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A 20-second continuous regional loop of National Weather Service NEXRAD composite radar imagery over a five-hour period. Regional Satellite XL: Core: 2000–2003: A 20-second continuous loop of geocolor visible satellite imagery, showing the movement of weather systems within the region over a ten-hour period. Weather Bulletins WS: Core, Mini-Core,
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 ...
Winter Storm Cora is spreading a wintry mess of snow and ice across much of the South, including Atlanta and Charlotte. On this page, you'll find maps below that will help to track the storm.
Radar 4000, XL, IS, IS2: This product features Doppler radar data compiled by National Weather Service radar sites. The segment was introduced with the WeatherStar 4000 and originally provided both a 90-minute loop and a static image showing the most recent radar imagery for a 125-mile (201 km) radius of the STAR's headend location; beginning ...
Calls for the creation of a government weather bureau began as early as 1844, when the electrical telegraph was introduced. In 1869, Cleveland Abbe, then director of the Cincinnati Observatory, began developing and issuing public weather forecasts (which he called "probabilities") using daily weather observations collected simultaneously and sent via telegraph by a network of observers.
Radar loop from KDVN on the afternoon of June 16, 2024, depicting a strong mesoscale convective vortex with a clear eye. A mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) is a low-pressure center ( mesolow ) within a mesoscale convective system (MCS) that pulls winds into a circling pattern, or vortex.
The Langley Hill Doppler radar (KLGX) is a National Weather Service NEXRAD Doppler weather radar station on the Pacific coast of Washington State, in the United States. Prior to its construction, Washington's Olympic Peninsula coast was the only portion of the U.S. coastline without weather radar coverage, and "virtually no radar coverage [is] available over the ocean, where the majority of ...