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
11:30 EST
26°C
18°C
Windy
Weather News
Rockhampton braces as Fitzroy River heads toward 2011 flood level
10:56 EST
Expected flood levels in the central Queensland city of Rockhampton have been revised down, with the Fitzroy River only expected to reach 9 metres on Wednesday.
Eastern flooding update
10:09 EST
Floodwaters will continue to plague parts of eastern Australia this week in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Debbie.
NSW floods: Murwillumbah family brave deep water to save horse
08:22 EST
Two men who saved a horse from drowning at Murwillumbah have said they thought the animal would die in their arms through the night.