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Radar Details

Willis Island Windfinding and Weather Watch Radar
Queensland
16.3000°S  149.9830°E  9m AMSL

LocationWillis Island Radar TypeWF 100 C Band Typical Availability0000-0315; 0430-0915; 1030-1515; 1630-2115; 2230-0000

Willis Is. radar is 17 metres above MSL and "visibility" is unrestricted for 360 degrees.

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Weather News

Broome swamped in wettest December on record

16:33 EDT

A tropical low pressure system has combined with Cyclone Yvette to dump more than 200 millimetres of rain on Broome.

Detailed Christmas Day forecast

12:21 EDT

Intense heat, thunderstorms, flooding rain and damaging winds are all on the cards for Christmas Day this year.

SA Government declares 'code red' for homeless during hot spell, shelters to stay open longer

12:08 EDT

South Australia's homeless services will be boosted over the Christmas period as a result of forecast extreme heat over the next few days.