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Radar Details

Canberra/Captains Flat Weather Watch Radar
New South Wales/ACT
35.6610°S  149.5120°E  1380m AMSL

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.

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Queensland weather: Heatwave conditions to hit state's south over next four days

12:42 EDT

Heatwave conditions are scorching southern Queensland today for a second time in just over a week, with paramedics preparing for another spike in heat-related cases.

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12:33 EDT

Being able to enjoy water sports on an outback cattle station is not something that happens very often, especially in the desert.

Records are all about timing

12:29 EDT

Last night was warmer than any official minimum temperature previously recorded in Sydney, but it wasn't a new record.