 3.9)	43/06
GEELONG AIRPORT	15.0	-5.0	7.3	-2.0	--	0.0	--	--	244 (10.2)	28/14
BALLARAT AERODROME	11.8	-5.8	5.9	-1.5	--	0.2	--	--	320 (13.3)	35/23
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	16.4	-2.5	0.8	-6.7	--	0.0	--	--	85 ( 3.5)	18/11
HOBART AIRPORT	13.9	-4.2	4.9	-3.8	2.3	0.0	1.8	6.9	374 (15.6)	30/12
	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

36.5 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
36.0 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
35.3 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
34.8 WYNDHAM AERO N Kimberley WA
34.8 PORT HEDLAND AIRPORT E Pilbara WA

+4.4 : 28.0 EUCLA Eucla WA
+3.8 : 23.0 TIDBINBILLA NATURE RESERVE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+3.1 : 28.9 FORREST Eucla WA
+2.9 : 27.8 BALLADONIA Eucla WA
+2.9 : 29.1 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA

**S** 29.2 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA
29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
27.6 BLACK POINT N Rivers NT
27.5 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
27.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA

+5.2 : 17.0 EYRE Eucla WA
**S** +5.0 : 29.2 KURI BAY N Kimberley WA
+4.0 : 26.2 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA
+3.9 : 16.0 WINDY HARBOUR Lower West WA
+3.7 : 26.4 KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA

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Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

4.0 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
5.1 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
5.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
5.8 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
6.3 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-7.5 : 13.3 STAWELL AERODROME Wimmera S VIC
-7.4 : 12.5 HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
-7.3 : 20.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
-7.3 : 15.0 HORSHAM AERODROME Wimmera S VIC
-7.1 : 14.3 VIEWBANK (ARPANSA) E Central VIC
-7.1 : 9.8 KILMORE GAP N Central VIC

-8.6 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.5 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.3 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-4.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW

-11.8 : 1.5 MILES CONSTANCE STREET Darling Downs W QLD
-10.7 : 2.5 SURAT Maranoa QLD
-10.5 : 2.0 ROMA AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
-10.4 : -1.0 PARKES AIRPORT AWS CW Slopes S NSW
-9.9 : 2.0 INJUNE POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD
-9.9 : -2.0 BARRABA POST OFFICE NW Slopes N NSW

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.

144.0 YIRRKALA TROPICAL GARDENS N Rivers NT
118.0 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
98.2 NGAYAWILI N Rivers NT
83.0 CAPE WILBERFORCE N Rivers NT
68.0 LAKE EVELLA N Rivers NT

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
144.0 YIRRKALA TROPICAL GARDENS
118.0 GOVE AIRPORT
98.2 NGAYAWILI
83.0 CAPE WILBERFORCE
68.0 LAKE EVELLA
62.0 ALCAN MINESITE

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
63.5 GRAHAM RANGE

ISLANDS
Islands
52.6 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO

11.2 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.1 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
11.1 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.1 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
11.0 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
11.0 LOXTON RESEARCH CENTRE Murray Valley SA

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1.5 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
1.5 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.3 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.3 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
0.0 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

898 (37.4) GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
895 (37.3) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
891 (37.1) CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
837 (34.9) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
833 (34.7) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
812 (33.8) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
650 (27.1) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
626 (26.1) NGAYAWILI N Rivers NT
623 (26.0) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
603 (25.1) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS

100/21 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
81/07 NGAYAWILI N Rivers NT
72/07 GOVE AIRPORT N Rivers NT
67/23 CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
65/23 BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW

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.
NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers MILINGIMBI AWS 11.2mm in 1 hr to 10:30 11.2mm/h 11.2mm in 1 hr to 11:30 11.2mm/h 11.2mm in 47 min to 12:17 14.3mm/h 12.8mm in 1 hr to 12:30 12.8mm/h 33.0mm in 3 hr to 12:30 11.0mm/h 10.4mm in 50 min to 13:20 12.5mm/h 12.2mm in 1 hr to 13:30 12.2mm/h 31.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 10.3mm/h 64.0mm in 6 hr to 15:30 10.7mm/h 10.6mm in 30 min to 18:30 21.2mm/h 13.8mm in 1 hr to 18:30 13.8mm/h 11.2mm in 1 hr to 19:00 11.2mm/h MANINGRIDA AERO 19.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 6.3mm/h 12.4mm in 29 min to 16:30 25.7mm/h 19.6mm in 1 hr to 16:30 19.6mm/h 14.8mm in 30 min to 17:00 29.6mm/h 24.4mm in 1 hr to 17:30 24.4mm/h 24.0mm in 30 min to 18:00 48.0mm/h 33.6mm in 1 hr to 18:00 33.6mm/h 72.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 24.0mm/h 29.2mm in 31 min to 18:31 56.5mm/h 31.8mm in 29 min to 19:00 65.8mm/h 61.0mm in 1 hr to 19:00 61.0mm/h 10.8mm in 9 min to 19:09 72.0mm/h 20.0mm in 21 min to 19:30 57.1mm/h 25.6mm in 24 min to 19:54 64.0mm/h 8.8mm in 7 min to 20:01 75.4mm/h GOVE AIRPORT 10.4mm in 18 min to 05:00 34.7mm/h 17.6mm in 1 hr to 05:00 17.6mm/h 9.0mm in 15 min to 05:15 36.0mm/h 10.8mm in 15 min to 05:30 43.2mm/h 22.0mm in 1 hr to 06:00 22.0mm/h 44.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 14.7mm/h 8.2mm in 15 min to 07:30 32.8mm/h 13.8mm in 1 hr to 07:30 13.8mm/h 19.8mm in 1 hr to 08:00 19.8mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 08:30 11.6mm/h 31.0mm in 3 hr to 09:30 10.3mm/h NGAYAWILI 18.0mm in 3 hr to 06:30 6.0mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 07:30 11.6mm/h 25.0mm in 1 hr to 08:30 25.0mm/h 60.0mm in 3 hr to 09:30 20.0mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 10:30 11.6mm/h 14.0mm in 1 hr to 11:30 14.0mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 12:30 10.6mm/h 34.0mm in 3 hr to 12:30 11.3mm/h 16.4mm in 1 hr to 14:30 16.4mm/h 27.4mm in 20 min to 14:50 82.2mm/h 5.2mm in 6 min to 14:56 52.0mm/h 22.8mm in 25 min to 15:21 54.7mm/h 62.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 20.7mm/h 96.0mm in 6 hr to 15:30 16.0mm/h 21.0mm in 1 hr 9 min to 16:30 18.3mm/h 42.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 14.0mm/h 148.0mm in * hr to 21:30 12.3mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula SCHERGER RAAF 10.8mm in 11 min to 16:00 58.9mm/h 13.0mm in 1 hr to 16:00 13.0mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.3mm/h 16.2mm in 1 hr to 19:00 16.2mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h ISLANDS Islands NORFOLK ISLAND AERO 10.4mm in 1 hr to 05:30 10.4mm/h	NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers WARRUWI : 96(280/ 74 ) at 22:00 MILINGIMBI AWS : 100(120/ 69 ) at 12:30 MANINGRIDA AERO : 148(110/ 91 ) at 18:31