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Hobart Airport 256km Radar/Lightning

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Radar Details

Hobart Airport Windfinding and Weather Watch Radar
Tasmania
42.8330°S  147.5100°E  3m AMSL

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.

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At Gold Coast

21:20 EST

Tonight

12°C

Tomorrow

23°C

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Weather News

Weather warning: Suspected tornado hits Perth's north as storm sweeps through

19:04 EST

Trees are down and building damage has been reported after a suspected tornado ripped through Perth's northern suburbs, as an intense cold front hits Western Australia's south.

Stormy end to a wet month in Perth

14:36 EST

A blustery cold front is battering the nation's southwest today, threatening Perth and surrounding areas with damaging winds, thunderstorms and hail.

Record-July heat across multiple states and territories

13:02 EST

A large portion of northern and central Australia just experienced its warmest July on record in terms of maximum temperatures.