A Sept. 27 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) includes a video of a weather radar map showing a hurricane moving up through Florida into the Southeast U.S. Blue flashing lights can be seen ...

As a baseline it is appropriate to begin with a review of the existing system. The primary weather surveillance radar system operated by U.S. agencies is the WSR-88D (NEXRAD) system, consisting of ...

You know how you know about Hurricane Irene three days before it hits land and ruins the East Coast? Doppler. Specifically, the NEXRAD Doppler system that’s been tracking severe weather across the US ...

A key weather radar that tracks storms across Central Georgia is back online after undergoing a major upgrade. The NEXRAD radar at Robins Air Force Base was shut down for three days while technicians ...

A pilot recounted successfully using a Garmin 496 with Nexrad to navigate around weather, emphasizing understanding the technology's data delays and making tactical flight decisions. A reader ...

July 11 (UPI) --Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico this year became the first military location with a refurbished weather radar system. Next Generation Weather Radar is a Doppler system that ...

Weird. I just got done blasting through the entire season of Storm Chasers (watched the final episode this morning). In just about every storm chaser’s vehicle, there’s a laptop set up with mapping ...

This chapter examines technological issues that are central to the concept of a longer-term technological view of a national weather radar system. The results are intended to extend 20–25 years into ...