Canberra 256km Radar/Lightning
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Radar Details
New South Wales/ACT
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.
Now Temperature
At Gold Coast
11:20 EST
29°C
21°C
Clearing shower
Weather News
BOM warning as Cyclone Debbie intensifies; Queensland emergency services prepare for worst
11:57 EDT
Thousands of north Queenslanders are being evacuated as Cyclone Debbie bears down on the coast, bringing winds of up to 230 kilometres per hour and possibly a four-metre storm surge.
Cyclone Debbie: A quick guide for residents
11:53 EDT
Tropical Cyclone Debbie is just hours from reaching the northern Queensland coast.
Tropical Cyclone Debbie: Queenslanders preparing for worst cyclone since Yasi
11:26 EDT
As Tropical Cyclone Debbie strengthens off the coast near Townsville in north Queensland, residents are being warned to prepare for the worst storm to hit the state since Cyclone Yasi in 2011.