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
11:30 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.
