“My first year in the weather service I used, before NEXRAD, what’s called a WSR 74-C radar, which was not Doppler Radar. In its time, it was great. It did the job.

Technology can offer a lot.” Weather radar works by sending out radio signals that ... The signals from the Nexrad radar station on Mount Umunhum in the Santa Cruz Mountains is at 3,500 feet and ...

The Radar Operations Center completed a $150 million, nine-year Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) that extends the lifespan of the 159 weather radars that make up the nation’s Next Generation ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) has offered a team of vendors a $43 million contract to upgrade 171 NEXRAD radar stations operated by the weather agency, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ...

As the U.S. National Weather Service's entire NEXRAD radar fleet is upgraded to dual-pol by the end of 2013, however, this new technology is quickly becoming a relevant matter to every broadcaster in ...

New weather radar technology to deploy on research aircraft Phased array radar beams can be directed and controlled to continuously scan severe storms. To stream 9NEWS on your phone, you need the ...

The claim: NEXRAD, doppler radar and HAARP were used to control path of Hurricane Helene. A Sept. 27 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) includes a video of a weather radar map showing a ...

Lee said phased array will likely become the standard for ground-based weather radar, but first it will be installed on NCAR’s C-130 aircraft.

The claim: NEXRAD, doppler radar and HAARP were used to control path of Hurricane Helene. A Sept. 27 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) ...