This week's question examines the details of a device that many of us take for granted when looking at our local weather. Morning Brief reader Mark asks, "How does radar work?" Meteorologist Sara ...

During the summer months, storms can become a lot more hit-or-miss instead of being in a defined line or organized system. This is just one of the many reasons why having access to radar is so ...

Four-dimensional (4D) imaging radar is a high-resolution sensing technology that adds vertical information (elevation) to traditional 3D radar (range, azimuth, Doppler). By capturing 3D spatial data ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The sun has set. You open your phone, check the radar, and notice "blooms" of feedback showing up around radar sites. But when you look outside, there's no rain. What gives?

MAYVILLE, NORTH DAKOTA — Whether it's the radar you see on the TV screen or on the app on your phone, all of that information comes from radar sites across the country. One of those sites is in the ...

The NEXRAD network radar-site selection was based upon a simple criterion—the aerial coverage at an altitude of 10,000 feet above the site level. A more comprehensive evaluation of radar coverage (NRC ...

On December 1, 2018, at around 6:30 p.m., an EF-1 tornado had formed near Maroa, Illinois, but despite its advanced Doppler radar equipment, the National Weather Service (NWS) located in the area ...

A research team including a Keele University scientist have made a breakthrough in monitoring insect populations across the UK using weather radar data. Traditionally used to track rainfall and storms ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — As south Columbus continues its cleanup, downed trees, split siding and a damaged roof were key in helping the National Weather Service determine that a tornado had touched down.