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The red-flag warnings cover most of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, according to the weather service, and come as questions are raised about the local response to the disaster, and whether the ...
The number of people under evacuation orders dropped to 92,000 on Monday, down from almost 200,000 people days ago, Los Angeles Sheriff Robert Luna said at a morning briefing. Another 89,000 were ...
Red Flag warnings advising of extreme wildfire danger expired across the Los Angeles area late on Wednesday but one remained for an area east of the metro area, where winds were expected to be 15 ...
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 ...
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.).
The upgraded radars offer 14 new radar products to better determine the type and intensity of precipitation, and can confirm tornadoes are on the ground causing damage. Dual-pol is the most significant enhancement made to the nation's radar network since Doppler radar was first installed in the early 1990s.
The National Weather Service office in Los Angeles said around 2 p.m. PT Wednesday that the winds had started to die down − no major new fires were reported to that point − and red flag ...
"Wind are weaker than expected today, but looking for one more enhancement late tonight and Wednesday," the weather service's Los Angeles office said Tuesday. "Not quite out of the woods yet."