NORMAN, Okla. — When a tornado tears through a community, a National Weather Service storm survey team will sort through the damage left behind to estimate the twister’s peak wind and assign the ...
National Weather Service offices around the country are on guard after recent threats to agency infrastructure — specifically Doppler weather radars — from a violent militia-style group, emails from ...
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 ...
A private weather technology company is in the process of installing four new weather radars across the state, which are expected to significantly improve coverage gaps in NOAA’s Doppler radar network ...
Staffing cuts and a federal government shutdown are stretching scientists’ ability to make valuable hurricane observations.