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2. Weather radar - Wikipedia

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   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.). Modern weather radars are mostly pulse-Doppler radars, capable of detecting the motion of rain droplets in addition to the intensity of the ...

3. Terminal Doppler Weather Radar - Wikipedia

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   A NEXRAD weather radar currently used by the National Weather Service (NWS) is a 10 cm wavelength (2700-3000 MHz) radar capable of a complete scan every 4.5 to 10 minutes, depending on the number of angles scanned, and depending on whether or not MESO-SAILS is active, which adds a supplemental low-level scan while completing a volume scan. Its ...

4. List of National Weather Service Weather forecast offices

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   Map of regions covered by the 122 Weather Forecast Offices. The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices in six regions. Each weather forecast office (WFO or NWSFO) has a geographic area of responsibility, also known as a county warning area, for issuing local public, marine, aviation, fire, and hydrology forecasts.

5. Wilmington, NC Weather - Hourly Forecasts and Local ... - AOL

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   The Dallas area was swamped by localized flooding from the storms that swept across much of the southern Plains. More severe weather is on the way. AccuWeather 9 hours ago

6. Moses Lake, WA Weather - Hourly Forecasts and Local Weather ...

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   Get the Moses Lake, WA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.

7. Myrtle Beach area on radar for severe weather. Here’s when it ...

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   The best chance of those storms is from 2 to 7 p.m., the weather service said. Impacts could include damage to trees, power lines and structures, as well as hazardous driving conditions. The ...

8. Doppler radar - Wikipedia

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   Doppler effect. The emitted signal toward the car is reflected back with a variation of frequency that depends on the speed away/toward the radar (160 km/h). This is only a component of the real speed (170 km/h). The Doppler effect (or Doppler shift), named after Austrian physicist Christian Doppler who proposed it in 1842, is the difference ...

9. NEXRAD - Wikipedia

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   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 ...