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 ...

Taking a peek at the radar before heading outside or off to work is a standard part of most daily routines. Radar imagery has been a ubiquitous part of weather reports since the rise of local ...

With severe weather season…and the remnants of an El Niño…upon us, we geeky parents probably have a go-to mobile weather app that we turn to, right? Right? I have written about numerous other weather ...

Doppler radar uses the Doppler effect to measure the radial velocity of targets in the antenna's directional beam. The Doppler effect shifts the received frequency up or down based on the radial ...

Meteorologists and weather experts in South Texas rely heavily on Doppler radar technology, but how does it work? How can a giant soccer-ball-shaped tower, known as the radome, detect clouds hundreds ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Scanning the skies 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year, Doppler radar is an extremely important tool in our weather toolbox. With a total of 159 NEXRAD ...

The Doppler radar you may be familiar with shows where and how heavy rainfall is over a given area. In extreme circumstances, you may have even seen us show tornadic rotation on the air as indicated ...