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 ...

Because we have not had much weather to track, Doppler radar images remain quiet. In the absence of precipitation, the ...

Outside every National Weather Service (NWS) office around the U.S. stands what looks like an enormous white soccer ball, perched atop metal scaffolding several stories high. These somewhat plain ...

There’s a very specific reason us meteorologists say the phrase “doppler radar.” Modern weather radars are doppler radars because they use the doppler effect to analyze not only where a storm is, but ...

Outside every National Weather Service (NWS) office around the U.S. stands what looks like an enormous white soccer ball, perched atop metal scaffolding several stories high. These somewhat plain ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Seasons are changing and with that comes bird migration. Of the many ways they can be tracked, Doppler radar is one of the most efficient. It is estimated that each night ...

Up to half a billion birds are migrating southward each night. Researchers can use weather radars to track them.

SHALLOTTE, N.C. (WECT) - The National Weather Service’s KLTX Doppler weather radar in Shallotte will be down, beginning Wednesday, Jan. 10, as crews work to replace the radome. “The radar, we call it ...