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
07:30 EST
17°C
26°C
Mostly sunny
Weather News
Record October warmth in Hobart
15:01 EDT
Temperature records tumbled in Tasmania during October as parts of the state experienced unprecedented mid-spring warmth.
Heat subsides as rain ramps up in NSW
11:57 EDT
NSW experienced a shift in weather patterns during October as record-breaking early-season heat was replaced by more frequent days of cloud and rain.
Plane aborts landing after getting caught in crosswind in Salzburg following Storm Herwart
06:53 EDT
A plane's nightmare attempted landing was caught on video as it tried to touch down in Austria.