Canberra 256km Radar/Lightning
- NSW/ACT radars
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- Wollongong
- nearby radars
- Wagga Wagga
- Wollongong
- Kurnell
- Sydney
- Bairnsdale
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Radar Details
New South Wales/ACT
LocationCaptains Flat Radar TypeWSR 74 S Band Typical Availability24 hours
The Captains Flat radar has a very good view in all directions and is the primary weather radar for the A.C.T., the Southern Tablelands and the New South Wales south coast, with coverage extending across the Monaro region through to the Victorian border. The radar dish is situated on a 22.35m cylindrical tower atop Mt Cowangerong, at a height of 1,381.6 metres above sea level. An area of permanent false echoes is evident about 20km off the coast between Batemans Bay and Moruya (East to East South East) and extending a further 80km out to sea. This anamolous propagation is easily identified and displays as a mass of low intensity echoes, constantly changing shape but with no apparent direction of movement. True rain echoes normally have a consistent direction of movement from one scan to the next.
Now Temperature
At Gold Coast
09:30 EST
26°C
15°C
Sunny
Weather News
SA weather: Port Wakefield and Virginia under threat as rivers burst banks
09:33 EST
The South Australian towns of Port Wakefield and Virginia are under threat from floodwaters as the Wakefield and Gawler rivers burst their banks.
SA weather: Families check on embryos after fertility clinic generator fails in blackout
09:23 EST
Anxious families have been calling Adelaide fertility clinics after storms across South Australia led to embryos being destroyed.
Floriade flower festival closed for second day due to rain, snow at Corin Forest
09:09 EST
Floriade has been closed for the second day in a row due to heavy rain in Canberra, while Corin Forest has received 10 centimetres of snow overnight.
