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This document provide guidelines for color codes to indicate severity of hazards in public warnings. There are many different systems are already in use, such as colour state of meteorological condition or former Homeland Security Advisory System , and the standard is intended to be an approach to eliminate confusion due to such differences.
Significant weather advisory SPS (alt.: significant weather alert) – A strong thunderstorm below severe criteria, containing small hail below 1 inch (2.5 cm) diameter, and/or strong winds of 39–57 miles per hour (63–92 km/h), is indicated by Doppler weather radar and may create some adverse impacts on travel.
Colour states is a system used for quickly showing meteorological conditions. [1] [2]Meteorological colour states are determined by the relevant worst condition from the visibility and significant cloud height.
Weather radar in Norman, Oklahoma with rainshaft Weather (WF44) radar dish University of Oklahoma OU-PRIME C-band, polarimetric, weather radar during construction. Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.).
Map of regions covered by the 122 Weather Forecast Offices. The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices. [1] [2] Each weather forecast office (WFO or NWSFO) has a geographic area of responsibility, also known as a county warning area, for issuing local public, marine, aviation, fire, and hydrology forecasts.
NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 159 high-resolution S-band Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United States Department of Commerce, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) within the Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Air Force within the ...
AN/APS-112 improved AN/APS-59 AWACS radar; AN/APS-113 weather radar by Bendix Corporation for UH-1 and EC-47; AN/APS-115 maritime surveillance radar with two radar antennas by Texas Instruments for P-3 Orion; AN/APS-116 derivative of AN/APS-115 maritime surveillance radar with only one radar antenna by Texas Instruments for S-3A
In late 2018, the DOW Facility debuted a new quickly-deployable C-band radar (or COW) featuring a larger antenna and 5cm wavelength (as compared to the 3cm wavelength of the DOWs). Due to the larger size of the antenna, the truck features a built-in crane allowing for the radar to be assembled on site.