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
20:50 EST
19°C
27°C
Mostly sunny
Weather News
Fire danger about to spike in SE Australia, drop in WA
16:21 EDT
Fire danger is about to spike in South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales and about to drop in Western Australia as an area of hot, dry wind heads east.
Heavy rain and storms hit Queensland
13:09 EDT
Heavy storms are lashing central Queensland, whilst rain and strong winds affect the coast.
Scorching Night for Central NT
13:00 EDT
Parts of Central NT have had their hottest morning in 7 years.