Perth 256km Radar/Lightning
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Radar Details
Western Australia
LocationSerpentine Airfield (Yangedi Rd North, Hopelands) Radar TypeEEC TVDR2500C C Band, 5 centimetre wavelength Typical Availability24 hours
Perth (Serpentine) Weather Watch radar has good coverage in all directions. Intense thunderstorm or cold fronts can be seen up to 250 kilometres away, however at this distance the radar is sensing the structure of the system well above the ground and may give a misleading view of the actual surface rainfall intensity of the system. The radar is susceptible to anomalous propagation (AP) for distances up to 60 kilometres along the coastline and seaward of it. The AP appears as an area of low intensity echoes. A local phenomenon which has been observed occasionally is that of false mirror echoes approaching the radar from the southeast as an intense cold front approaches from the south west. Heavy rain directly over the radar site can cause attenuation of all signals. Path attenuation can also occur when the radar beam passes through intense rainfall, with the returned signals from cells further along that path reduced.
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Weather News
BOM warns cyclone expected to form from tropical low over Gulf of Carpentaria
09:03 EDT
There is a high chance a tropical low that has been threatening for days to intensify into a cyclone in the Gulf of Carpentaria will finally do so today, the Bureau of Meteorology has said.
NSW emergency service cranks up campaign to stop people driving into floodwater
08:44 EDT
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NSW weather: Storm hits Hunter and Central Coast, BOM predicts heavy rainfall and winds
00:06 EDT
Severe thunderstorms that ravaged the Hunter region and the Central Coast of New South Wales are over, the Bureau of Meteorology says, but Ausgrid and SES volunteers are still working to repair the damage.
