WEATHER NSW SYDNEY 4:20PM

AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2003
WEATHER NSW SYDNEY 4:20PM

NEW SOUTH WALES REGIONAL OFFICE

300 Elizabeth St. Sydney, Ph [02] 9296 1555

RECENT WEATHER EVENTS FOR NSW

Issued at 4:20pm on Thursday the 4th of December 2003

RECENT EVENTS:

For the 6 hours to 3 PM

Highest Rainfall was 10 mm at Kempsey Ap AWS and Dorrigo.

Minimum Temperature Range was from 6 degs at Charlotte Pass to 23 degs at

Narrabri Ap AWS.

Maximum Temperature Range was from 15 degs at Thredbo AWS and Charlotte Pass to

39 degs at Coonamble.

A High pressure is over the far east Tasman Sea and a complex Low system with a

troughline moving through the west of the state. Thunderstorm activity

associated with these unsettled conditions was reported over most of the states

districts, notably in the far west and from the Tablelands to the coast. Light

to moderate rainfalls over most districts, except for trace amounts over the

Upper Western. Maximum temperatures were several degrees above average over most

districts. Cloudy conditions continued over all districts.

Winds were light to moderate over most districts, fresher along the coast with

the synoptic pattern maintaining a generally NW/NE flow over the state, except

for a NE/SE flow developing over the far southeast corner of the coastal

districts.

METROPOLITAN DETAILS:

|---------------------------------------------------------------|

| | MIN TEMP | RELATIVE | MAX TEMP | RELATIVE |

| STATION | (oC) | TO | (oC) | TO |
| | | AVERAGE | | AVERAGE |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

SYDNEY 18 0 31 +6

BADGERYS CREEK 15 31

BANKSTOWN 16 32

CANTERBURY R/C 16 32

HOMEBUSH 17 33

LIVERPOOL 16 33

PARRAMATTA 16 -

PENRITH 17 31

RICHMOND 16 31

RIVERVIEW 16 -

SYDNEY AP 18 31

At Observatory Hill recorded 0.0 mm of rain to 3 PM

Rainfall from 1st of December 2003 At Observatory Hill recorded 11.6 mm on 3

days.

Total rainfall from 1st January 2003 to date 1152.4 mm on 129 days.

Total rainfall corresponding period last year 790.6 mm on 111 days

Average for 144 years for December 78.3 mm

Average annual rainfall for 144 years 1221.1 mm.

RELATIVE TO AVERAGE degrees of temperature above or below average.

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