Newcastle 256km Radar/Lightning
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Radar Details
New South Wales/ACT
LocationLemon Tree Passage Radar TypeWSR 74 S Band Typical Availability24 hours
The Newcastle radar has a very good view in all directions and is the primary weather radar for the populated areas around Newcastle and the New South Wales central coast. It should provide useful weather information as far north as Port Macquarie, west to Wollemi National Park and South to Campbelltown. There is a tendency to observe areas of false echoes within approximately 100 kilometres of the radar over the sea. These anomalous propagations are easily identified and are displayed as a mass of low intensity echoes, constantly changing shape with no apparent direction of movement from one radar scan to the next. True rain echoes normally have a consistent direction of movement. This radar is often unable to detect light showers or drizzle beyond a range of 100 kilometres. Heavy rain over the radar site will cause attenuation of all signals. Path attenuation also occurs when the radar beam passes through an intense thunderstorm cell; the returned signal from cells further along that path will be reduced. Apart from these features, the radar performs well and gives a reasonably accurate representation of rainfall intensity.
Now Temperature
At Nobbys Head
15:10 EDT
32°C
24°C
Late shower
Weather News
Monsoon burst causes havoc on Darwin roads, minor flooding
14:24 EDT
It has been a wet 24 hours in Darwin, with a dumping more than 200 millimetres of rain over the city, causing havoc on the roads.
Sydney weather: City sizzles as mercury soars past 40C in some areas
14:08 EDT
Sydney's sweaty summer has continued with the mercury passing 40 degrees Celsius in parts of the city.
Man drowns rescuing girl from floodwaters in WA's Kimberley
14:02 EDT
A man has drowned after rescuing a young girl from floodwaters on the Ord River, in WA's far north Kimberley.
