Australian Weather News -- 30 NOV 2006

Thursday 30 NOV 2006

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2006

Dec

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Noteworthy weather today

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Descriptions of significant weather events appear here when reliable information is available and time permits. Information comes from many sources, and updates may be made well after the event! For weather news as it happens, your best sources are ABC News and the breaking weather forum on Weatherzone.

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Prs Ext Rec Not War Rdr Cht Rfl Rec

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data received as at 2335 EST on 26/09/2007. 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 grass minimum temperature
SA	NW Pastoral	016001	WOOMERA AERODROME	29.9	29.1	22/11/1959	56				1 Y
SA	Adelaide Plains	023090	ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	26.0	22.5	30/11/2004	30				1 Y
SA	County Light	023373	NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL	23.4	21.4	27/11/2000	11				1 Y
Highest minimum temperature
SA	NW Pastoral	016065	ANDAMOOKA	30.6	30.0	27/11/2006	37				1 Y Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	NE Pastoral	017031	MARREE	29.9	29.8	05/11/1965	68				1 Y
SA	NE Pastoral	017043	OODNADATTA AIRPORT	32.2	30.9	18/11/1980	57				1 Y
Highest maximum temperature
SA	NE Pastoral	017123	MOOMBA AIRPORT	47.0	45.3	29/11/2006	12				1 Y Previous record set earlier this month.
SA	Lower SE	026091	COONAWARRA	37.6	36.9	26/11/2004	22				1 Y
QLD	Gulf Country	029127	MOUNT ISA AERO	43.5	43.1	27/11/1982	40				1 Y
QLD	Gulf Country	029141	CLONCURRY AIRPORT	45.1	43.4	20/11/2003	14				1 Y
QLD	Central Coast W	034038	MORANBAH WATER TREATMENT PLANT	42.7	42.7	18/11/1990	21				1 Y Equal to record.
QLD	Central Coast W	034084	CHARTERS TOWERS AIRPORT	41.0	40.8	14/11/2004	14				1 Y
QLD	Central Highlands	035019	CLERMONT SIRIUS ST	44.0	43.3	18/11/1990	45				1 Y
QLD	Central Highlands	035264	EMERALD AIRPORT	42.9	42.1	29/11/1992	15				1 Y
QLD	Central West	036007	BARCALDINE POST OFFICE	45.1	44.9	06/11/1965	45	44.9	06/11/1965	46	1 Y
QLD	Central West	036026	ISISFORD POST OFFICE	46.0	45.0	14/11/1979	45				1 Y
QLD	Central West	036031	LONGREACH AERO	45.8	45.1	29/11/1996	41				1 Y
QLD	Northwest	037051	WINTON POST OFFICE	45.4	44.7	18/11/1990	50				1 Y
QLD	Channel Country	038024	WINDORAH POST OFFICE	46.6	46.0	19/11/2003	40				1 Y
QLD	Far SW	045015	QUILPIE AIRPORT	44.9	44.5	20/11/2003	50				1 Y
VIC	W Central	087163	GEELONG AIRPORT	37.3	37.3	26/11/1997	16				1 Y Equal to record.
VIC	W Coast	090083	WEEAPROINAH	30.8	30.7	13/11/1988	25				1 Y
VIC	W Coast	090173	HAMILTON AIRPORT	37.0	36.1	20/11/2006	24				1 Y Previous record set earlier this month.
VIC	W Coast	090175	PORT FAIRY AWS	38.0	36.8	22/11/1997	15				1 Y
Highest daily average wind speed - anemometer above 3m (km/h)
VIC	W Gippsland	085072	EAST SALE AIRPORT	39.7	33.9	18/11/2003	11				1 Y

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 23:41EST, 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	24.9	-2.2	15.1	+1.3	10.5	0.0	8.6	--	496 (20.7)	48/15
PERTH AIRPORT	23.5	-2.3	14.5	+1.9	14.1	1.4	5.6	9.4	481 (20.0)	52/12
ALBANY AIRPORT	19.0	-1.8	12.9	+2.1	10.3	2.0	6.8	5.5	447 (18.6)	52/15
BUNBURY	22.1	-2.1	15.6	+3.6	--	0.8	--	--	473 (19.7)	46/09
MANDURAH	21.7	--	16.7	--	--	2.0	--	--	476 (19.8)	50/10
DARWIN AIRPORT	34.3	+1.0	25.0	-0.3	24.6	0.0	11.6	10.8	366 (15.3)	35/17
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	42.1	+8.5	26.7	+8.8	23.0	0.0	14.8	8.2	330 (13.8)	39/19
WHYALLA AERO	37.1	+10.6	22.1	+8.2	--	0.0	12.8	--	301 (12.5)	57/12
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	35.0	+9.9	21.3	+7.3	26.0	0.0	11.4	12.0	361 (15.0)	45/04
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	37.0	+16.6	10.4	+2.0	9.0	0.0	9.6	12.0	476 (19.8)	59/10
MOUNT ISA AERO	43.5	+7.1	22.3	+0.9	18.9	0.0	11.8	11.1	244 (10.2)	32/07
CAIRNS AERO	30.7	+0.1	19.7	-2.6	16.2	0.0	8.2	11.9	250 (10.4)	32/12
TOWNSVILLE AERO	34.6	+3.8	21.5	-1.4	19.2	0.0	9.2	12.1	321 (13.4)	32/14
MACKAY M.O	32.5	+3.3	23.8	+2.1	--	0.0	--	11.5	380 (15.8)	45/13
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	34.4	+3.2	22.3	+2.8	21.2	0.0	10.0	--	335 (14.0)	34/21
BUNDABERG AERO	29.7	+1.4	22.8	+3.9	--	1.2	6.4	--	511 (21.3)	46/14
NAMBOUR DPI	24.8	-3.2	20.0	+3.7	--	1.4	8.2	--	211 ( 8.8)	46/00
COOLANGATTA	23.4	-2.4	19.7	+1.5	--	5.8	--	--	607 (25.3)	44/03
BRISBANE AERO	25.1	-1.7	21.4	+3.4	21.2	1.4	10.2	0.0	655 (27.3)	52/01
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	20.5	-5.2	16.1	+1.6	--	0.2	--	--	801 (33.4)	72/02
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	32.0	+3.7	13.8	-1.2	9.5	0.0	12.0	--	330 (13.8)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	23.0	-1.9	16.7	+0.6	16.3	0.6	8.6	4.1	700 (29.2)	50/00
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	22.8	-2.1	15.7	+0.7	--	0.6	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	22.4	-3.0	12.5	-1.8	10.3	0.0	9.6	5.7	619 (25.8)	35/13
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	23.1	-2.0	12.8	-0.3	10.4	0.0	--	--	301 (12.5)	26/09
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	27.6	+6.5	6.9	-2.2	0.7	0.0	9.8	6.5	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	33.6	+5.2	13.5	-0.1	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	23.7	-0.3	15.3	0.0	11.3	0.0	10.2	6.1	832 (34.7)	48/14
RICHMOND RAAF	27.1	+0.5	11.9	-2.0	--	0.0	--	--	413 (17.2)	31/15
BELLAMBI AWS	22.3	+0.2	14.9	-0.7	--	0.0	--	--	704 (29.3)	46/16
CANBERRA AIRPORT	25.7	+3.0	7.4	-1.4	5.5	0.0	11.6	8.6	403 (16.8)	37/15
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	29.7	+4.0	11.7	+1.0	10.3	0.0	15.2	4.8	540 (22.5)	37/03
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	28.6	+2.6	11.1	-0.5	--	0.0	--	--	345 (14.4)	31/23
MILDURA AIRPORT	34.3	+6.9	18.4	+5.9	16.0	0.0	10.2	0.4	358 (14.9)	50/23
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	29.6	+5.0	8.2	-1.9	--	0.0	20.8	--	524 (21.8)	41/09
BENDIGO AIRPORT	31.7	+7.5	9.9	+0.4	--	0.0	--	--	495 (20.6)	46/14
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	31.1	+9.2	9.4	-1.8	6.5	0.0	5.0	--	137 ( 5.7)	37/14
GEELONG AIRPORT	37.3	+16.3	4.9	-4.7	--	0.0	--	--	327 (13.6)	59/16
BALLARAT AERODROME	29.0	+9.4	6.5	-1.3	--	0.0	--	--	583 (24.3)	--
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	20.4	0.0	5.5	-3.4	--	0.0	--	--	253 (10.5)	43/13
HOBART AIRPORT	25.4	+6.4	3.8	-5.4	-0.7	0.0	7.0	8.6	544 (22.7)	46/00
	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

48.5 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
47.0 MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
46.8 BALLERA GAS FIELD Far SW QLD
46.7 BEDOURIE POLICE STATION Channel Country QLD
46.6 WINDORAH POST OFFICE Channel Country QLD

+18.2 : 38.0 PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
+17.1 : 35.3 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
+16.9 : 36.4 AIREYS INLET W Coast VIC
+16.7 : 37.1 WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
+16.6 : 37.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA

32.2 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
30.6 ANDAMOOKA NW Pastoral SA
30.0 BIRDSVILLE AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
29.9 MARREE NE Pastoral SA
29.7 MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA

+13.8 : 29.1 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
+13.6 : 30.6 ANDAMOOKA NW Pastoral SA
+13.6 : 32.2 OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
+13.1 : 25.9 NONNING NW Pastoral SA
+13.1 : 29.9 MARREE NE Pastoral SA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

13.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
15.0 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
15.4 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
16.5 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
16.5 LOW HEAD N Coast TAS

-6.7 : 18.0 BICKLEY Lower West WA
-5.9 : 23.8 CASINO AIRPORT North Coast NSW
-5.7 : 24.4 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND GATTON Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-5.7 : 19.5 TABULAM (MUIRNE) N Tablelands E NSW
-5.5 : 24.0 AMBERLEY AMO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

-5.2 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-3.2 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
-2.9 PERISHER VALLEY SKI CENTRE Snowy Mtns NSW
-2.8 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
-2.7 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS

-9.2 : -3.2 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
-8.2 : -1.2 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
-8.1 : 2.1 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
**S** -7.8 : 11.5 NYANG STATION W Gascoyne WA
-7.5 : 1.1 CAMPANIA (KINCORA) Southeast TAS
-7.5 : -0.4 GROVE (COMPARISON) Southeast TAS

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.

26.4 KINGSCLIFF (MARINE PARADE) North Coast NSW
25.6 FERNFIELD Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
23.0 NAPIER DOWNS W Kimberley WA
18.4 ROSEBANK (UPPER COOPERS CREEK) North Coast NSW
15.2 LILLIAN ROCK (WILLIAMS ROAD) North Coast NSW

12.6 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
12.4 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
12.3 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
12.1 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
12.0 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
12.0 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA

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2.5 BRIAN PASTURES Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
0.4 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
0.2 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
0.0 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
0.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

1035 (43.1) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
982 (40.9) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
957 (39.9) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
953 (39.7) EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
906 (37.8) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
886 (36.9) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
876 (36.5) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
872 (36.3) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
868 (36.2) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
859 (35.8) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
854 (35.6) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
832 (34.7) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
820 (34.2) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
820 (34.2) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
804 (33.5) GOLD COAST SEAWAY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
801 (33.4) TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT Darling Downs E QLD
779 (32.5) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
767 (32.0) OAKEY AERO Darling Downs E QLD
731 (30.5) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
704 (29.3) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
704 (29.3) BELLAMBI AWS Illawarra NSW
703 (29.3) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
700 (29.2) COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
697 (29.0) MOUNT CRAWFORD FIRE TOWER Adelaide/Lofty SA
697 (29.0) MAROOCHYDORE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
682 (28.4) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
681 (28.4) KILMORE GAP N Central VIC
679 (28.3) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
678 (28.3) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
665 (27.7) RUNDLE ISLAND Wide Bay/Burnett QLD
664 (27.7) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
659 (27.5) ROSEWORTHY AG COLLEGE Adelaide/Lofty SA
657 (27.4) COLAC (MT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
655 (27.3) ONSLOW AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
655 (27.3) BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
655 (27.3) MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
652 (27.2) SCONE AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
652 (27.2) MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
646 (26.9) KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
646 (26.9) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
635 (26.5) LEARMONTH AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
630 (26.3) EVANS HEAD RAAF BOMBING RANGE AWS North Coast NSW
628 (26.2) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
622 (25.9) NARRABRI AIRPORT AWS NW Slopes N NSW
620 (25.8) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
619 (25.8) ARMIDALE AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
619 (25.8) WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
617 (25.7) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
616 (25.7) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
609 (25.4) COULTA (COLES POINT) W Agricultural SA
607 (25.3) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
607 (25.3) COOLANGATTA Brisbane/SE Coast QLD

98/15 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
93/00 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
93/19 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
87/14 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
85/10 CERBERUS E Central VIC

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.
None reported	WESTERN AUSTRALIA W Kimberley FITZROY CROSSING AERO : 98(190/ 54 ) at 15:53 QUEENSLAND Brisbane/SE Coast CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE : 85(140/ 67 ) at 00:05 DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE : 89(170/ 70 ) at 00:30 INNER RECIPROCAL MARKER : 93(150/ 74 ) at 00:00 SPITFIRE CHANNEL BEACON : 76(130/ 63 ) at 00:00 REDCLIFFE : 83(160/ 67 ) at 00:00 VICTORIA E Central MELBOURNE AIRPORT : 83( 10/ 65 ) at 14:00 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 87( 80/ 69 ) at 15:30 E Coast MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) : 83(360/ 70 ) at 20:30 Southeast TASMAN ISLAND : 93(360/ 72 ) at 20:50