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Radar Details
New South Wales ACT
LocationCaptains Flat Radar TypeWSR 74 S Band Typical Availability24 hours
The Captains Flat radar has a very good view in all directions and is the primary weather radar for the A.C.T., the Southern Tablelands and the New South Wales south coast, with coverage extending across the Monaro region through to the Victorian border. The radar dish is situated on a 22.35m cylindrical tower atop Mt Cowangerong, at a height of 1,381.6 metres above sea level. An area of permanent false echoes is evident about 20km off the coast between Batemans Bay and Moruya (East to East South East) and extending a further 80km out to sea. This anamolous propagation is easily identified and displays as a mass of low intensity echoes, constantly changing shape but with no apparent direction of movement. True rain echoes normally have a consistent direction of movement from one scan to the next.
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Weather News
Warmth sticking around in northern WA
17:20 EST
Unseasonably warm weather is affecting some northern parts of WA this week.
Meteor captured on Northern Territory police CCTV raining 'purple light' over Top End
14:41 EST
A meteor has lit up the Northern Territory night sky with a flash that created "daylight" in Alice Springs and a noise that shook windows.
The long road to drought
14:16 EST
A prolonged period of dry and warm weather is taking a toll on Australia's water balance, with large swaths of agricultural land in drought and urban dam levels dropping around the country.
