Australian Weather News -- 14 NOV 2009

Saturday 14 NOV 2009

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Prs Ext Rec Not War Rdr Cht Rfl Rec

Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data that has been checked for gross errors but has not yet been fully validated. They are based on data received as at 1332 EST on 15/11/2009. 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

Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest daily rainfall

E Gascoyne

007165

MINGAH SPRINGS

12.6

10.4

25/11/2004

1 n

Highest grass minimum temperature

ISL

Islands

200284

COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT

25.5

25.4

15/11/1987

Highest minimum temperature

W Agricultural

018115

NEPTUNE ISLAND

20.7

20.5

12/11/2009

1 Previous record set earlier this month.

TAS

E Coast

092114

FRIENDLY BEACHES

16.0

15.7

20/11/2003

Highest maximum temperature

Eucla

011052

FORREST

44.9

44.3

20/11/2006

W Agricultural

018079

STREAKY BAY

42.9

42.8

29/11/1962

Lower North

021133

SNOWTOWN (RAYVILLE PARK)

42.5

42.3

12/11/2009

1 Previous record set earlier this month.

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 07:39EST, 15/05/2012.

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	25.0	-2.1	14.6	+0.8	11.5	0.0	8.0	--	394 (16.4)	41/16
PERTH AIRPORT	23.7	-2.1	12.7	+0.1	10.3	0.0	7.4	11.4	412 (17.2)	41/11
ALBANY AIRPORT	25.2	+4.4	12.7	+1.9	9.7	0.0	5.8	11.9	369 (15.4)	52/10
BUNBURY	22.8	-1.4	17.5	+5.5	--	0.0	--	--	464 (19.3)	50/09
MANDURAH	22.1	--	18.6	--	--	0.0	--	--	559 (23.3)	43/07
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.3	0.0	24.7	-0.6	23.7	0.0	6.0	10.5	257 (10.7)	39/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	40.3	+6.7	19.7	+1.8	--	0.0	15.8	12.4	373 (15.5)	57/11
WHYALLA AERO	40.3	+13.8	19.5	+5.6	--	0.0	17.4	--	232 ( 9.7)	41/20
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	39.5	+14.4	23.3	+9.3	17.5	0.0	--	13.1	216 ( 9.0)	28/15
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	34.6	+14.2	14.3	+5.9	11.7	0.0	6.4	11.9	211 ( 8.8)	37/13
MOUNT ISA AERO	39.7	+3.3	16.8	-4.6	15.0	0.0	12.0	11.5	300 (12.5)	34/13
CAIRNS AERO	30.3	-0.3	19.9	-2.4	18.5	0.0	4.6	11.1	444 (18.5)	41/16
TOWNSVILLE AERO	30.1	-0.7	18.5	-4.4	16.8	0.0	10.8	11.5	422 (17.6)	43/12
MACKAY M.O	27.4	-1.8	18.6	-3.1	--	0.0	--	11.3	282 (11.8)	30/05
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	31.3	+0.1	20.1	+0.6	18.6	0.0	9.8	--	298 (12.4)	34/17
BUNDABERG AERO	28.8	+0.5	19.1	+0.2	--	1.4	9.4	--	332 (13.8)	35/13
NAMBOUR DPI	27.0	-1.0	16.0	-0.3	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
COOLANGATTA	27.4	+1.6	18.1	-0.1	--	0.0	--	--	192 ( 8.0)	30/22
BRISBANE AERO	27.3	+0.5	19.2	+1.2	16.4	0.0	4.8	11.3	318 (13.3)	35/13
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	26.1	+0.4	14.6	+0.1	--	2.6	--	--	540 (22.5)	43/19
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	31.2	+2.9	14.8	-0.2	11.7	0.0	8.4	--	257 (10.7)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	23.9	-1.0	17.7	+1.6	17.4	17.0	6.0	9.9	365 (15.2)	28/16
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	25.0	+0.1	14.2	-0.8	--	0.0	--	--	--	--
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	26.7	+1.3	12.5	-1.8	10.0	0.0	3.4	12.8	405 (16.9)	34/12
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	26.8	+1.7	11.4	-1.7	9.5	0.2	--	--	131 ( 5.5)	28/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	28.1	+7.0	8.6	-0.5	3.4	0.2	8.0	12.7	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	34.0	+5.6	14.9	+1.3	--	0.0	--	--	521 (21.7)	41/23
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	27.1	+3.1	15.2	-0.1	10.7	0.0	6.2	12.6	522 (21.8)	39/14
RICHMOND RAAF	32.1	+5.5	9.9	-4.0	5.2	0.0	--	--	196 ( 8.2)	26/16
BELLAMBI AWS	23.9	+1.8	14.8	-0.8	--	0.0	--	--	451 (18.8)	43/11
CANBERRA AIRPORT	33.0	+10.3	7.3	-1.5	4.0	0.0	7.4	12.2	301 (12.5)	41/18
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	35.7	+10.0	12.8	+2.1	11.4	0.0	11.8	12.5	287 (12.0)	39/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	35.4	+9.4	13.4	+1.8	--	0.0	--	--	136 ( 5.7)	46/04
MILDURA AIRPORT	40.3	+12.9	18.9	+6.4	15.6	0.0	12.8	13.1	274 (11.4)	37/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	35.3	+10.7	10.7	+0.6	--	0.0	--	--	225 ( 9.4)	34/22
BENDIGO AIRPORT	37.3	+13.1	10.4	+0.9	--	0.0	--	--	254 (10.6)	37/17
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	30.3	+8.4	16.5	+5.3	14.3	0.0	5.2	--	--	--
GEELONG AIRPORT	30.1	+9.1	10.8	+1.2	--	0.0	--	--	271 (11.3)	52/16
BALLARAT AERODROME	31.8	+12.2	10.4	+2.6	--	0.0	--	--	265 (11.0)	37/11
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	27.2	+6.8	13.3	+4.4	--	0.0	--	--	288 (12.0)	37/15
HOBART AIRPORT	15.8	-3.2	13.4	+4.2	11.1	0.0	4.0	7.1	451 (18.8)	61/02
	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

45.5 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
44.9 FORREST Eucla WA
44.8 MANDORA E Pilbara WA
44.4 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
44.4 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA

+18.5 : 44.4 NULLARBOR W Agricultural SA
+18.0 : 44.0 CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
+17.3 : 42.9 STREAKY BAY W Agricultural SA
+17.1 : 41.9 CLEVE W Agricultural SA
+16.2 : 39.7 ELLISTON W Agricultural SA

29.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
29.0 NORTHERN ENDEAVOUR Islands ISL
28.7 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
28.5 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
28.2 ANDAMOOKA NW Pastoral SA

+12.7 : 24.9 MAITLAND Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
+12.5 : 25.2 MINNIPA DPI W Agricultural SA
+12.0 : 22.5 PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
+11.7 : 23.9 CLEVE W Agricultural SA
+11.5 : 25.0 HAWKER Upper North SA
+11.5 : 21.0 MOUNT LOFTY Adelaide/Lofty SA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

11.7 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
12.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
12.5 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
13.3 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
14.0 CAPE BRUNY LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS

-3.6 : 17.1 CAMPANIA (KINCORA) Southeast TAS
-3.2 : 15.8 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
-3.1 : 24.6 GINGIN AERO Lower West WA
-3.1 : 21.6 BICKLEY Lower West WA
-2.8 : 29.0 INGHAM COMPOSITE N Coast--Herbert QLD

2.5 MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
2.9 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
3.0 OBERON (WOODCHEM) C Tablelands S NSW
3.2 TARALGA POST OFFICE Goulburn/Monaro NSW
3.9 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW

-5.9 : 18.0 BORROLOOLA N Rivers NT
-5.5 : 16.7 RABBIT FLAT N Plateau NT
-5.3 : 2.9 BRAIDWOOD RACECOURSE AWS South Coast NSW
-4.9 : 3.9 NERRIGA COMPOSITE South Coast NSW
-4.6 : 16.8 MOUNT ISA AERO Gulf Country QLD

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.

79.0 BABINDA POST OFFICE N Coast--Barron QLD
69.0 BRIAN PASTURES Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
65.4 "HOME" MONOGORILBY Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
59.8 WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
54.4 TANNYMOREL Wide Bay/Burnett QLD

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
79.0 BABINDA POST OFFICE
Wide Bay/Burnett
54.4 TANNYMOREL
Brisbane/SE Coast
69.0 BRIAN PASTURES
65.4 "HOME" MONOGORILBY
Darling Downs W
52.0 BAWNDUGGIE
50.0 BAWNDUGGIE TM

ISLANDS
Islands
59.8 WILLIS ISLAND

13.5 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
13.3 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
13.2 COBAR MO Upper Darling NSW
13.1 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
13.1 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC

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7.9 SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
7.1 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
6.5 ALSTONVILLE TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH STAT North Coast NSW
4.1 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
**W** 0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD

1136 (47.3) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
924 (38.5) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
818 (34.1) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
791 (33.0) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
748 (31.2) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
743 (31.0) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
731 (30.5) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
713 (29.7) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
680 (28.3) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
668 (27.8) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
657 (27.4) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
645 (26.9) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
626 (26.1) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
611 (25.5) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
601 (25.0) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW

117/00 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
98/00 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
91/19 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
80/16 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
80/00 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W 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.
QUEENSLAND Wide Bay/Burnett GAYNDAH AIRPORT 29.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 9.7mm/h THANGOOL AIRPORT 20.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 6.7mm/h ISLANDS Islands WILLIS ISLAND 44.6mm in 2 hr 17 min to 04:47 19.5mm/h 48.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 16.0mm/h 11.2mm in 1 hr to 21:00 11.2mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.0mm/h CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO 23.0mm in 3 hr to 19:00 7.7mm/h	TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS : 78(200/ 67 ) at 16:30 Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 96(330/ 80 ) at 01:30 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 117(260/ 82 ) at 01:30 TASMAN ISLAND : 91(210/ 61 ) at 20:13