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West Takone Weather Watch Radar
Tasmania
41.1810°S  145.5790°E  400m AMSL

LocationLoones Hill, West Takone Radar TypeWSR 81 C Band Typical Availability24 hours

The radar coverage is 360 degrees and encompasses much of Bass Strait, Tasmania's northwest, central north and to a lesser extent, the northeast and the west coast as far south as Strahan. The coverage to the south is limited in range by the Central Plateau. In all this radar has proven to be an invaluable forecasting and monitoring tool. False echoes are sometimes viewed close in from the nearby pine plantations particularly in damp conditions. Anomalous propagation from Bass Strait cause similar echoes. Permanent echo suppression and swept gain characteristics take care of the majority of these.

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An electrifying start to October long weekend

17:21 AEST More than 420,000 lightning strikes affected the nation’s east on Friday as a highly unstable trough and a cold front brought thunderstorms, some severe, to northeastern SA, NSW, Vic and southern QLD ahead of the October long weekend.  Thunderstorms began hopping the border from northeastern SA into NSW from 9am on Friday, October 4.

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