Hobart Airport 256km Radar/Lightning
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Radar Details
Tasmania
LocationHobart Airport Radar TypeWF 100 C Band Typical Availability0000-0300; 0430-0900; 1030-1500; 1630-2100; 2230-0000
This installation is primarily a windfinding radar. The coverage in weather watch mode is poor. Surrounded by mountains and hills in most directions, it provides coverage for the immediate area surrounding Hobart Airport, about 40km along the Coal River Valley to the northwest and to the southeast over Frederick Henry Bay to the Tasman Peninsula.
Now Temperature
At Gold Coast
10:30 EST
29°C
19°C
Late thunder
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.
