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Radar Details

Cairns Weather Watch Radar
Queensland

16.8182°S 145.6630°E 652m AMSL

LocationSaddle Mountain Radar TypeWF 100 C Band Typical Availability24 hours

Cairns radar is situated approximately 9km NNW of Cairns airport at Saddle Mountain on the Kuranda range at a height of 652m above MSL. The radar has good visibility in all directions, though does have some limitations to the SSE looking over Mt Bellenden Ker (1593m) and Mt Bartle Frere (1622m) at approximately 40 and 60km respectively.

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Sunday Gusty Sunday - weather extremes ahead for southeast Australia

21:23 AEDT A vigorous cold front crossing the nation's southeast is set to deliver a day of extremes on Sunday as gusty winds drive heavy rain over Tasmania while upping fire danger to extreme in NSW. As you can see in the images below, the front will first cross Tasmania on Sunday morning, bringing heavy rainfall to the state's west while driving damaging northerly winds over the state's east.