Tune into any TV weather report and you’ll hear the words “Doppler radar” as meteorologists track storms across California. But how does Doppler radar work? And how accurate is it? The concept of ...
Outside every National Weather Service (NWS) office around the U.S. stands what looks like an enormous white soccer ball, perched atop metal scaffolding several stories high. These somewhat plain ...
Doppler radar stands as the most important modern invention in meteorology, fundamentally transforming how we predict, prepare for, and track severe weather events. Since installations began across ...
When you are outdoors and see dark clouds rolling in and you pick up you phone to look at the radar - have you ever wondered how it all works? Doppler radar is one of the most powerful tools in modern ...
There’s a very specific reason us meteorologists say the phrase “doppler radar.” Modern weather radars are doppler radars because they use the doppler effect to analyze not only where a storm is, but ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The doppler radar in Grand Rapids will temporarily be down for two weeks, starting on Feb. 14. It’s all part of the National Weather Service’s Service Life Extension ...
Super Doppler 10 Meteorologist Kristy Steward has the latest weather forecast for the Hampton Roads viewing area. More ...
S-band, C-band and X-band — are commonly used by the IMD to track the movement of weather systems and cloud bands, and gauge ...