2 December 2010

Widespread distress as the Captains Flat radar goes down

2 December 2010 | By johnboy

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.

On the bright side, it’s stopped raining.

UPDATE: Relax everyone, it’s back up.

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BuzzwordBingo1:45 pm 29 Dec 11

Hurrah … there was much rejoicing as the Captains Flat radar comes back online…

astrojax8:29 am 29 Dec 11

welkin31 said :

As of 7.29am on the 29th it is still down – sure I am suffering withdrawal symptoms.

I usually check the Wagga Wagga 256km loop in preference to Toytown.

wow, walkin can see at least 5mins into the future!

dungfungus7:45 am 29 Dec 11

It has been down since Christmas Eve. Hopefully they are fixing the software so that the wind farms (factories?) at Gunning and Tarago don’t show up when the blades are turning (occassionally).

welkin317:24 am 29 Dec 11

As of 7.29am on the 29th it is still down – sure I am suffering withdrawal symptoms. I usually check the Wagga Wagga 256km loop in preference to Toytown.

Deref8:40 pm 28 Dec 11

Amanda Hugankis said :

Am I the only one enjoying the rain?

No, I’m enjoying it too.

But with the radar down…I dunno. I’m scared.

patrick_keogh8:02 pm 28 Dec 11

This seems to be an annual event. Down now since the 24th, no ETA.

ddesire9:48 pm 02 Dec 10

I will admit that I freaked out this morning when I noticed it was down. It’s a sad addiction, I know.

deye4:44 pm 02 Dec 10

banjo said :

When the Captains Flat radar goes down you can always use the next closest one available and extend the range out to 512km, it will still cover the ACT…

IIRC once you get to the 512 limit it combines the take from all the radars in the area into the image, hence it won’t actually have full coverage of the area when CF goes down, only where the radars overlap.

Gungahlin Al4:03 pm 02 Dec 10

banjo said :

When the Captains Flat radar goes down you can always use the next closest one available and extend the range out to 512km, it will still cover the ACT…

Yup – Sydney.

We’ve had 108mm from Sunday to this morning at Gungahlin.
I waiting for ACTEW to hang out the “Dams 100% full” signs…

banjo3:30 pm 02 Dec 10

When the Captains Flat radar goes down you can always use the next closest one available and extend the range out to 512km, it will still cover the ACT…