Legends
Wind Speed
Description | Beaufort | kt | km/h | |
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Calm - Light Winds | 0-3 | 0-10 | 0-19 |
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Moderate Winds | 4 | 11-16 | 20-30 |
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Fresh Winds | 5 | 17-21 | 31-39 |
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Strong Winds - Near Gale | 6-7 | 22-33 | 40-61 |
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Gale - Strong Gale | 8-9 | 34-47 | 62-87 |
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Storm - Hurricane | 10-12 | 48+ | 88+ |
Temperature
°C | °F |
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< -5 | < 23 |
-5 - 0 | 23 - 32 |
0 - 5 | 32 - 41 |
5 - 10 | 41 - 50 |
10 - 15 | 50 - 59 |
15 - 20 | 59 - 68 |
20 - 25 | 68 - 77 |
25 - 30 | 77 - 86 |
30 - 35 | 86 - 95 |
35 - 40 | 95 - 104 |
≥ 40 | ≥ 104 |
Relative Humidity
< 25% | 25-50% | 50-75% | ≥ 75% |
Frost Risk
Nil | Low | Slight | Moderate | High | Severe |
UV / Pollen Levels
Low | Moderate | High | Very High | Extreme |
Radar/Satellite Animator Symbols
Rainfall Intensity
light | ![]() |
heavy |
The intensity of rainfall detected by weather radars is indicated using the above scale.
Doppler Wind
90km/h towards | ![]() |
90km/h away |
On Doppler radar images the radial component of the movement of particles in the air is indicated using the above scale.
Lightning Events
Lightning strikes are displayed as crosses (ground events) or squares (cloud events) and fade from white (current) to red (30 minutes ago) to blue (60 minutes ago).
Positive strikes appear as diagonal crosses.
Accumulated Rainfall (since 9am)
Rainfall since 9am local time is displayed with coloured dots.
Observations Rose
Surface observations are displayed as a 'rose' with temperature, dew point and relative humidity down the left-hand side
and rainfall since 9am, pressure and location name displayed down the right-hand side.
Temperatures fade in colour from blue (cold) to red (warm) and dew points fade in colour from blue (moist) to red (dry).
How to Read a Wind Barb
![wind barbs](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/help/wind_barbs.gif)
A wind barb is a compact means of representing both wind speed and direction graphically.
Each full-barb represents 10 knots (nautical miles per hour), a half-barb 5 knots and a flag 50 knots. Calm conditions are indicated by a dot only. 1 knot is equal to around 1.9km/h.
In the examples to the left the first indicates a 5 knot wind from the south-west, the second a 15 knot wind from the west-north-west, the third a 45 knot easterly and the fourth a 65 knot northerly.
Warnings
Severe weather, thunderstorm, tropical cyclone | |
Fire weather | |
Flood | |
Coastal wind | |
Graziers, bush walkers, frost |
Sentinel Hotspots
Sentinel hotspots detected within the last 6 hours are displayed. Sentinel is a satellite-based national bushfire monitoring system operated by Geoscience Australia.
≥ 150°C | |
≥ 100°C | |
≥ 50°C | |
< 50°C |
Weather Forecast Icons
![Clearing shower icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/clearing_shower.png?v=20150813)
Clearing shower
![Cloudy icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/cloudy.png?v=20150813)
Cloudy
![Cloud and wind increasing icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/cloud_and_wind_increasing.png?v=20150813)
Cloud and wind increasing
![Cloud increasing icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/cloud_increasing.png?v=20150813)
Cloud increasing
![Drizzle icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/drizzle.png?v=20150813)
Drizzle
![Drizzle clearing icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/drizzle_clearing.png?v=20150813)
Drizzle clearing
![Fog then sunny icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/fog_then_sunny.png?v=20150813)
Fog then sunny
![Frost then sunny icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/frost_then_sunny.png?v=20150813)
Frost then sunny
![Hazy icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/hazy.png?v=20150813)
Hazy
![Heavy rain icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/heavy_rain.png?v=20150813)
Heavy rain
![Heavy showers icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/heavy_showers.png?v=20150813)
Heavy showers
![Increasing sunshine icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/increasing_sunshine.png?v=20150813)
Increasing sunshine
![Late shower icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/late_shower.png?v=20150813)
Late shower
![Late thunder icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/late_thunder.png?v=20150813)
Late thunder
![Mostly cloudy icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/mostly_cloudy.png?v=20150813)
Mostly cloudy
![Mostly sunny icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/mostly_sunny.png?v=20150813)
Mostly sunny
![Overcast icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/overcast.png?v=20150813)
Overcast
![Possible shower icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/possible_shower.png?v=20150813)
Possible shower
![Possible thunderstorm icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/possible_thunderstorm.png?v=20150813)
Possible thunderstorm
![Rain icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/rain.png?v=20150813)
Rain
![Rain and snow icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/rain_and_snow.png?v=20150813)
Rain and snow
![Rain clearing icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/rain_clearing.png?v=20150813)
Rain clearing
![Rain developing icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/rain_developing.png?v=20150813)
Rain developing
![Rain tending to snow icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/rain_tending_to_snow.png?v=20150813)
Rain tending to snow
![Showers icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/showers.png?v=20150813)
Showers
![Showers easing icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/showers_easing.png?v=20150813)
Showers easing
![Showers increasing icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/showers_increasing.png?v=20150813)
Showers increasing
![Snow icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/snow.png?v=20150813)
Snow
![Snowfalls clearing icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/snowfalls_clearing.png?v=20150813)
Snowfalls clearing
![Snow developing icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/snow_developing.png?v=20150813)
Snow developing
![Snow showers icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/snow_showers.png?v=20150813)
Snow showers
![Snow tending to rain icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/snow_tending_to_rain.png?v=20150813)
Snow tending to rain
![Sunny icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/sunny.png?v=20150813)
Sunny
![Thunderstorms icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/thunderstorms.png?v=20150813)
Thunderstorms
![Thunderstorms clearing icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/thunderstorms_clearing.png?v=20150813)
Thunderstorms clearing
![Windy icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/windy.png?v=20150813)
Windy
![Windy with rain icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/windy_with_rain.png?v=20150813)
Windy with rain
![Windy with showers icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/windy_with_showers.png?v=20150813)
Windy with showers
![Windy with snow icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/windy_with_snow.png?v=20150813)
Windy with snow
![Wind and rain increasing icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/wind_and_rain_increasing.png?v=20150813)
Wind and rain increasing
![Wind and showers easing icon](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701040600im_/http://wz5.resources.weatherzone.com.au/images/icons/weather_icons_27/wind_and_showers_easing.png?v=20150813)
Wind and showers easing
Forest Fire Danger Index
Category | Forest Fire Danger Index | Grassland Fire Danger Index |
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Catastrophic (Code Red) | 100 + | 150 + |
Extreme | 75-99 | 100-149 |
Severe | 50-74 | 50-99 |
Very High | 25-49 | 25-49 |
High | 12-24 | 12-24 |
Low-Moderate | 0-11 | 0-11 |
Please note that Weatherzone assumes worst case drought factor in the calculations
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Weather News
Perfect Territory Day
12:30 EST
While the southern and central parts of the country experienced a frigid 1st of July morning, the north of Australia is enjoying a run of enviably mild weather, just in time for Territory Day.
Victoria shivers through cold morning with sub-zero temperatures across the state
12:26 EST
Victoria has shivered through a cold start to Saturday with sub-zero temperatures recorded overnight and severe frosts in parts of the state.
Canberra shivers through -8.7C morning on first day of energy price hike
11:53 EST
If you are in Canberra and thought it was a little chilly this morning, you would be right.
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