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.
Weather News
Fire and strong wind warnings still in place as a heatwave conditions ease across south-eastern states
00:36 EDT
Sweltering conditions have eased in much of Victoria and South Australia, but fire danger remains and the heat is expected to continue in New South Wales and Queensland into Australia Day.
BOM monitors potential tropical cyclone as Queenslanders prepare to swelter and soak through Australia Day
17:10 EDT
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is monitoring a low in the Gulf of Carpentaria that , with forecasters also expecting a mixed bag for Queensland's weather this Australia Day.