One of the fascinating optical effects we observe in the atmosphere can also “trick” our weather radar. It is called virga, and it is quite common during the fall season.Our First Alert Doppler radar ...
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 ...
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 ...
You're about to walk your dog, but the sky looks ominous. You pull out your phone, open your favorite weather app, and see that it's about to pour. You wait for the rain to pass. Or maybe you planned ...
National Weather Service offices around the country are on guard after recent threats to agency infrastructure — specifically Doppler weather radars — from a violent militia-style group, emails from ...
At 5:36 p.m. on Monday, the Buffalo National Weather Service Office issued a Tornado Warning for a portion of northeast Cattaraugus County. At this time, there was a severe thunderstorm capable of ...
The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a tornado warning for Central Brevard County in east central Florida ...
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 ...