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 ...

A new product called Dual-Polarization Surface Rain Intensity has been introduced to enhance the traditional colour-coded ...

"Dual pol," short for dual polarization, describes the WRAL Dual Doppler radar, which "sees" in two dimensions, allowing us to distinguish between types of precipitation in the air. Answer: What you ...

When rain starts to fall, people immediately look to the weather radar to see how long it will last. But when severe weather strikes, meteorologists can use this technology to pinpoint the precise ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Weather radars can often detect far more than just rain, snow, sleet and hail. At times, these beams can “see” birds, bats and bugs flying in the sky. That is exactly what ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis’ main weather radar will be going offline for a few days as technicians replace some of the radar’s protective paneling. Indy’s KIND doppler radar will be down from ...

For weeks, residents in the Northeast have reported seeing thousands of unidentified lighted drones flying overhead, prompting lawmakers to demand that President Joe Biden’s administration explain ...