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Daily Weather Bulletin - Tasmania (3pm)

Bureau of Meteorology - Tasmania/Antarctica Regional Office

1500 (3pm) on Sunday, 22 November 2009

(Produced 16:15 on Sunday, 22 November 2009)

STATIONS C
L
D

8
ths
WIND WEATHER TEMP (C) RAIN
mm
dir spd
km/h
d
r
y
d
e
w
6h
m
a
x
9am
m
i
n
6 h
NORTHERN
Bridport 8 NW 22 Recent precip. 15 15 16 12 6
Burnie 8 WSW 17 Rain 15 13 16 13 4
Cape Grim 3 WSW 44   15 10 15 13 9
Cressy   N 19   15 13 16 9 4
Devonport 8 WNW 32 Distant precip. 16 14 17 12 4
Launceston   NW 15   16 14 16 11 5
Launceston AP 8 NNW 17   15 13 15 9 4
Low Head 8 WNW 39 Showers 15 14 16 12 5
Luncheon Hill   SSW 17   11 10 13 11 9
Marrawah 7 WSW 22 Cloudy 15 10 15 12 6
Scottsdale 8 W 17 Rain 14 13 17 11 5
Sheffield   W 26   14 11 15 9 6
Smithton   WSW 24   15 12 15 12 9
Wynyard AP 8 WSW 24 Drizzle 14 12 16 13 5
EAST COAST
Bicheno 8 CALM Overcast 17 14 18 11 5
Eddystone   S 17 Rain 14 14 15 12 15
Fingal Forestry   WSW 13   15 11 15 10 5
Friendly Beach   W 9   16 13 16 11 2
Lake Leake 7 NW 4 Cloudy 12 10 13 7 4
Maria Island   S 9   15 14 16 11 3
Orford 8 SW 4 Drizzle 16 12 17 11 3
Scamander 8 NNE 15 Drizzle 15 14 15 10 8
St Helens AP   NNE 7 Recent precip. 14 13 16 11 7
Swan Island   WSW 24   14 13 15 13 18
Swansea 8 ESE 4 Overcast 16 13 17 11 3
MIDLANDS
Melton Mowbray 8 CALM Overcast 15 12 15 8 3
Ross 8 NNW 4 Showers 16 13 16 9 4
Tunnack   WSW 17   14 10 14 7 7
SOUTH EAST
Bull Bay             10  
Campania   W 13   16 13 17 9 1
Cape Bruny AWS   SW 28   11 10 17 10 3
Dover 8 NW 9 Rain 14 13 15 6 4
Geeveston Frst 8 NW 4 Rain 16 11 16 7 1
Grove   WSW 20   14 12 16 7 2
Hartz Mountains   WSW 43   7 7 11 3 2
Hobart 8 WSW 7 Distant precip. 16 12 17 10 2
Hobart AP 8 N 9 Overcast 17 12 17 11 2
Mt Wellington   WSW 30   7 7 9 1 4
Tasman Island   WSW 13   13 13 14 9 2
Warra   W 19   11 9 13 5 4
DERWENT VALLEY
Bushy Park   S 6   15 13 17 9 4
Maydena 8 SW 9 Drizzle 13 10 15 7 2
Ouse   WSW 19   16 13 17 8 3
Tarraleah 8 S 9 Showers 11 11 13 6 6
CENTRAL PLATEAU
Butlers Gorge   SW 13   10 8 13 5 4
Lake St Clair             6  
Liawenee   W 22   10 8 10 6 6
WEST COAST
Maatsuyker Is 8 NW 37 Rain 12 8 15 10 3
Mount Read   SW 39   4 4 8 5 12
Scotts Peak   W 19   10 9 15 7 5
Strahan AP 8 W 13   13 11 15 8 10
Strathgordon 8 NNW 15 Overcast 10 7 14 7 6
BASS STRAIT ISLANDS
Flinders Island 8 SW 28 Recent precip. 15 14 17 15 6
King Is AP 6 WSW 30 Showers 15 10 17 13 5
MACQUARIE ISLAND
Macquarie Is 8 NNW 46 Overcast 6 5 7 2  

The observed parameters are, in order:
CLOUD - cloud amount in Octas, 0 octas indicating clear sky conditions and8 octas overcast conditions. '#' indicates sky obscured.
WIND - wind direction at 10 metres is reported in 16 points of the compass,indicating the direction from which the wind is blowing. Wind speed is givenin kilometres per hour.
DRY - Screen temperature at 1.2 metres in degrees Celsius.
DEW - Dewpoint temperature at 1.2 metres in degrees Celsius.
MAX - Maximum temperature over the previous 6 hours.
MIN - Minimum temperature for the previous 24 hours (reported at 9am only).
RAIN - Rainfall in millimetres (mm) over the previous 6 hours. Rainfall above1mm is reported in whole millimetres, while rainfall below 1mm is reported tothe nearest 0.2mm. Rainfall amounts below 0.1mm are indicated by "Trace".Rainfall totals for periods greater than 24 hours are indicated with a "/n"where 'n' is the period in days.

In station names 'AWS' means 'Automatic Weather Station', and 'AP' means'Airport'.

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