'Weather Report' applet fails to show the radar map

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On 7/1/06, Graeme Nichols <gnichols at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have had the 'Weather Report' applet on my task bar for years now but
> I have never been able to get it to display the radar map. The 'Help'
> details how to get a radar map from other than http://weather.com but I
> want the radar map for Sydney, Australia. The url for that radar map is
> http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR033.shtml. Entering that url in a
> browser correctly brings up the radar map but it doesn't work in the
> 'Weather Report' applet.
>
> Has anyone got the radar map to work on their system. BTW, before you
> ask, the radar map I want is freely available :-) and the url I want is
> actually shown in the applet help so I am a bit non-plussed.

Try using this url instead ...

http://mirror.bom.gov.au/radar/IDR033.gif

I'm not sure that is exactly what you need but I suspect you just need
to drill down closer to the actual radar image.

John