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Radar Details
Northern Territory
LocationSE of Darwin Airport Radar TypeWSR 74 C Band Typical Availability24 hours
The Berrimah radar is located on a rise with the dish antenna tower mounted approximately 50 metres above the surrounding topography. It has a good coverage in all directions up to a range of 250 km with the following two exceptions: (a) some local masking of echoes at low elevations to the east; (b) some signal blockage to the north-northeast due to several HF transmitter towers. Heavy rain over the radar site will cause attenuation of all signals. Path attenuation also occurs when the radar beam passes through an intense thunderstorm cell; the returned signal from cells further along that path will be reduced. Because the beam width of this particular radar is only 0.9 degrees, it may 'undershoot' high level storms and rain echoes may appear less intense than actual rainfall rate. During the dry season from May to September, when low level atmospheric temperature inversions are more prevalent, images may display areas of relatively strong (Level 2 or 3) permanent echoes. These tend to be reflections from coastal features; commonly from Gunn Point and the Cobourg Peninsular northeast of the radar, and from the nearside coastline of the Tiwi Islands to the north. Also during this time of the year, a false image of the Timor coastline may sometimes be seen extending northwest from Bathurst Island. This phenomenon is due to second skip returns at multiples of the radar's maximum range.
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Weather News
A 'hit and miss' growing season finally breaks in WA's Great Southern
18:58 EST
Many farmers in the Great Southern region of West Australia have celebrated the arrival of season breaking rain today, while others in the central Wheatbelt and Northern agricultural areas still await their first decent rain since summer.
Perth misses out on morning rain
16:12 EST
It was a wet morning in the southwestern districts of Western Australia, although Perth missed out on the heavy falls.
Brisbane rain: Big wet tracking down coast to south-east Queensland, BOM says
16:02 EST
Unseasonal rain is falling across large parts of Queensland, with one city receiving nearly four times its May average in a day.
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