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
16:20 EST
29°C
22°C
Possible shower
Weather News
Southern storms
17:09 EDT
Severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued for parts of South Australia and Victoria this afternoon.
Tasmanian floods: BOM and SES lashed by farmers over weather warnings amid June deluge
17:04 EDT
Forecasting by the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and SES phone alerts during flooding in Tasmania last June have been criticised as inadequate.
North, central Queensland passenger rail down after heavy rain
16:54 EDT
There are major disruptions for rail passengers in central Queensland after large sections of the track were damaged following days of torrential rain.
