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About Weatherzone Radar

Lightning strikes are displayed as crosses and fade from white (current) to red (30 minutes ago) to blue (60 minutes ago).

Rainfall since 9am local time is displayed with coloured dots.

On local radar pages distance and latitude/longitude coordinates are displayed next to the time stamp when you mouse over the map. The origin for distance measuring is indicated by a red dot and defaults to either your location^*, if specified and in range, or the location of the radar (the centre of the map). The origin may be changed by clicking elsewhere on the map.

* Locations discovered using the W3C Geolocation API (limited browser support) are used only for positioning the dot and are not stored in any way.

Radar Details

Sydney Weather Watch Radar
New South Wales/ACT

34.2640°S 150.8740°E 350m AMSL

LocationAppin Road, Bulli Radar TypeWSR 74 S Band Typical Availability24 hours

The Sydney radar has a very good view in all directions and is the primary weather radar for the Sydney metropolitan area and Wollongong. It should provide useful weather information as far south west as Lake George (Federal Highway between Goulburn and the ACT), south to Bateman's Bay and north to Lake Macquarie. There is a tendency to observe areas of false echoes within approximately 100 kilometres of the radar over the sea. These are normally easy to recognise because they are usually the lowest intensity level and randomly scattered with erratic movement from one radar scan to the next. True rain echoes normally have a consistent direction of movement from one scan to the next. Due to its location, this radar is often unable to detect light showers or drizzle beyond a range of 80 to 100 kilometres. Anyone in Canberra trying to use the radar images should realise that the radar can only detect precipitation quite high in the atmosphere in this region. The radar is, therefore, only of use to identify the tops of mature thunderstorms and areas of moderate or heavy rain, which will appear much lighter on the radar display. There is a small blind spot within a few kilometres of the radar.

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