Australian Weather News -- 21 NOV 2013

Thursday 21 NOV 2013

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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 1724 EST on 22/11/2013. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Site

Today

Previous monthly record

Previous all time record
if equalled or broken

Comments

Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest daily rainfall

E Kimberley

002069

KACHANA

93.0

87.0

28/11/1998

1 N

QLD

N Coast--Barron

031188

MAREEBA TM

47.0

38.0

30/11/2010

1 N

TAS

N Coast

091237

LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)

43.8

40.0

02/11/1993

1 N

TAS

N Coast

091263

CORRA LINN (NORTH ESK RIVER)

40.8

40.4

09/11/2013

1 N 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 anomalies
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4pm EST		Maximum temperature anomalies
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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 17:24EST, 22/11/2013.

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 COMPARISON	31.9	+4.7	16.7	+2.8	--	0.0	--	--	350 (14.6)	48/15
PERTH AIRPORT	31.5	+5.7	15.7	+3.0	13.7	0.0	10.8	12.6	678 (28.3)	54/04
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON	22.7	+1.8	11.3	+0.5	--	0.2	--	--	603 (25.1)	57/07
BUNBURY	29.9	+5.6	14.2	+2.1	--	0.0	--	--	480 (20.0)	37/06
MANDURAH	30.8	+6.3	16.3	+0.8	--	0.0	--	--	395 (16.5)	41/01
DARWIN AIRPORT	31.6	-1.7	24.4	-0.9	24.7	4.2	3.4	3.3	266 (11.1)	31/12
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	32.8	-0.8	18.5	+0.6	16.9	0.0	12.0	8.8	358 (14.9)	41/12
WHYALLA AERO	20.3	-6.2	14.3	+0.3	--	0.0	--	--	715 (29.8)	50/18
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	19.3	-5.9	11.7	-2.4	--	0.0	5.6	10.1	301 (12.5)	35/15
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	13.8	-6.6	8.6	+0.2	8.6	1.4	1.6	0.2	498 (20.8)	44/12
MOUNT ISA AERO	38.7	+2.3	24.0	+2.6	22.5	0.0	7.2	--	258 (10.8)	34/23
CAIRNS AERO	31.3	+0.7	24.2	+1.9	22.9	0.0	4.6	5.2	225 ( 9.4)	30/11
TOWNSVILLE AERO	32.7	+2.0	25.4	+2.5	24.4	0.2	5.4	9.3	296 (12.3)	39/16
MACKAY M.O	32.1	+2.9	23.7	+1.9	--	0.0	--	11.8	275 (11.5)	28/07
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	31.0	-0.2	23.8	+4.3	23.1	0.0	8.8	--	367 (15.3)	30/16
BUNDABERG AERO	30.0	+1.7	19.2	+0.4	--	0.0	--	--	299 (12.5)	44/12
COOLANGATTA	27.0	+1.1	17.4	-0.8	--	0.0	--	--	328 (13.7)	39/14
BRISBANE AERO	27.2	+0.4	18.7	+0.5	16.3	0.0	7.6	13.0	305 (12.7)	34/12
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	28.4	+2.7	15.2	+0.6	--	0.0	--	--	579 (24.1)	55/21
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	35.4	+7.0	19.2	+4.1	--	0.0	8.4	--	141 ( 5.9)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	25.6	+0.7	15.7	-0.5	11.8	0.0	4.4	--	240 (10.0)	28/12
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	25.2	+0.2	13.6	-1.6	--	0.0	--	--	139 ( 5.8)	34/14
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	27.0	+1.5	16.8	+2.4	14.1	0.0	5.4	--	321 (13.4)	46/15
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	28.1	+7.0	13.0	+3.8	4.8	0.0	10.2	7.5	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	37.5	+9.1	18.5	+4.8	--	0.0	--	--	321 (13.4)	76/15
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	27.1	+3.1	19.6	+4.2	17.6	0.0	6.2	9.8	438 (18.3)	52/14
RICHMOND RAAF	29.0	+2.3	15.5	+1.4	--	0.0	--	--	138 ( 5.8)	--
BELLAMBI AWS	22.8	+0.7	19.1	+3.4	--	0.0	--	--	277 (11.5)	46/11
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	30.3	+4.5	18.6	+7.8	14.5	0.0	10.0	3.5	272 (11.3)	35/15
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	27.2	+1.2	16.8	+4.9	--	0.0	--	--	212 ( 8.8)	31/04
MILDURA AIRPORT	25.2	-2.3	10.0	-2.6	10.0	0.2	6.4	--	356 (14.8)	41/02
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	25.7	+1.0	10.4	+0.2	--	0.0	--	--	350 (14.6)	44/14
BENDIGO AIRPORT	24.9	+0.5	9.6	-0.1	--	0.0	--	--	325 (13.5)	43/12
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	24.1	+2.1	11.9	+0.7	11.8	0.0	9.0	--	--	--
BALLARAT AERODROME	18.2	-1.4	7.9	+0.1	--	0.4	--	--	566 (23.6)	35/11
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	15.4	-5.1	9.3	+0.3	--	43.8	--	--	309 (12.9)	55/17
HOBART AIRPORT	14.4	-4.6	9.3	+0.1	8.9	0.0	2.0	0.0	208 ( 8.7)	26/08
	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

41.6 WINTON AIRPORT Northwest QLD
41.5 BOURKE AIRPORT AWS Upper Darling NSW
41.2 WARMUN E Kimberley WA
41.0 MUNGINDI POST OFFICE NW Plains W NSW
41.0 LONGREACH AERO Central West QLD
41.0 CUNNAMULLA POST OFFICE Warrego QLD
41.0 THARGOMINDAH AIRPORT Far SW QLD

+9.1 : 41.5 BOURKE AIRPORT AWS Upper Darling NSW
+9.1 : 37.5 DUBBO AIRPORT AWS CW Slopes S NSW
+9.0 : 39.0 NYNGAN AIRPORT CW Plains N NSW
+8.9 : 41.0 MUNGINDI POST OFFICE NW Plains W NSW
+8.6 : 38.8 COBAR AIRPORT AWS Upper Darling NSW
+8.6 : 37.4 TRANGIE RESEARCH STATION AWS CW Plains N NSW

27.9 JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
27.4 FITZROY CROSSING AERO W Kimberley WA
27.3 WINDORAH POST OFFICE Channel Country QLD
27.3 WYNDHAM N Kimberley WA
27.2 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

+8.2 : 25.1 WANAARING POST OFFICE Upper Darling NSW
+8.1 : 22.7 PEAK HILL POST OFFICE CW Plains S NSW
+7.8 : 18.6 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
+7.4 : 20.0 WYALONG POST OFFICE SW Slopes N NSW
+7.4 : 27.3 WINDORAH POST OFFICE Channel Country QLD

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

7.8 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
7.9 LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
8.0 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
8.1 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
8.2 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-8.2 : 11.6 MELTON MOWBRAY (NORTH STOCKMAN) Southeast TAS
-8.2 : 25.1 KULGERA N Plateau NT
-7.9 : 24.0 COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
-7.9 : 17.0 NARACOORTE AERODROME Lower SE SA
-7.7 : 13.4 OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
-7.7 : 25.3 MARLA POLICE STATION NW Pastoral SA

0.5 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1.5 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
2.2 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
3.1 GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
3.5 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA

-10.2 : 9.0 CARNEGIE Interior WA
-8.4 : 3.5 WUDINNA AERO W Agricultural SA
-7.9 : 13.7 HUGHENDEN AIRPORT Upper Carpentaria QLD
-6.2 : 6.4 MINNIPA PIRSA W Agricultural SA
-6.0 : 4.8 KYANCUTTA W Agricultural SA

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.

93.0 KACHANA E Kimberley WA
57.0 MCKELL ROAD ALERT N Coast--Barron QLD
47.0 MAREEBA TM N Coast--Barron QLD
43.8 LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) N Coast TAS
42.6 CONWAYS N Rivers NT

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
E Kimberley
93.0 KACHANA

NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
42.6 CONWAYS

QUEENSLAND
N Coast--Barron
57.0 MCKELL ROAD ALERT
47.0 MAREEBA TM

TASMANIA
N Coast
43.8 LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)

13.0 BRISBANE AERO Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
12.8 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
12.6 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
11.8 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
11.3 INVERELL RESEARCH CENTRE N Tablelands W NSW

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0.2 MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
0.0 BICHENO (COUNCIL DEPOT) E Coast TAS
0.0 LAKE LEAKE (ELIZABETH RIVER) E Coast TAS
0.0 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
0.0 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS

1095 (45.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1022 (42.6) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC
984 (41.0) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
976 (40.7) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
955 (39.8) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
883 (36.8) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
850 (35.4) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
820 (34.2) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
820 (34.2) PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
791 (33.0) LEGENDRE ISLAND E Pilbara WA
779 (32.5) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
767 (32.0) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
765 (31.9) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
747 (31.1) RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
746 (31.1) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
717 (29.9) PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
715 (29.8) WHYALLA AERO W Agricultural SA
708 (29.5) EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
696 (29.0) PORTLAND NTC AWS W Coast VIC
690 (28.8) BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
680 (28.3) MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
678 (28.3) PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
676 (28.2) JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
674 (28.1) PORT AUGUSTA AERO W Agricultural SA
672 (28.0) CEDUNA AMO W Agricultural SA
665 (27.7) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
663 (27.6) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
659 (27.5) WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
657 (27.4) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
655 (27.3) NORTH SHIELDS (PORT LINCOLN AWS) W Agricultural SA
654 (27.3) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
653 (27.2) LAMEROO (AUSTIN PLAINS) Mallee/Upper SE SA
638 (26.6) MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA
632 (26.3) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
631 (26.3) ALBANY AIRPORT Lower West WA
631 (26.3) LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA
622 (25.9) HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
611 (25.5) BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
609 (25.4) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
607 (25.3) BICKLEY Lower West WA
603 (25.1) KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
603 (25.1) ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON Lower West WA

98/07 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
93/17 CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
89/18 ROMA AIRPORT Maranoa QLD
85/15 LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
83/05 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
83/20 GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
83/00 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
83/10 SWAN ISLAND E 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.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA Interior GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE 19.0mm in 3 hr to 03:30 6.3mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers BATCHELOR AERO 12.8mm in 1 hr to 16:30 12.8mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 18:30 5.0mm/h MURGANELLA AIRSTRIP 13.2mm in 1 hr to 14:30 13.2mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 15:30 6.3mm/h MANINGRIDA AERO 4.6mm in 13 min to 20:00 21.2mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 20:30 11.6mm/h N Plateau TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT 1.6mm in 1 min to 23:04 96.0mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 23:30 11.6mm/h QUEENSLAND N Peninsula COEN AIRPORT 10.0mm in 1 hr to 21:00 10.0mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.3mm/h 13.8mm in 1 hr to 21:30 13.8mm/h N Coast--Barron MAREEBA AIRPORT 10.6mm in 1 hr to 07:30 10.6mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.3mm/h 13.2mm in 1 hr to 14:30 13.2mm/h Central Coast W MORANBAH AIRPORT 7.2mm in 6 min to 19:30 72.0mm/h 7.0mm in 8 min to 19:42 52.5mm/h 9.4mm in 18 min to 20:00 31.3mm/h 27.8mm in 1 hr to 20:00 27.8mm/h 24.2mm in 1 hr to 20:30 24.2mm/h 32.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 10.7mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES South Coast BEGA AWS 11.2mm in 1 hr to 20:00 11.2mm/h MERIMBULA AIRPORT AWS 10.8mm in 23 min to 16:53 28.2mm/h 13.6mm in 1 hr to 17:00 13.6mm/h 10.8mm in 1 hr to 17:30 10.8mm/h Goulburn/Monaro CANBERRA AIRPORT 3.2mm in 2 min to 18:39 96.0mm/h 3.8mm in 2 min to 18:41 114.0mm/h 13.4mm in 5 min to 18:46 160.8mm/h 26.2mm in 1 hr to 19:00 26.2mm/h 26.0mm in 1 hr to 19:30 26.0mm/h 26.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 8.7mm/h TASMANIA N Coast LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 24.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 8.0mm/h 10.4mm in 1 hr to 12:00 10.4mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.3mm/h CRESSY RESEARCH STATION 10.6mm in 1 hr to 12:30 10.6mm/h LAUNCESTON AIRPORT 15.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 5.0mm/h 15.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.0mm/h CAPE GRIM 10.0mm in 1 hr to 10:30 10.0mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.3mm/h E Coast LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) 16.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.3mm/h FRIENDLY BEACHES 18.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 6.0mm/h SWAN ISLAND 10.2mm in 1 hr to 15:00 10.2mm/h 17.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 5.7mm/h ISLANDS Islands LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO 10.6mm in 30 min to 09:30 21.2mm/h 10.6mm in 1 hr to 09:30 10.6mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West BUSSELTON JETTY : 176( 90/ 26 ) at 08:14 QUEENSLAND Maranoa ROMA AIRPORT : 89(320/ 63 ) at 18:12 NEW SOUTH WALES Goulburn/Monaro CANBERRA AIRPORT : 93(360/ 69 ) at 18:41 VICTORIA Upper NE MOUNT BULLER : 91(360/ 63 ) at 09:00 MOUNT HOTHAM : 83(340/ 65 ) at 06:51 W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 83( 70/ 70 ) at 02:00 TASMANIA E Coast LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) : 83(180/ 67 ) at 17:00 SWAN ISLAND : 83(140/ 63 ) at 11:30 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 78(110/ 65 ) at 03:00