Australian Weather News -- 20 OCT 2006

Friday 20 OCT 2006

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2006

Dec

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May

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April

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March

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February

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January

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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

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**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 23:30EST, 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	36.5	+12.1	14.9	+4.0	13.3	0.0	9.2	--	624 (26.0)	52/05
PERTH AIRPORT	31.0	+8.5	13.5	+3.3	11.6	0.0	7.0	11.8	573 (23.9)	76/01
ALBANY AIRPORT	19.4	+0.7	11.3	+2.2	9.2	0.0	3.4	7.7	456 (19.0)	52/15
BUNBURY	27.1	+6.4	11.2	+2.0	--	0.0	--	--	428 (17.8)	46/02
MANDURAH	30.3	--	13.2	--	--	0.0	--	--	442 (18.4)	54/23
DARWIN AIRPORT	34.2	+1.0	23.6	-1.4	23.1	0.0	9.8	11.4	--	39/13
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	28.2	-2.8	19.0	+4.2	18.3	9.4	9.4	5.2	328 (13.7)	44/14
WHYALLA AERO	21.2	-2.7	14.6	+4.1	--	0.0	6.0	--	393 (16.4)	54/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	20.6	-1.2	13.9	+2.5	11.6	0.0	4.8	10.5	232 ( 9.7)	41/11
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	16.0	-1.9	10.8	+3.7	7.8	0.2	3.6	9.0	392 (16.3)	52/12
MOUNT ISA AERO	36.4	+1.8	19.9	+1.3	16.1	0.0	11.6	11.8	331 (13.8)	39/07
CAIRNS AERO	29.2	-0.3	20.8	+0.2	19.0	0.6	7.2	8.6	--	45/15
TOWNSVILLE AERO	29.9	+0.5	18.5	-2.2	16.6	0.0	8.8	9.5	462 (19.3)	46/11
MACKAY M.O	26.4	-1.2	21.4	+1.7	--	0.0	--	11.1	406 (16.9)	34/13
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	28.9	-0.8	18.0	+1.0	16.1	0.0	7.2	--	290 (12.1)	35/12
BUNDABERG AERO	27.1	+0.2	15.9	-0.7	--	0.0	6.0	--	291 (12.1)	37/10
NAMBOUR DPI	26.9	+0.2	14.2	+0.4	--	0.0	3.8	--	91 ( 3.8)	31/13
COOLANGATTA	24.7	+0.3	19.0	+2.8	--	0.0	--	--	397 (16.5)	43/13
BRISBANE AERO	26.4	+0.9	16.8	+1.1	13.3	0.0	6.8	11.1	460 (19.2)	43/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	27.9	+3.2	14.5	+1.7	--	3.0	--	--	497 (20.7)	39/19
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	30.8	+5.7	17.1	+5.0	13.4	0.0	7.2	--	187 ( 7.8)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	24.6	+1.0	14.4	+0.6	11.7	0.0	2.8	8.0	134 ( 5.6)	58/12
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	24.1	+0.1	15.3	+3.4	--	0.2	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	28.1	+4.5	15.7	+3.7	15.0	0.2	5.4	2.9	315 (13.1)	37/18
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	26.9	+3.2	17.3	+6.6	17.0	0.4	--	--	119 ( 5.0)	30/23
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	23.6	+6.1	12.7	+6.1	9.5	0.0	12.0	5.1	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	28.6	+3.8	16.6	+7.2	--	0.2	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	28.7	+6.2	18.9	+5.8	18.4	0.0	7.2	5.9	469 (19.5)	78/22
RICHMOND RAAF	30.1	+5.1	16.0	+5.0	--	0.0	--	--	253 (10.5)	61/14
BELLAMBI AWS	23.1	+1.5	17.7	+3.8	--	0.0	--	--	294 (12.3)	78/21
CANBERRA AIRPORT	25.9	+6.5	7.7	+1.6	4.5	0.0	9.2	8.4	267 (11.1)	54/13
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	28.0	+6.6	8.3	+0.6	5.2	0.0	7.4	8.2	208 ( 8.7)	58/17
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	27.3	+5.7	7.3	-0.7	--	0.0	--	--	115 ( 4.8)	61/14
MILDURA AIRPORT	24.8	+1.0	13.3	+3.5	11.9	0.0	6.2	9.9	225 ( 9.4)	46/13
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	23.5	+2.6	6.3	-1.2	--	0.0	5.5	--	197 ( 8.2)	61/15
BENDIGO AIRPORT	21.8	+1.5	6.2	-0.1	--	0.0	--	--	188 ( 7.8)	54/13
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	20.1	+0.5	10.9	+1.4	8.2	0.0	5.0	--	109 ( 4.5)	37/12
GEELONG AIRPORT	18.2	-0.6	5.3	-2.3	--	0.0	--	--	276 (11.5)	54/16
BALLARAT AERODROME	14.9	-1.7	4.1	-2.1	--	0.0	--	--	296 (12.3)	57/11
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	16.7	-1.3	7.6	+0.7	--	0.4	--	--	343 (14.3)	50/15
HOBART AIRPORT	14.5	-2.8	9.9	+2.4	5.1	0.0	7.4	5.6	523 (21.8)	67/15
	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

42.0 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
41.5 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
41.2 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
41.0 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
39.6 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA

+12.3 : 38.6 ENEABBA Central West WA
+12.1 : 36.5 GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
+11.7 : 34.0 LANCELIN Lower West WA
+10.6 : 35.0 BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA

27.0 DERBY AERO W Kimberley WA
27.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
26.9 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
26.4 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
26.0 THARGOMINDAH AIRPORT Far SW QLD
26.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
26.0 CURTIN AERO W Kimberley WA

+10.5 : 21.6 MULLEWA Central West WA
+10.2 : 23.1 BREWARRINA HOSPITAL Upper Darling NSW
+10.1 : 21.5 NYNGAN AIRPORT CW Plains N NSW
+9.6 : 23.2 BOURKE AIRPORT AWS Upper Darling NSW
+9.6 : 25.2 JERVOIS N Plateau NT
+9.6 : 21.9 MITCHELL POST OFFICE Maranoa QLD

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

0.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
2.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
4.1 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
5.9 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
6.6 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS

-7.8 : 21.1 TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT Far Northwest NSW
-7.2 : 21.2 TIBOOBURRA POST OFFICE Far Northwest NSW
-7.1 : 0.4 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
-6.7 : 5.9 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
-6.6 : 4.1 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS

-0.4 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-0.3 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-0.1 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
0.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
0.9 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW

-5.9 : 3.0 PHILLIP ISLAND PENGUIN RESERVE E Central VIC
-5.3 : 0.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS
-4.0 : 4.6 CERBERUS E Central VIC
-3.9 : 3.5 BAIRNSDALE AIRPORT W Gippsland 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.

52.0 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW) MidNorth Coast S NSW
28.5 EBOR (GLENOWEN) N Tablelands E NSW
26.8 TABULAM (MUIRNE) N Tablelands E NSW
26.8 DAIRY FLAT North Coast NSW
26.8 NOREENA DOWNS E Pilbara WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
E Pilbara
26.8 NOREENA DOWNS

NEW SOUTH WALES
N Tablelands E
28.5 EBOR (GLENOWEN)
26.8 TABULAM (MUIRNE)
North Coast
26.8 DAIRY FLAT
MidNorth Coast S
52.0 YARRAS (MOUNT SEAVIEW)

12.2 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
11.8 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
11.8 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD
11.7 BRIAN PASTURES Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
11.7 ALSTONVILLE TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH STAT North Coast NSW

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2.9 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
2.3 WELLINGTON (AGROWPLOW) CW Slopes S NSW
1.0 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
0.5 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

1469 (61.2) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1135 (47.3) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
931 (38.8) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
886 (36.9) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
882 (36.8) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
876 (36.5) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
855 (35.6) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
845 (35.2) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
816 (34.0) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
798 (33.3) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
795 (33.1) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
791 (33.0) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
765 (31.9) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
764 (31.8) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
761 (31.7) COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
721 (30.0) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
688 (28.7) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
676 (28.2) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
671 (28.0) HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
666 (27.8) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
660 (27.5) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
659 (27.5) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
642 (26.8) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
637 (26.5) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
624 (26.0) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
600 (25.0) LOCKHART RIVER AIRPORT S Peninsula QLD

111/02 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
108/05 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
104/15 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
100/16 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
98/08 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
93/11 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast 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.
NEW SOUTH WALES MidNorth Coast N COFFS HARBOUR MO 6.2mm in 12 min to 18:30 31.0mm/h 10.8mm in 1 hr to 19:00 10.8mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h 13.4mm in 1 hr to 22:30 13.4mm/h	NEW SOUTH WALES NW Slopes N NARRABRI AIRPORT AWS : 76(360/ 63 ) at 15:37 Illawarra BELLAMBI AWS : 76(190/ 63 ) at 22:27 ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) : 85(180/ 67 ) at 20:48 KIAMA (BOMBO HEADLAND) : 87(190/ 63 ) at 20:29 South Coast GREEN CAPE AWS : 83(220/ 63 ) at 19:20 ULLADULLA AWS : 76(200/ 65 ) at 19:23 Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 83(300/ 65 ) at 10:00 VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 100(240/ 82 ) at 17:00 KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 78(237/ 65 ) at 20:40 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 87(240/ 70 ) at 15:00 Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 100(310/ 85 ) at 07:00 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 98(240/ 76 ) at 09:44 TASMAN ISLAND : 104(240/ 45 ) at 16:57 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 85(250/ 65 ) at 16:00 DROUGHTY HILL (TERSS) : 108(240/ 76 ) at 16:30 W Coast SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 111(320/ 61 ) at 03:51 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 89(230/ 67 ) at 12:11