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Radar Details

Canberra/Captains Flat Weather Watch Radar
New South Wales/ACT
35.6610°S  149.5120°E  1380m AMSL

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

11:50 EST

Today

27°C

Tonight

22°C

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Weather News

One dead after Mt Warning campers struck by lightning, rescue operation underway

12:19 EDT

A man has died and a woman has been injured after being hit by lightning while camping at Mt Warning, on the NSW north coast, police say.

Farmer's photos of NSW flooding turned into fundraising calendar

10:43 EDT

A farmer who lost nearly all his crops to floods has documented his experience in photographs and these are now being used for a flood relief fundraising calendar.

Skiing on summer snow

10:10 EDT

December snow is attracting skiers and boarders to Australia's alpine peaks for the chance to enjoy a rare summer shred.