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
22:50 EST
13°C
26°C
Sunny
Weather News
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16:54 EST
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16:25 EST
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