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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
15:30 EST
26°C
19°C
Mostly sunny
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Weather News
Scorching Night for Central NT
13:00 EDT
Parts of Central NT have had their hottest morning in 7 years.
Heat coming to Sydney next week a sign of things to come
12:59 EDT
Sydney is getting set for a scorching January, with a warm-up early next week.
Climate change means workdays need to change during heatwaves, public health official warns
11:08 EDT
Workplace changes will be needed to deal with more severe heatwaves and other impacts of climate change, a public health official has warned.
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