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30 March 2014: existing camera on its last legs - new camera coming soon.

Current NSW local date/time: The digital camera is located at McLeans Ridges, 12km east of Lismore and 9km northwest of Alstonville on the North Coast of NSW, Australia. The site is 140 metres above sea level at Lat: 28o 47' 38" S (-28.79), Lon: 153o 23' 54" E (153.40): Google Map location. The Nightcap Range is in the background of the northern view, and the Wilsons River is in the valley foreground. The camera is operated by Michael Bath and only updated during daylight hours. Webcam images and AWS data are uploaded every two minutes. Software used to operate the camera is by Erdman Video Systems.

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Local region radar: [Grafton 128km Scale] [Grafton 256km Scale] [Brisbane 128km Scale] [Brisbane 256km Scale] Wind speed observations from AWS1 are unreliable during light breezes. Please use the Weatherbug AWS links for more accurate wind speed observations.
AWS1: Weather at McLeans Ridges NSW 17:50:00 21 April local time 07:50:00 21 April 2014 UTC Temperature Humidity Dew Point Base height of Cu cloud Barometer Wind Chill Heat Index Wind Speed (gust) Wind Speed (average 1 min) Rainfall Rate Rainfall Rainfall (previous 24 hrs) +22.3 °C 47 % +10.4 °C 1487 meters. (4879 feet) 1017 hPa and Steady +21 °C +24.4 °C 17.6 km/h from 47° (NE) 11.5 km/h from 40° (NE) 0 mm/hour 0 mm since 9.00 am 0 mm	AWS2: Weather at McLeans Ridges NSW  See also observations from the WeatherBug AWS.  [Overview Page] [Daily Obs] [Monthly Obs] [Graphs] McLeans Ridges is also an official Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) rainfall location - site ID 058023. Official McLeans Ridges rainfall observations: [monthly] [daily] Past observations from nearby AWS at Ballina and Lismore are available from the BoM. See also the Spring Grove AWS (about 5km northeast of Casino) which provide online weather observations 24/7.
AWS1: Extreme conditions Since 9.00 am 24 hrs to 9.00 am Since station reset on 1st Jan Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Maximum Humidity Minimum Humidity Maximum Dew Point Minimum Dew Point Maximum Wind (gust) Maximum Barometric Pressure Minimum Barometric Pressure Maximum Rainfall Rate Total Rain +27.7 °C at 14:05 +22.2 °C at 09:07 65 % at 09:02 30 % at 14:44 +15.5 °C at 09:02 +7.9 °C at 16:15 22.3 km/h, 39° at 16:09 1020 hPa at 10:39 1016 hPa at 16:09 nil 0 mm +26.5 °C at 13:15 +15.5 °C at 06:32 65 % at 09:02 28 % at 13:53 +15.4 °C at 08:59 +5.6 °C at 13:53 18.7 km/h, 28° at 16:55 1020 hPa at 08:59 1015 hPa at 17:39 nil 0 mm +41 °C at 11:32 on 04 January +14.2 °C at 05:55 on 16 April 88 % at 11:00 on 28 March 16 % at 14:08 on 06 January     42.1 km/h, 34° at 17:25 on 21 January       335 mm of rain since 09:00 on 01 January AWS month-to-date totals and averages are available from the Daily Summary Page.

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