Australian Weather News -- 08 NOV 2006

Wednesday 08 NOV 2006

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

VIC

Upper North

081049

TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG

29.7

27.0

19/11/2001

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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 23:35EST, 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	27.5	+0.4	15.2	+1.4	12.1	0.0	6.6	--	455 (19.0)	35/14
PERTH AIRPORT	27.3	+1.5	14.7	+2.1	11.4	0.0	6.2	12.1	472 (19.7)	37/11
ALBANY AIRPORT	26.5	+5.7	11.2	+0.4	8.7	0.2	4.2	11.2	437 (18.2)	35/12
BUNBURY	23.3	-0.9	17.3	+5.3	--	1.0	--	--	390 (16.3)	37/00
MANDURAH	22.8	--	19.3	--	--	0.0	--	--	524 (21.8)	39/00
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.9	+0.6	26.2	+0.9	25.6	0.0	7.2	11.4	363 (15.1)	28/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	36.8	+3.2	17.2	-0.7	13.3	0.0	15.2	11.9	289 (12.0)	35/17
WHYALLA AERO	22.6	-3.9	12.8	-1.1	--	0.0	7.0	--	645 (26.9)	52/17
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	22.3	-2.8	10.2	-3.8	8.0	0.0	8.0	12.7	511 (21.3)	59/01
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	14.8	-5.6	9.2	+0.8	8.0	0.0	3.6	1.6	556 (23.2)	45/09
MOUNT ISA AERO	38.5	+2.1	18.9	-2.5	13.5	0.0	14.2	12.4	351 (14.6)	48/16
CAIRNS AERO	30.5	-0.1	20.5	-1.8	18.0	0.0	8.0	11.4	282 (11.8)	30/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO	30.8	0.0	21.4	-1.5	17.8	0.0	7.8	12.0	295 (12.3)	34/12
MACKAY M.O	30.2	+1.0	20.7	-1.0	--	0.0	--	11.3	251 (10.5)	35/20
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	32.4	+1.2	20.4	+0.9	19.2	0.0	7.6	--	227 ( 9.5)	39/14
BUNDABERG AERO	28.9	+0.6	18.5	-0.4	--	0.0	6.1	--	303 (12.6)	50/18
NAMBOUR DPI	27.8	-0.2	16.5	+0.2	--	0.0	3.0	--	74 ( 3.1)	55/15
COOLANGATTA	26.7	+0.9	17.4	-0.8	--	0.2	--	--	294 (12.3)	54/18
BRISBANE AERO	26.8	0.0	18.7	+0.7	15.9	0.0	6.4	6.7	340 (14.2)	68/16
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	25.2	-0.5	15.1	+0.6	--	0.0	--	--	502 (20.9)	58/23
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	27.7	-0.6	15.4	+0.4	13.4	0.0	7.0	--	240 (10.0)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	23.6	-1.3	16.1	0.0	14.6	3.8	4.4	4.9	318 (13.3)	48/19
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	20.3	-4.6	16.4	+1.4	--	3.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	19.3	-6.1	14.4	+0.1	14.5	11.6	5.6	0.2	403 (16.8)	43/12
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	19.0	-6.1	14.4	+1.3	14.0	0.4	--	--	190 ( 7.9)	30/22
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	22.0	+0.9	9.7	+0.6	7.0	0.0	6.0	12.5	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	28.1	-0.3	13.7	+0.1	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	18.9	-5.1	14.1	-1.2	13.7	0.0	6.0	6.0	576 (24.0)	58/20
RICHMOND RAAF	19.3	-7.3	13.5	-0.4	--	1.0	--	--	263 (11.0)	39/21
BELLAMBI AWS	18.4	-3.7	13.4	-2.2	--	0.6	--	--	371 (15.5)	63/22
CANBERRA AIRPORT	22.3	-0.4	8.6	-0.2	6.8	2.2	4.4	11.0	358 (14.9)	43/17
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	25.5	-0.2	8.4	-2.3	6.2	0.0	7.4	13.4	--	46/23
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	25.5	-0.5	9.6	-2.0	--	0.0	--	--	273 (11.4)	46/20
MILDURA AIRPORT	23.9	-3.5	8.2	-4.3	6.5	0.0	9.6	12.9	500 (20.8)	45/00
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	19.5	-5.1	7.0	-3.1	--	0.0	10.0	--	713 (29.7)	57/17
BENDIGO AIRPORT	17.3	-6.9	7.3	-2.2	--	0.0	--	--	697 (29.0)	58/16
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	15.2	-6.7	10.7	-0.5	9.7	0.0	2.6	--	118 ( 4.9)	18/03
GEELONG AIRPORT	15.3	-5.7	10.0	+0.4	--	0.0	--	--	598 (24.9)	57/13
BALLARAT AERODROME	13.5	-6.1	5.9	-1.9	--	0.0	--	--	738 (30.8)	52/17
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	20.0	-0.4	1.3	-7.6	--	0.0	--	--	275 (11.5)	44/13
HOBART AIRPORT	13.8	-5.2	7.4	-1.8	5.7	0.0	4.0	8.7	689 (28.7)	58/08
	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

43.3 TELFER AERO Interior WA
42.7 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
42.6 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
42.3 MCARTHUR RIVER MINE N Rivers NT
42.2 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
42.2 BALGO HILLS Interior WA

+6.7 : 41.0 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA
+6.4 : 34.5 NORSEMAN Goldfields WA
+6.4 : 32.6 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
+6.2 : 30.5 EYRE Eucla WA
+6.1 : 34.8 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA

28.8 TELFER AERO Interior WA
28.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
28.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
27.7 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
27.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA

+7.5 : 27.4 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
+7.2 : 16.0 BRIDGETOWN COMPARISON Lower West WA
+7.1 : 17.4 DONNYBROOK Lower West WA
+7.0 : 16.5 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA
+6.9 : 18.7 BUSSELTON Lower West WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

2.7 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
5.6 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
6.4 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
6.5 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
7.0 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC

-10.0 : 14.5 VIEWBANK (ARPANSA) E Central VIC
-8.9 : 17.4 LOSTOCK DAM Hunter Valley NSW
-8.6 : 10.5 GELANTIPY E Gippsland VIC
-8.5 : 15.5 MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AWS Hunter Valley NSW
-8.5 : 18.9 CESSNOCK (NULKABA) Hunter Valley NSW
-8.5 : 20.7 JERRYS PLAINS POST OFFICE Hunter Valley NSW

-6.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-4.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-4.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-3.6 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-3.5 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW

-8.9 : -4.6 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-8.0 : -6.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-7.9 : -3.4 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
-7.6 : -0.5 LAUNCESTON AIRPORT COMPARISON N Coast TAS
-7.6 : 1.3 LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) N Coast TAS
-7.6 : 1.0 BEECHWORTH WOOLSHED Lower NE 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.

36.4 UPPER MONGOGARIE (MARANGAROO) North Coast NSW
35.0 MALLANGANEE (HEREFORD HILLS) N Tablelands E NSW
32.6 KANGAROO CREEK (HAYFIELD) North Coast NSW
32.0 BONSHAW (CORNVALE) NW Slopes N NSW
30.6 BUSBYS FLAT North Coast NSW

13.4 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
13.3 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
13.2 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
13.0 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.9 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC

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3.9 SCONE SCS Hunter Valley NSW
1.6 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
1.1 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC
0.7 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.2 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW

1271 (53.0) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
1125 (46.9) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
1078 (44.9) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1008 (42.0) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
988 (41.2) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
968 (40.3) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
965 (40.2) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
947 (39.5) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
930 (38.8) HINDMARSH ISLAND AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
921 (38.4) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
868 (36.2) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
862 (35.9) MANGALORE AIRPORT N Central VIC
861 (35.9) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
855 (35.6) PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
820 (34.2) EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
801 (33.4) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
772 (32.2) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
771 (32.1) REDESDALE N Central VIC
765 (31.9) NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) W Agricultural SA
756 (31.5) NOARLUNGA Adelaide/Lofty SA
752 (31.3) NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
738 (30.8) BALLARAT AERODROME Western Plains VIC
722 (30.1) CAPE BORDA AWS Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
713 (29.7) TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG Upper North VIC
711 (29.6) AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
703 (29.3) CAPE JAFFA (CURLEY HILLS) Lower SE SA
697 (29.0) BENDIGO AIRPORT Upper North VIC
696 (29.0) AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
693 (28.9) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
689 (28.7) HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
685 (28.5) CLEVE AERODROME W Agricultural SA
682 (28.4) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
675 (28.1) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
669 (27.9) DENILIQUIN AIRPORT AWS Riverina E NSW
669 (27.9) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
660 (27.5) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
660 (27.5) PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
657 (27.4) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
655 (27.3) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
645 (26.9) WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
644 (26.8) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
644 (26.8) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
641 (26.7) KINGSCOTE AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
641 (26.7) ROBE AIRFIELD Lower SE SA
638 (26.6) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
636 (26.5) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
628 (26.2) WALPEUP RESEARCH Mallee N VIC
626 (26.1) MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER Adelaide/Lofty SA
621 (25.9) CAMPANIA (KINCORA) Southeast TAS
612 (25.5) EUCLA Eucla WA
611 (25.5) ESSENDON AIRPORT E Central VIC
608 (25.3) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
601 (25.0) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA

106/08 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
104/00 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
100/05 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
96/23 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
89/19 GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

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.
QUEENSLAND Wide Bay/Burnett GAYNDAH AIRPORT 12.8mm in 1 hr to 17:00 12.8mm/h 21.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 7.0mm/h GLADSTONE RADAR 13.4mm in 10 min to 22:00 80.4mm/h 19.8mm in 1 hr to 22:00 19.8mm/h 21.0mm in 1 hr to 22:30 21.0mm/h BUNDABERG AERO 18.4mm in 22 min to 19:00 50.2mm/h 18.4mm in 1 hr to 19:00 18.4mm/h 24.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 8.0mm/h GLADSTONE AIRPORT 14.4mm in 28 min to 22:00 30.9mm/h 14.4mm in 1 hr to 22:00 14.4mm/h 15.4mm in 1 hr to 22:30 15.4mm/h Brisbane/SE Coast DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE 22.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.3mm/h GYMPIE 14.4mm in 43 min to 18:00 20.1mm/h 15.8mm in 1 hr to 18:00 15.8mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.7mm/h NAMBOUR DPI 17.6mm in 7 min to 15:40 150.9mm/h 16.0mm in 20 min to 16:00 48.0mm/h 36.2mm in 1 hr to 16:00 36.2mm/h 41.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 13.7mm/h HERVEY BAY AIRPORT 32.6mm in 1 hr 7 min to 20:00 29.2mm/h 40.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 13.3mm/h COOLANGATTA 12.6mm in 1 hr to 19:30 12.6mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h GOLD COAST SEAWAY 13.6mm in 7 min to 15:58 116.6mm/h 9.4mm in 3 min to 16:01 188.0mm/h 8.0mm in 13 min to 16:14 36.9mm/h 32.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 10.7mm/h 13.8mm in 22 min to 19:53 37.6mm/h 21.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 7.0mm/h MAROOCHYDORE AERO 12.8mm in 30 min to 17:00 25.6mm/h 16.6mm in 1 hr to 17:00 16.6mm/h 13.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 13.2mm/h 20.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.7mm/h TEWANTIN RSL PARK 20.0mm in 15 min to 16:19 80.0mm/h 16.0mm in 9 min to 16:28 106.7mm/h 7.4mm in 17 min to 16:45 26.1mm/h 50.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 16.7mm/h Darling Downs W MILES CONSTANCE STREET 4.2mm in 11 min to 14:00 22.9mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES North Coast CASINO AIRPORT AWS 13.8mm in 1 hr to 04:00 13.8mm/h 22.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 7.3mm/h EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS 7.2mm in 9 min to 15:49 48.0mm/h 10.8mm in 1 hr to 16:00 10.8mm/h ISLANDS Islands CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO 16.0mm in 3 hr to 10:00 5.3mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA W Kimberley DERBY AERO : 104(360/ 11 ) at 12:00 QUEENSLAND Brisbane/SE Coast GOLD COAST SEAWAY : 85(150/ 67 ) at 19:31 REDCLIFFE : 87( 10/ 67 ) at 14:43 NEW SOUTH WALES South Coast MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 80(160/ 63 ) at 19:00 VICTORIA W Gippsland MT BAW BAW : 106(220/ 2 ) at 09:11 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 80(210/ 65 ) at 02:30 E Coast MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) : 83(210/ 63 ) at 07:30 Southeast MOUNT WELLINGTON : 96(180/ 80 ) at 01:00 TASMAN ISLAND : 104(220/ 45 ) at 01:41 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 95(250/ 65 ) at 04:30