Australian Weather News -- 07 JUN 2012

Thursday 07 JUN 2012

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Highest daily rainfall

Cent Wheatbelt

010307

QUADNEY

30.6

26.0

04/06/2005

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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

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 00:16EST, 20/04/2013.

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	22.9	+2.0	13.8	+2.8	--	11.4	--	--	480 (20.0)	46/14
PERTH AIRPORT	19.0	+0.1	12.7	+3.7	11.3	15.0	1.4	3.3	566 (23.6)	48/17
ALBANY AIRPORT COMPARISON	14.6	-2.0	10.9	+2.8	--	1.8	--	--	506 (21.1)	54/03
BUNBURY	17.5	-0.9	12.6	+4.6	--	7.6	--	--	458 (19.1)	43/01
MANDURAH	19.4	+0.8	13.1	+1.6	--	24.4	--	--	653 (27.2)	54/13
DARWIN AIRPORT	28.2	-2.4	14.7	-5.2	12.5	0.0	6.0	10.9	383 (16.0)	43/11
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	16.4	-3.4	4.1	-0.9	3.2	0.0	3.8	1.4	253 (10.5)	31/10
WHYALLA AERO	13.1	-4.2	8.4	+2.3	--	0.0	3.8	--	356 (14.8)	31/10
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	14.1	-2.0	5.5	-2.6	--	0.0	2.0	--	128 ( 5.3)	30/10
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	14.5	+0.7	8.3	+2.6	7.3	0.0	0.6	6.6	263 (11.0)	34/13
MOUNT ISA AERO	21.9	-2.9	3.8	-6.2	2.4	0.0	4.0	--	356 (14.8)	30/02
CAIRNS AERO	23.6	-2.4	13.1	-4.7	8.7	0.0	3.2	10.4	234 ( 9.8)	30/09
TOWNSVILLE AERO	22.6	-3.0	12.5	-2.1	7.8	0.0	6.8	10.5	405 (16.9)	31/08
MACKAY M.O	20.4	-1.5	10.2	-3.8	--	0.0	--	10.6	315 (13.1)	--
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	23.9	+0.4	6.5	-4.4	4.2	0.0	3.2	--	242 (10.1)	21/11
BUNDABERG AERO	22.0	-0.6	10.1	-1.5	--	0.0	--	--	348 (14.5)	31/09
COOLANGATTA	19.3	-1.8	12.6	+1.3	--	0.0	--	--	483 (20.1)	43/03
BRISBANE AERO	20.8	-0.4	10.9	+0.4	9.4	0.0	5.4	7.5	457 (19.0)	37/10
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	16.6	-0.3	5.4	-2.0	--	0.0	--	--	324 (13.5)	31/14
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	16.0	-0.8	8.1	+2.0	4.1	0.0	2.2	--	226 ( 9.4)	--
COFFS HARBOUR MO	18.8	-0.6	12.6	+3.5	9.4	0.0	3.0	8.5	773 (32.2)	48/00
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	17.8	-1.6	9.3	+1.2	--	15.2	--	--	358 (14.9)	31/10
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	14.8	-2.9	9.8	+1.9	9.1	12.4	2.6	--	576 (24.0)	34/08
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS	15.9	-2.0	8.3	+1.8	--	7.6	--	--	108 ( 4.5)	18/11
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	10.2	-0.3	-0.6	-3.1	-5.5	0.2	0.2	2.6	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	15.8	-0.6	2.5	-2.0	--	0.0	--	--	278 (11.6)	28/09
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	15.9	-1.7	9.3	+0.7	6.9	4.8	1.6	9.1	709 (29.5)	41/10
RICHMOND RAAF	17.6	-0.4	5.5	+0.6	--	1.4	--	--	219 ( 9.1)	24/09
BELLAMBI AWS	15.7	-2.0	9.4	-1.6	--	6.2	--	--	539 (22.5)	35/03
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	14.6	+0.8	2.7	-1.0	0.6	0.0	2.0	7.6	168 ( 7.0)	24/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	14.3	+0.1	0.1	-3.7	--	0.0	--	--	74 ( 3.1)	17/12
MILDURA AIRPORT	14.8	-1.2	0.5	-4.7	-1.6	0.0	2.4	7.8	293 (12.2)	35/12
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	13.1	-0.9	-1.2	-4.9	--	0.0	2.0	--	295 (12.3)	30/13
BENDIGO AIRPORT	13.2	-0.1	-1.1	-4.6	--	0.0	--	--	172 ( 7.2)	--
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE	14.1	0.0	10.4	+3.5	7.9	0.0	1.0	--	--	--
BALLARAT AERODROME	10.3	-0.5	6.1	+2.1	--	0.0	--	--	487 (20.3)	31/00
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	10.7	-2.4	-1.9	-4.8	--	0.0	--	--	59 ( 2.5)	15/21
HOBART AIRPORT	13.5	+0.6	4.1	-0.5	1.0	0.0	2.0	4.6	388 (16.2)	46/06
	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

31.0 BIDYADANGA W Kimberley WA
31.0 WEIPA AERO N Peninsula QLD
31.0 SCHERGER RAAF N Peninsula QLD
30.9 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
30.3 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA

+4.0 : 23.6 YEELIRRIE Goldfields WA
+3.7 : 23.4 MEEKATHARRA AIRPORT E Gascoyne WA
+3.2 : 23.1 MOUNT MAGNET AERO E Gascoyne WA
+3.1 : 26.4 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
+3.1 : 21.5 LAVERTON AERO Goldfields WA

25.3 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.3 COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT Islands ISL
24.2 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
24.0 CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
23.0 CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL

+7.3 : 12.0 YORK Cent Wheatbelt WA
+6.9 : 12.0 BRIDGETOWN Lower West WA
+6.8 : 12.0 BRIDGETOWN COMPARISON Lower West WA
+6.7 : 12.0 JARRAHWOOD Lower West WA
+6.7 : 11.2 WANDERING Cent Wheatbelt WA

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

-0.2 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
0.1 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
0.2 MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
2.0 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
2.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
2.0 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
2.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW

-7.0 : 5.3 CRESSY RESEARCH STATION N Coast TAS
-6.2 : 14.5 YULARA AERO N Plateau NT
-5.6 : 12.4 ESPERANCE Lower West WA
-5.5 : 16.7 PAPUNYA N Plateau NT
-5.4 : 13.7 HOPETOUN NORTH Lower West WA
-5.4 : 13.8 ARLTUNGA N Plateau NT

-9.0 PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-8.7 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-8.0 CHARLOTTE PASS (KOSCIUSKO CHALET) Snowy Mtns NSW
-7.0 THREDBO VILLAGE Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.9 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC

**S** -11.4 : -3.0 URANDANGI Northwest QLD
**S** -9.7 : -5.0 NONNING NW Pastoral SA
-8.4 : 8.5 BATCHELOR AERO N Rivers NT
-7.4 : 8.5 KUNUNURRA AERO E Kimberley WA
-7.4 : -3.6 YUNTA AIRSTRIP Northeast 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.

61.0 MOORLAND (DENRO-AN) MidNorth Coast S NSW
54.6 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
50.8 COSSACK E Pilbara WA
50.0 CONGEWAI (GREENOCK) Hunter Valley NSW
47.0 ROEBOURNE E Pilbara WA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
E Pilbara
54.6 ROEBOURNE AERO
50.8 COSSACK
47.0 ROEBOURNE

NEW SOUTH WALES
MidNorth Coast S
61.0 MOORLAND (DENRO-AN)
Hunter Valley
50.0 CONGEWAI (GREENOCK)

10.9 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.6 MACKAY M.O Central Coast E QLD
10.5 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
10.5 TOWNSVILLE AERO N Coast--Herbert QLD
10.4 CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD

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0.8 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
0.3 MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
0.2 SCONE SCS Hunter Valley NSW
0.1 NORFOLK ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
0.0 BUNDOORA (LATROBE UNIVERSITY) E Central VIC

1226 (51.1) CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA
1067 (44.5) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
986 (41.1) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
970 (40.4) BYRON BAY (CAPE BYRON AWS) North Coast NSW
964 (40.2) ROTTNEST ISLAND Lower West WA
931 (38.8) VARANUS ISLAND Islands ISL
925 (38.5) MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE South Coast NSW
913 (38.0) MURRURUNDI GAP AWS Hunter Valley NSW
879 (36.6) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
864 (36.0) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
825 (34.4) CAPE WILLOUGHBY Yorke Pen/Kanga Is SA
809 (33.7) DOUBLE ISLAND POINT LIGHTHOUSE Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
801 (33.4) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
800 (33.3) BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
773 (32.2) COFFS HARBOUR MO MidNorth Coast N NSW
768 (32.0) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
762 (31.8) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
737 (30.7) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
709 (29.5) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
706 (29.4) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
705 (29.4) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
698 (29.1) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
692 (28.8) NORAH HEAD AWS Hunter Valley NSW
654 (27.3) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
653 (27.2) MANDURAH Lower West WA
638 (26.6) JACUP Cent Wheatbelt WA
629 (26.2) KATANNING Cent Wheatbelt WA
629 (26.2) JERVIS BAY (POINT PERPENDICULAR AWS) Illawarra NSW
625 (26.0) THEVENARD ISLAND W Pilbara WA
625 (26.0) MUNGLINUP WEST Goldfields WA
615 (25.6) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
610 (25.4) PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
604 (25.2) BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN Lower West WA
604 (25.2) CUNDERDIN AIRFIELD Cent Wheatbelt WA

94/05 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
91/08 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
89/16 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
87/20 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
85/02 CAPE NATURALISTE Lower West WA

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 Lower West BADGINGARRA RESEARCH STN 10.6mm in 30 min to 01:30 21.2mm/h 10.8mm in 1 hr to 01:30 10.8mm/h 11.4mm in 1 hr to 02:00 11.4mm/h JANDAKOT AERO 11.4mm in 21 min to 17:21 32.6mm/h 16.2mm in 1 hr to 17:30 16.2mm/h 14.2mm in 1 hr to 18:00 14.2mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 18:00 5.3mm/h BICKLEY 14.8mm in 1 hr to 13:00 14.8mm/h 19.0mm in 3 hr to 15:00 6.3mm/h WITCHCLIFFE 10.2mm in 1 hr to 11:30 10.2mm/h 16.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 5.3mm/h MANDURAH 19.8mm in 30 min to 23:00 39.6mm/h 22.4mm in 1 hr to 23:00 22.4mm/h 20.2mm in 1 hr to 23:30 20.2mm/h BADGINGARRA AG STATION 10.2mm in 30 min to 01:30 20.4mm/h 10.4mm in 1 hr to 01:30 10.4mm/h 10.8mm in 1 hr to 02:00 10.8mm/h Interior WARBURTON AIRFIELD 22.2mm in 27 min to 10:27 49.3mm/h 22.8mm in 1 hr to 10:30 22.8mm/h 5.6mm in 6 min to 10:44 56.0mm/h 19.0mm in 12 min to 10:56 95.0mm/h 8.4mm in 4 min to 11:00 126.0mm/h 63.0mm in 1 hr to 11:00 63.0mm/h NEW SOUTH WALES Hunter Valley NORAH HEAD AWS 15.0mm in 3 hr to 00:00 5.0mm/h ISLANDS Islands CHRISTMAS ISLAND AERO 49.0mm in 3 hr to 19:00 16.3mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West CAPE NATURALISTE : 83( 40/ 63 ) at 02:07 VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 87(250/ 80 ) at 20:36 TASMANIA Southeast MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 91(310/ 72 ) at 08:40 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 87( 30/ 69 ) at 16:00 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 95(260/ 61 ) at 09:30 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 74(250/ 63 ) at 21:00