A Sept. 27 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) includes a video of a weather radar map showing a hurricane moving up through Florida into the Southeast U.S. Blue flashing lights can be seen ...

NEXRAD, which stands for Next Generation Weather Radar, has been in use for more than 30 years and helps experts track and predict weather. Getty/iStockphoto A homegrown militia group is planning to ...

As a baseline it is appropriate to begin with a review of the existing system. The primary weather surveillance radar system operated by U.S. agencies is the WSR-88D (NEXRAD) system, consisting of ...

NEXRAD stands for Next-Generation Radar and is a network of 159 high-resolution Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service. The NEXRAD radar detects precipitation and atmospheric ...

Baron Services and L-3 Enterprise IT Solutions have installed the first of the U.S. National Weather Services’ 171 NEXRAD upgrades in Norman, OK. Weather data from the NEXRAD upgrades ultimately will ...

Chances are you've heard that NEXRAD has the capability to detect hail. That was made possible a few years ago with the addition of polarization. Previously the system detected precipitation in the ...

This chapter examines technological issues that are central to the concept of a longer-term technological view of a national weather radar system. The results are intended to extend 20–25 years into ...