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Australian Weather Watch Radar Network

Click on a radar name to see the latest radar image, or use the table below.

Map of Radar Locations Sydney (Terrey Hills) Wagga Wagga Melbourne Adelaide (Sellicks Hill) Brisbane (Marburg) Townsville (Mt Stuart) Bowen Willis Is Tennant Creek Alice Springs Ceduna Canberra (Captains Flat) Grafton Moree Newcastle Norfolk Is Sydney (Appin) Darwin (Berrimah) Gove Katherine (Tindal) Brisbane (Mt Stapylton) Cairns Warrego Gladstone Gympie (Mt Kanigan) Longreach Mackay Mornington Is (Gulf of Carpentaria) Weipa Adelaide (Buckland Park) Mt Gambier Woomera Hobart NW Tasmania (West Takone) Bairnsdale Mildura Yarrawonga Albany Broome Carnarvon Dampier Esperance Eucla Geraldton Giles Halls Creek Kalgoorlie Learmonth Perth Port Hedland Wyndham

Dedicated Weather Watch Radars should be online at all times, with images updated approximately every 10 minutes, unless there are technical difficulties or scheduled maintenance.

Part-time Windfinding Radars have routine periods when weather watch coverage is not available. This normally occurs, up to 4 times a day, for approximately 1.5 hours as shown in the table below. During these periods these radars will be engaged in tracking of high-level balloons for the measurement of winds in the upper atmosphere.

UTC/GMT 05:15 - 06:45 11:15 - 12:45 17:15* - 18:45 23:15 - 00:45
 
Eastern Daylight Time 04:15 - 05:45pm 10:15 - 11:45pm 04:15 - 05:45am 10:15 - 11:45am
Eastern Standard Time 03:15 - 04:45pm 09:15 - 10:45pm 03:15 - 04:45am 09:15 - 10:45am
 
Central Daylight Time 03:45 - 05:15pm 09:45 - 11:15pm 03:45 - 05:15am 09:45 - 11:15am
Central Standard Time 02:45 - 04:15pm 08:45 - 10:15pm 02:45 - 04:15am 08:45 - 10:15am
 
Western Daylight Time 2:15 - 3:45 pm 8:15 - 9:45 pm 1:15 - 2:45 am 8:15 - 9:45 am
Western Standard Time 01:15 - 02:45pm 07:15 - 08:45pm *12:15 - 01:45am 07:15 - 08:45am
* Note that the 17:15UTC flight is performed one hour earlier in WA

Radar Sites Table

National - NSW - NT - QLD - SA - TAS - VIC - WA.

Click '64 km', '128 km', '256 km' or '512 km' to see the latest radar image.
Note that '(pt)' indicates part-time radars.

National
National Radar and Satellite
NSW
71 Sydney (Terrey Hills) 64 km 128 km 256 km 512 km composite Doppler wind
6 min rainfall 1 hour rainfall rainfall since 9am 24 hour rainfall
03 Sydney (Appin) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
40 Canberra 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
28 Grafton 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
30 Mildura (pt) VIC 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
53 Moree (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
04 Newcastle 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
55 Wagga Wagga (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
49 Yarrawonga VIC 64 km 128 km 256 km 512 km composite Doppler wind
62 Norfolk Island (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
NT
63 Darwin 128 km 256 km 512 km composite Doppler wind
25 Alice Springs (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
09 Gove (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
42 Katherine 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
65 Tennant Creek (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
07 Wyndham WA 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
QLD
66 Brisbane (Mt Stapylton) 64 km 128 km 256 km 512 km composite Doppler wind
6 min rainfall 1 hour rainfall rainfall since 9am 24 hour rainfall
50 Brisbane (Marburg) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
24 Bowen 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
19 Cairns 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
23 Gladstone 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
08 Gympie 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
56 Longreach (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
22 Mackay (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
36 Mornington 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
21 Townsville 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
67 Warrego 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
18 Weipa 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
41 Willis Island 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
SA
64 Adelaide (Buckland Park) 64 km 128 km 256 km 512 km composite Doppler wind
10 min rainfall 1 hour rainfall rainfall since 9am 24 hour rainfall
46 Adelaide (Sellicks Hill) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
33 Ceduna (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
45 Eucla (pt) WA 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
30 Mildura (pt) VIC 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
14 Mt Gambier (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
27 Woomera 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
TAS
52 N.W. Tas (West Takone) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
37 Hobart (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
VIC
02 Melbourne 64 km 128 km 256 km 512 km composite Doppler wind
  6 min rainfall 1 hour rainfall rainfall since 9am 24 hour rainfall
68 Bairnsdale 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
30 Mildura (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
49 Yarrawonga 64 km 128 km 256 km 512 km composite Doppler wind
14 Mt Gambier (pt) SA 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
WA
12 Perth 64 km 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
31 Albany (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
17 Broome (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
05 Carnarvon (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
15 Dampier 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
32 Esperance (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
45 Eucla (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
06 Geraldton (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
44 Giles (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
39 Halls Creek (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
48 Kalgoorlie (pt) 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
29 Learmonth 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
16 Pt Hedland 128 km 256 km 512 km composite
07 Wyndham 128 km 256 km 512 km composite