Australian Weather News -- 13 MAY 2016

Friday 13 MAY 2016

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2016

Dec

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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 1437 EST on 14/05/2016. 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 minimum temperature

NSW

South Coast

069017

MONTAGUE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE

19.3

15/05/1974

1 N Equal to record.

VIC

W Gippsland

085072

EAST SALE AIRPORT

15.5

15/05/1974

1 N Equal to record.

VIC

W Gippsland

085280

MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT)

14.6

14.4

24/05/1987

1 N

Highest wind gust (km/h)

QLD

N Peninsula

027073

COEN AIRPORT

50.0

03/05/2008

N Equal to record.

Highest daily average wind speed - anemometer above 3m (km/h)

TAS

Southeast

094195

TUNNACK FIRE STATION

38.7

36.9

12/05/2016

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 14:37EST, 14/05/2016.

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
PERTH AIRPORT	22.9	+1.1	8.8	-1.6	6.5	0.0	2.4	9.2	282 (11.8)	37/14
BUNBURY	21.8	+0.6	10.4	+1.1	--	0.0	--	--	207 ( 8.6)	37/10
MANDURAH	22.1	+0.8	15.4	+1.8	--	0.0	--	--	304 (12.7)	39/23
DARWIN AIRPORT	33.7	+1.7	23.1	+1.0	22.8	0.0	8.2	11.1	469 (19.5)	52/10
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT	23.9	+0.9	4.8	-3.4	--	0.0	--	--	265 (11.0)	30/10
WHYALLA AERO	25.1	+4.7	6.7	-2.0	--	0.0	--	--	249 (10.4)	37/14
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN)	21.4	+2.5	10.6	+0.4	--	0.4	--	--	111 ( 4.6)	24/13
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO	19.7	+3.6	12.1	+4.8	--	2.0	--	--	571 (23.8)	44/13
MOUNT ISA AERO	29.7	+1.9	11.9	-1.9	--	0.0	--	--	354 (14.8)	46/10
CAIRNS AERO	29.4	+1.8	23.2	+3.3	--	0.0	--	--	618 (25.8)	50/10
TOWNSVILLE AERO	29.8	+2.2	15.4	-2.2	--	0.0	--	--	268 (11.2)	35/12
MACKAY M.O	25.5	+1.3	15.3	-1.8	--	0.0	--	--	414 (17.3)	44/11
ROCKHAMPTON AERO	28.5	+2.5	9.4	-4.7	--	0.0	--	--	133 ( 5.5)	26/13
BUNDABERG AERO	27.3	+2.7	8.1	-6.0	--	0.0	--	--	230 ( 9.6)	22/10
COOLANGATTA	24.9	+1.8	10.8	-3.3	--	0.0	--	--	176 ( 7.3)	28/15
BRISBANE AERO	24.7	+1.2	11.6	-1.2	11.8	0.0	7.4	10.0	370 (15.4)	26/08
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT	23.5	+3.7	8.2	-1.6	--	0.0	--	--	360 (15.0)	26/01
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE	24.0	+3.7	8.4	-0.3	--	0.0	2.0	--	--	--
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS	24.4	+3.0	9.7	-0.7	--	0.0	--	--	246 (10.3)	21/14
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF	25.1	+4.8	14.0	+4.0	--	0.0	--	--	759 (31.6)	48/02
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE	--	--	8.7	+4.1	3.5	0.4	0.0	--	--	--
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS	21.7	+1.8	7.4	+0.9	--	0.0	--	--	233 ( 9.7)	28/12
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO	26.1	+6.1	13.5	+2.6	8.9	0.0	4.0	10.0	501 (20.9)	39/10
RICHMOND RAAF	25.8	+5.3	5.4	-2.2	--	0.0	--	--	263 (11.0)	21/12
BELLAMBI AWS	25.0	+5.4	14.0	+1.0	--	0.0	--	--	490 (20.4)	78/00
WAGGA WAGGA AMO	20.4	+3.1	10.7	+4.9	--	0.0	--	--	317 (13.2)	28/14
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS	20.2	+2.6	13.6	+8.2	--	0.2	--	--	303 (12.6)	24/12
MILDURA AIRPORT	22.3	+3.3	8.2	+0.8	4.5	0.0	3.6	8.2	265 (11.0)	28/14
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG	19.5	+2.3	12.8	+7.1	--	0.2	--	--	333 (13.9)	30/02
BENDIGO AIRPORT	19.0	+2.4	14.1	+9.0	--	0.2	--	--	381 (15.9)	34/10
BALLARAT AERODROME	17.7	+4.1	11.4	+5.7	--	0.0	--	--	500 (20.8)	37/15
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND)	18.1	+2.3	12.3	+7.3	--	0.0	--	--	538 (22.4)	50/00
HOBART AIRPORT	19.9	+4.7	12.6	+6.0	10.7	0.0	6.0	6.2	848 (35.3)	96/00
	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

35.7 KOWANYAMA AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
35.0 OENPELLI AIRPORT N Rivers NT
35.0 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
35.0 WEST ROEBUCK W Kimberley WA
34.8 NOONAMAH AIRSTRIP N Rivers NT

+10.0 : 31.4 EYRE Eucla WA
+9.3 : 30.1 RED ROCKS POINT Eucla WA
+8.2 : 28.9 KALGOORLIE-BOULDER AIRPORT Goldfields WA
+7.7 : 28.8 NORSEMAN AERO Goldfields WA
+7.7 : 20.7 KATOOMBA (MURRI ST) C Tablelands S NSW

27.1 CYGNET BAY W Kimberley WA
27.0 ROWLEY SHOALS Islands ISL
27.0 BROWSE ISLAND Islands ISL
26.9 MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
26.6 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

+9.7 : 13.9 WANGARATTA AERO Lower NE VIC
+9.6 : 11.6 BOMBALA (THERRY STREET) Goulburn/Monaro NSW
+9.2 : 15.5 EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
+9.1 : 14.5 COLDSTREAM E Central VIC
+9.0 : 14.1 BENDIGO AIRPORT Upper North VIC

Coldest

Lowest maximum temperature

Greatest variation below normal maximum

Lowest minimum temperature

Greatest variation below normal minimum

5.4 MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
6.3 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
8.0 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
8.0 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
8.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-2.2 : 29.3 MARDIE W Pilbara WA
-2.0 : 28.0 KARRATHA AERO E Pilbara WA
-1.6 : 25.9 BARROW ISLAND AIRPORT W Pilbara WA
-1.4 : 30.4 ROEBOURNE AERO E Pilbara WA
-1.1 : 26.3 WALUNGURRU AIRPORT N Plateau NT

-2.6 GLEN INNES AIRPORT AWS N Tablelands W NSW
-1.9 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
-0.3 STANTHORPE LESLIE PARADE Darling Downs E QLD
0.1 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
0.5 APPLETHORPE Darling Downs E QLD

-8.2 : 10.5 NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
-6.8 : -1.9 TENTERFIELD (FEDERATION PARK) N Tablelands W NSW
-6.6 : 6.4 MARYBOROUGH Brisbane/SE Coast QLD
-6.6 : 0.1 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
-6.6 : 8.0 DOONGAN N Kimberley WA

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.

88.8 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
55.8 QUEENSTOWN (SOUTH QUEENSTOWN) W Coast TAS
31.4 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK Central Plateau TAS
31.0 BUTLERS GORGE Central Plateau TAS
30.6 ZEEHAN (WEST COAST PIONEERS MUSEUM) W Coast TAS

TASMANIA
Central Plateau
31.4 LAKE ST CLAIR NATIONAL PARK
31.0 BUTLERS GORGE
W Coast
88.8 MOUNT READ
55.8 QUEENSTOWN (SOUTH QUEENSTOWN)
30.6 ZEEHAN (WEST COAST PIONEERS MUSEUM)

Reports not yet available

2303 (96.0) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
2069 (86.2) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1774 (73.9) KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
1540 (64.2) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1502 (62.6) CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
1473 (61.4) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
1443 (60.1) LOW ROCKY POINT W Coast TAS
1433 (59.7) THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
1433 (59.7) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
1333 (55.5) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
1235 (51.5) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
1164 (48.5) MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
1149 (47.9) CAPE GRIM N Coast TAS
1143 (47.6) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
1128 (47.0) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
1113 (46.4) MOUNT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
1096 (45.7) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
1086 (45.3) LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
1066 (44.4) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
1028 (42.8) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
1022 (42.6) LOW ISLES LIGHTHOUSE N Coast--Barron QLD
977 (40.7) CAPE SORELL W Coast TAS
976 (40.7) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
950 (39.6) CAPE FLATTERY N Coast--Barron QLD
928 (38.7) TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
906 (37.8) CAPE NELSON LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
900 (37.5) YARRAM AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
890 (37.1) CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
885 (36.9) HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
877 (36.5) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
868 (36.2) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
859 (35.8) HAMILTON ISLAND AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
855 (35.6) CAPE WESSEL Islands ISL
850 (35.4) NEPTUNE ISLAND W Agricultural SA
848 (35.3) GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
848 (35.3) HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
816 (34.0) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
812 (33.8) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
811 (33.8) MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
810 (33.8) WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS
806 (33.6) AVALON AIRPORT W Central VIC
805 (33.5) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
800 (33.3) MCCLUER ISLAND N Rivers NT
794 (33.1) MARIA ISLAND (POINT LESUEUR) E Coast TAS
793 (33.0) MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
792 (33.0) EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
787 (32.8) TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
778 (32.4) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
778 (32.4) SHEFFIELD SCHOOL FARM N Coast TAS
773 (32.2) CRESSY RESEARCH STATION N Coast TAS
769 (32.0) LAUNCESTON AIRPORT N Coast TAS
768 (32.0) PORTLAND (CASHMORE AIRPORT) W Coast VIC
759 (31.6) WILLIAMTOWN RAAF Hunter Valley NSW
751 (31.3) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
743 (31.0) WARRA W Coast TAS
721 (30.0) BEDOUT ISLAND E Pilbara WA
721 (30.0) OUSE FIRE STATION Derwent Valley TAS
718 (29.9) MOUNT CRAWFORD AWS Adelaide/Lofty SA
686 (28.6) LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
673 (28.0) GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
672 (28.0) CENTRE ISLAND N Rivers NT
662 (27.6) SCOTTSDALE (WEST MINSTONE ROAD) N Coast TAS
660 (27.5) MOUNT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
655 (27.3) PORT KEMBLA NTC AWS Illawarra NSW
650 (27.1) ALBION PARK (WOLLONGONG AIRPORT) Illawarra NSW
647 (27.0) FRANKSTON AWS E Central VIC
636 (26.5) MIDDLE PERCY ISLAND Islands ISL
635 (26.5) HAMILTON AIRPORT W Coast VIC
628 (26.2) NERRIGA AWS South Coast NSW
628 (26.2) CANBERRA AIRPORT Goulburn/Monaro NSW
625 (26.0) PARAWA (SECOND VALLEY FOREST AWS) Adelaide/Lofty SA
622 (25.9) MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
618 (25.8) CAIRNS AERO N Coast--Barron QLD
615 (25.6) PERISHER VALLEY AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
612 (25.5) BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
609 (25.4) WARRNAMBOOL AIRPORT NDB W Coast VIC
604 (25.2) PORTLAND NTC AWS W Coast VIC

131/01 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
130/14 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
130/00 KUNANYI (MOUNT WELLINGTON PINNACLE) Southeast TAS
122/01 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
120/00 SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
117/01 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
115/09 BICKLEY Lower West WA
104/01 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
102/02 LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) E Coast TAS
102/09 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
98/00 SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
96/00 HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
94/01 CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) N Coast TAS
94/04 HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
94/14 WARRA W Coast TAS
93/03 TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
93/01 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS
91/00 LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
91/01 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) Southeast TAS
91/01 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.
TASMANIA W Coast MOUNT READ 17.0mm in 3 hr to 21:00 5.7mm/h ISLANDS Islands COCOS ISLAND AIRPORT 4.4mm in 12 min to 09:00 22.0mm/h 17.4mm in 15 min to 09:15 69.6mm/h 17.8mm in 1 hr to 09:30 17.8mm/h 18.8mm in 1 hr to 10:00 18.8mm/h 5.2mm in 15 min to 13:30 20.8mm/h 15.0mm in 23 min to 13:53 39.1mm/h 7.6mm in 7 min to 14:00 65.1mm/h 30.2mm in 1 hr to 14:00 30.2mm/h 32.0mm in 3 hr to 14:00 10.7mm/h 11.4mm in 14 min to 14:14 48.9mm/h 7.8mm in 16 min to 14:30 29.2mm/h 41.8mm in 1 hr to 14:30 41.8mm/h 10.4mm in 30 min to 15:00 20.8mm/h 29.6mm in 1 hr to 15:00 29.6mm/h 15.6mm in 1 hr to 15:30 15.6mm/h 38.0mm in 3 hr to 17:00 12.7mm/h 10.2mm in 1 hr to 20:30 10.2mm/h	WESTERN AUSTRALIA Lower West BICKLEY : 108(320/ 13 ) at 10:00 SOUTH AUSTRALIA Yorke Pen/Kanga Is CAPE WILLOUGHBY : 89(330/ 69 ) at 11:09 NEW SOUTH WALES Illawarra HIGH RANGE AWS (WANGANDERRY) : 91(270/ 65 ) at 02:30 Snowy Mtns THREDBO AWS : 104(320/ 72 ) at 01:30 VICTORIA W Gippsland WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 132(270/ 82 ) at 01:39 TASMANIA N Coast CAPE GRIM BAPS (COMPARISON) : 95(270/ 76 ) at 01:15 LOW HEAD : 89(270/ 70 ) at 00:17 E Coast LARAPUNA (EDDYSTONE POINT) : 95(290/ 63 ) at 00:59 Southeast HOBART AIRPORT : 91(270/ 58 ) at 01:00 HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) : 93(290/ 65 ) at 02:46 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 130(330/102 ) at 15:00 MOUNT WELLINGTON : 122(260/ 85 ) at 01:00 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 121(280/ 59 ) at 04:20 TUNNACK FIRE STATION : 93(300/ 69 ) at 03:08 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 102(290/ 72 ) at 09:30 GROVE (RESEARCH STATION) : 91(260/ 50 ) at 01:30 DENNES POINT : 113(260/ 67 ) at 00:59 W Coast WARRA : 95(290/ 45 ) at 14:42 LOW ROCKY POINT : 87(320/ 69 ) at 13:05 SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 121(300/ 85 ) at 00:30 ISLANDS Islands HOGAN ISLAND : 117(280/ 96 ) at 01:30