Newcastle 256km Radar/Lightning
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Radar Details
New South Wales/ACT
LocationLemon Tree Passage Radar TypeWSR 74 S Band Typical Availability24 hours
The Newcastle radar has a very good view in all directions and is the primary weather radar for the populated areas around Newcastle and the New South Wales central coast. It should provide useful weather information as far north as Port Macquarie, west to Wollemi National Park and South to Campbelltown. There is a tendency to observe areas of false echoes within approximately 100 kilometres of the radar over the sea. These anomalous propagations are easily identified and are displayed as a mass of low intensity echoes, constantly changing shape with no apparent direction of movement from one radar scan to the next. True rain echoes normally have a consistent direction of movement. This radar is often unable to detect light showers or drizzle beyond a range of 100 kilometres. Heavy rain over the radar site will cause attenuation of all signals. Path attenuation also occurs when the radar beam passes through an intense thunderstorm cell; the returned signal from cells further along that path will be reduced. Apart from these features, the radar performs well and gives a reasonably accurate representation of rainfall intensity.
Now Temperature
At Nobbys Head
11:30 EDT
30°C
18°C
Late shower
Weather News
Week-long spring storm outbreak
10:45 EDT
It will be a thundery week across northern and eastern Australia, with daily storms firing up across multiple states and territories.
Psychology and cyclones: Why we don't prepare, and what we can learn from other cultures
17:41 EDT
After a weekend of wild weather and with the cyclone season upon us, it is a good time to ask â?? why do we fail to prepare for the worst? Psychologist and disaster researcher Douglas Paton came to the Top End chasing storms and the answer to that question.
NSW fire update
16:35 EDT
Almost 50 fires are bringing across New South Wales this afternoon according to the state's Rural Fire Service.
