Australian Weather News -- 10 DEC 2013

Tuesday 10 DEC 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 1613 EST on 11/12/2013. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

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Reading

Date

Years

Reading

Date

Years

Highest grass minimum temperature

NSW

Hunter Valley

061078

WILLIAMTOWN RAAF

23.0

22.5

28/12/1987

1 N

Highest minimum temperature

NSW

Hunter Valley

061397

SINGLETON STP

26.7

24.6

01/12/2004

26.0

06/02/2011

1 N

NSW

Sydney--west

067119

HORSLEY PARK EQUESTRIAN CENTRE AWS

23.7

23.5

22/12/1997

1 N

NSW

Illawarra

068151

JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS)

21.8

21.5

01/12/2012

1 N

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 16:12EST, 11/12/2013.

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	36.0	+6.4	15.9	-0.5	--	0.0	--	--	650 (27.1)	57/14
PERTH AIRPORT	32.5	+3.6	15.5	+0.6	12.2	0.0	9.4	13.3	470 (19.6)	54/01
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON	21.1	-2.0	6.1	-6.4	--	0.0	--	--	162 ( 6.8)	37/14
BUNBURY	29.6	+2.3	12.1	-1.5	--	0.0	--	--	411 (17.1)	41/22
MANDURAH	31.2	+4.3	14.8	-2.4	--	0.0	--	--	389 (16.2)	35/22
DARWIN AIRPORT	34.2	+1.6	26.8	+1.5	26.2	0.0	6.4	9.5	274 (11.4)	31/12
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	30.0	-5.4	20.7	+0.5	18.5	0.8	12.8	5.6	515 (21.5)	44/14
WHYALLA AERO	21.6	-6.6	11.4	-4.5	--	0.2	--	--	387 (16.1)	39/13
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	20.7	-6.3	14.3	-1.3	--	1.4	4.4	4.5	452 (18.8)	46/15
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	18.5	-4.4	9.6	-0.4	8.3	0.8	5.8	10.0	636 (26.5)	72/23
MOUNT ISA AERO	41.8	+4.7	27.0	+4.0	24.9	0.0	11.0	12.0	360 (15.0)	41/05
CAIRNS AERO	30.6	-0.8	20.5	-2.9	18.6	0.0	8.8	12.0	440 (18.3)	31/10
TOWNSVILLE AERO	31.1	-0.4	23.2	-0.9	19.9	0.0	15.0	12.5	442 (18.4)	35/13
MACKAY M.O	29.8	-0.3	19.5	-3.5	--	0.0	--	12.0	--	24/14
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	34.0	+1.9	17.4	-3.8	15.2	0.0	9.0	--	237 ( 9.9)	34/19
BUNDABERG AERO	30.3	+0.8	16.6	-3.9	--	0.0	--	--	230 ( 9.6)	39/16
COOLANGATTA	27.0	-0.2	20.7	+0.8	--	0.0	--	--	559 (23.3)	46/07
BRISBANE AERO	27.3	-0.8	19.5	-0.6	18.0	0.0	9.6	10.0	588 (24.5)	48/21
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	32.1	+4.7	15.0	-1.6	--	0.0	--	--	414 (17.3)	31/10
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	34.4	+3.5	20.4	+2.9	--	1.8	9.8	--	249 (10.4)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	27.7	+1.4	20.6	+2.5	13.3	0.4	5.8	1.0	591 (24.6)	35/19
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	30.1	+3.6	20.7	+3.9	--	0.4	--	--	324 (13.5)	35/12
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	36.5	+9.3	23.2	+6.7	23.0	0.0	10.4	9.7	395 (16.5)	67/13
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	21.5	-2.8	13.7	+2.5	7.6	2.4	7.4	11.0	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	29.8	-1.4	20.6	+4.8	--	0.0	--	--	504 (21.0)	50/15
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	34.4	+8.7	24.1	+6.6	22.7	0.0	8.0	12.0	542 (22.6)	59/12
RICHMOND RAAF	32.4	+4.0	22.1	+6.1	--	0.0	--	--	176 ( 7.3)	54/13
BELLAMBI AWS	31.5	+7.7	21.8	+4.4	--	0.0	--	--	393 (16.4)	57/02
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	24.1	-5.3	12.7	-1.1	10.8	0.0	9.4	13.6	501 (20.9)	59/10
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	22.4	-6.8	12.1	-1.7	--	0.0	--	--	307 (12.8)	44/13
MILDURA AIRPORT	24.6	-5.5	11.6	-3.2	9.1	0.2	5.4	12.7	411 (17.1)	41/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	21.5	-5.9	9.3	-2.9	--	0.6	3.8	--	416 (17.3)	52/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT	21.2	-5.8	10.4	-1.2	--	8.6	--	--	336 (14.0)	48/12
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	21.0	-3.2	12.5	-0.4	--	12.4	--	--	--	--
BALLARAT AERODROME	17.1	-5.5	8.0	-1.4	--	11.8	--	--	410 (17.1)	65/10
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	16.4	-6.0	9.8	-0.8	--	4.6	--	--	489 (20.4)	54/17
HOBART AIRPORT	15.8	-4.9	10.3	-0.4	8.0	1.6	5.4	8.9	419 (17.5)	70/14
	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

43.2 TREPELL AIRPORT Northwest QLD
43.1 MARBLE BAR E Pilbara WA
42.7 LAJAMANU N Rivers NT
42.7 WINTON AIRPORT Northwest QLD
42.4 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD

+9.3 : 36.5 WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
+8.7 : 34.4 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
+8.6 : 33.5 NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
+8.0 : 31.1 SYDNEY HARBOUR (WEDDING CAKE WEST) Sydney--east NSW
+8.0 : 35.5 NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY Hunter Valley NSW

29.7 THE MONUMENT AIRPORT Northwest QLD
29.5 LAKE JULIUS AWS Gulf Country QLD
29.3 ARGYLE AERODROME E Kimberley WA
29.0 CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
29.0 BROOME NTC AWS W Kimberley WA
29.0 ADELE ISLAND Islands ISL
29.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
29.0 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD

+11.2 : 26.7 SINGLETON STP Hunter Valley NSW
+8.6 : 23.6 CESSNOCK AIRPORT AWS Hunter Valley NSW
+7.8 : 28.1 CHARLEVILLE AERO Warrego QLD
+7.6 : 23.7 HORSLEY PARK EQUESTRIAN CENTRE AWS Sydney--west NSW
+7.1 : 23.7 BANKSTOWN AIRPORT AWS Sydney--east NSW

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

3.1 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
3.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
3.5 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
4.6 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
4.6 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC

-12.4 : 24.0 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA
-12.3 : 25.0 CARNEGIE Interior WA
-11.6 : 24.5 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
-10.9 : 24.2 LEINSTER AERO Goldfields WA
-10.2 : 3.5 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

-2.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-0.5 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-0.4 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
-0.1 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
-0.1 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-9.3 : 3.0 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
-7.7 : 8.3 HAWKER Upper North SA
-6.9 : 10.4 TARCOOLA AERO NW Pastoral SA
-6.9 : 10.1 BROKEN HILL AIRPORT AWS Lower Darling NSW

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.

51.4 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA
33.8 TOOROURRONG RESERVOIR (TOOROURRONG) E Central VIC
31.8 WHITEMARK POST OFFICE Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
30.2 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
27.6 ALTONA (CITY OFFICES) W Central VIC

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
E Gascoyne
51.4 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT

VICTORIA
W Gippsland
30.2 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE
E Central
33.8 TOOROURRONG RESERVOIR (TOOROURRONG)
W Central
27.6 ALTONA (CITY OFFICES)

TASMANIA
Flinders Is/Bass St
31.8 WHITEMARK POST OFFICE

13.6 WAGGA WAGGA AMO SW Slopes S NSW
13.3 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
13.0 SCONE SCS Hunter Valley NSW
12.7 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC
12.7 WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA

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4.5 ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) Adelaide/Lofty SA
3.7 NURIOOTPA VITICULTURAL Adelaide/Lofty SA
3.0 INVERELL RESEARCH CENTRE N Tablelands W NSW
1.6 MOREE AERO NW Plains E NSW
1.0 COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW

1136 (47.3) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1050 (43.8) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
1037 (43.2) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
998 (41.6) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
976 (40.7) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
969 (40.4) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
919 (38.3) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
916 (38.2) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
905 (37.7) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
842 (35.1) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
839 (35.0) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
837 (34.9) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
835 (34.8) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
817 (34.0) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
800 (33.3) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
788 (32.8) ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
787 (32.8) CAPE BORDA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
783 (32.6) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
781 (32.5) OODNADATTA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
781 (32.5) MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
769 (32.0) MINLATON AERO Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
760 (31.7) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
746 (31.1) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
742 (30.9) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
739 (30.8) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
733 (30.5) MARREE AERO NE Pastoral SA
730 (30.4) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
721 (30.0) PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
719 (30.0) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
719 (30.0) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
718 (29.9) GERALDTON AIRPORT Central West WA
718 (29.9) CAPE JAFFA (THE LIMESTONE) Lower SE SA
710 (29.6) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
709 (29.5) EDINBURGH RAAF Adelaide/Lofty SA
704 (29.3) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
701 (29.2) STENHOUSE BAY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
696 (29.0) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
691 (28.8) PORTLAND NTC AWS W Coast VIC
690 (28.8) COOBER PEDY AIRPORT NW Pastoral SA
686 (28.6) BALLERA GAS FIELD Far SW QLD
686 (28.6) COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
681 (28.4) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
678 (28.3) WOOMERA AERODROME NW Pastoral SA
671 (28.0) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
667 (27.8) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
666 (27.8) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
660 (27.5) TIBOOBURRA AIRPORT Far Northwest NSW
658 (27.4) MOUNT CRAWFORD (MT CRAWFORD AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
655 (27.3) LEIGH CREEK AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
653 (27.2) WHITE CLIFFS AWS Far Northwest NSW
650 (27.1) GERALDTON AIRPORT COMPARISON Central West WA
645 (26.9) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
636 (26.5) MOUNT GAMBIER AERO Lower SE SA
631 (26.3) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
628 (26.2) BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
625 (26.0) REDCLIFFE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
624 (26.0) LAUNCESTON AIRPORT N Coast TAS
622 (25.9) THARGOMINDAH AIRPORT Far SW QLD
618 (25.8) EDITHBURGH Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
618 (25.8) SWAN HILL AERODROME Mallee S VIC
613 (25.5) MOOMBA AIRPORT NE Pastoral SA
608 (25.3) KADINA AWS Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
606 (25.3) PARAFIELD AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
606 (25.3) CAPE MORETON LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
605 (25.2) GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
604 (25.2) CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
600 (25.0) GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) Wimmera S VIC

128/03 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
113/07 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
106/10 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
102/08 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
102/22 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
98/11 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
91/05 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
91/01 CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
91/11 FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St 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 E Kimberley ARGYLE AERODROME 5.2mm in 11 min to 14:23 28.4mm/h E Gascoyne MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT 12.8mm in 12 min to 05:21 64.0mm/h 15.0mm in 1 hr to 05:30 15.0mm/h 10.0mm in 17 min to 06:00 35.3mm/h 30.8mm in 1 hr to 06:00 30.8mm/h 31.0mm in 3 hr to 06:00 10.3mm/h 16.8mm in 1 hr to 06:30 16.8mm/h 14.8mm in 1 hr to 07:30 14.8mm/h 11.6mm in 1 hr to 08:00 11.6mm/h 21.0mm in 3 hr to 09:00 7.0mm/h Central West MULLEWA AG STATION 6.4mm in 7 min to 10:31 54.9mm/h 15.0mm in 12 min to 10:43 75.0mm/h 27.0mm in 1 hr to 11:00 27.0mm/h NORTHERN TERRITORY N Rivers BRADSHAW 4.8mm in 12 min to 15:30 24.0mm/h	NEW SOUTH WALES South Coast GREEN CAPE AWS : 72(190/ 63 ) at 14:00 Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 91(290/ 67 ) at 06:30 VICTORIA Wimmera S GRAMPIANS (MOUNT WILLIAM) : 91(260/ 58 ) at 02:00 E Gippsland GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 76(220/ 63 ) at 12:00 W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 102(270/ 72 ) at 04:09 KINGFISH B - 80KM SSE LAKES ENTRANCE : 80(247/ 65 ) at 10:00 E Central SOUTH CHANNEL ISLAND : 82(300/ 63 ) at 02:51 FAWKNER BEACON : 76(250/ 65 ) at 10:46 W Coast CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE : 91(280/ 52 ) at 02:30 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 102(260/ 69 ) at 05:30 CAPE GRIM : 80(280/ 65 ) at 13:55 Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 106(320/ 72 ) at 11:30 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 102(270/ 74 ) at 23:53 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 96(270/ 63 ) at 13:30 W Coast LOW ROCKY POINT : 80(270/ 67 ) at 15:59 SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 89(310/ 65 ) at 13:34 Flinders Is/Bass St FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT : 91(270/ 76 ) at 12:58 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 117(290/ 95 ) at 04:30