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 ...
Radar is one of the most useful tools for scanning our skies above. Sometimes, though, things that normally slide under the radar show up in full view on cold mornings. Did you know it’s possible for ...
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 ...
Former WGN Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling climbed a 100-foot tower at the National Weather Service office in Romeoville to ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – KELOLAND Live Doppler HD has been an indispensable tool in our weather technology for years. But rarely do we give the viewers an inside look at all that happens inside the ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- ABC11 rolls out new technology that will eliminate radar blind spots, revealing a more complete picture of severe weather as it moves through North Carolina. Tracking storms ...
One more try: I did not invent Doppler radar. A previous company, EarthWatch, used Doppler to create a 3-D videogame-like simulation for TV weather graphics in the 1990s. In truth I’d love to put up a ...